Center Elementary School
2114 Dorothy St
Waycross GA, 31501, Ware County
Phone: 912-287-2366
Ranking:
(683 out of 1,747, top 39%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Ware County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 36 | 38 | |||||||
Total Students: | 466 | 455 | 478 | 456 | 436 | 439 | 464 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 88 | 18.9% | 81 | 17.8% | 91 | 19.0% | 80 | 17.5% | 75 | 17.2% | 75 | 17.1% | 79 | 17.0% |
Grade 1: | 80 | 17.2% | 74 | 16.3% | 74 | 15.5% | 71 | 15.6% | 59 | 13.5% | 71 | 16.2% | 85 | 18.3% |
Grade 2: | 71 | 15.2% | 72 | 15.8% | 72 | 15.1% | 55 | 12.1% | 71 | 16.3% | 70 | 15.9% | 60 | 12.9% |
Grade 3: | 89 | 19.1% | 85 | 18.7% | 71 | 14.9% | 90 | 19.7% | 89 | 20.4% | 74 | 16.9% | 78 | 16.8% |
Grade 4: | 72 | 15.5% | 66 | 14.5% | 86 | 18.0% | 90 | 19.7% | 71 | 16.3% | 79 | 18.0% | 81 | 17.5% |
Grade 5: | 66 | 14.2% | 77 | 16.9% | 84 | 17.6% | 70 | 15.4% | 71 | 16.3% | 70 | 15.9% | 81 | 17.5% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 238 | 51.1% | 228 | 50.1% | 232 | 48.5% | 237 | 52.0% | 206 | 47.2% | 205 | 46.7% | 215 | 46.3% |
Female: | 228 | 48.9% | 227 | 49.9% | 246 | 51.5% | 219 | 48.0% | 230 | 52.8% | 214 | 48.7% | 242 | 52.2% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 7 | 1.5% | 3 | 0.7% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.5% | 7 | 1.6% | 5 | 1.1% |
Hispanic: | 27 | 5.8% | 27 | 5.9% | 31 | 6.5% | 24 | 5.3% | 13 | 3.0% | 13 | 3.0% | 13 | 2.8% |
Black: | 232 | 49.8% | 231 | 50.8% | 245 | 51.3% | 237 | 52.0% | 237 | 54.4% | 238 | 54.2% | 264 | 56.9% |
White: | 183 | 39.3% | 179 | 39.3% | 190 | 39.7% | 191 | 41.9% | 184 | 42.2% | 169 | 38.5% | 178 | 38.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 17 | 3.6% | 15 | 3.3% | 10 | 2.1% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 334 | 71.7% | 316 | 69.5% | 313 | 65.5% | 311 | 68.2% | 276 | 63.3% | 277 | 63.1% | 266 | 57.3% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 23 | 4.9% | 28 | 6.2% | 35 | 7.3% | 27 | 5.9% | 32 | 7.3% | 49 | 11.2% | 46 | 9.9% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.08 | 14.72 | 15.27 | 14.57 | 13.67 | 12.40 | 12.40 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CRCT | ||||||
2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 89.1% | 80% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 83.1% | 82.4% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 87.9% | 84.4% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 90.1% | 84% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 88.3% | 87% |
2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 94.6% | 90% |
2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 81.2% | 82.3% |
2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 89.6% | 86.4% |
2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 91.2% | 87% |
2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 90.1% | 85% |
2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 92% | 87% |
2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 91.3% | 90.1% |
2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 92.2% | 90.3% |
2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 94.1% | 90.9% |
2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 94% | 93% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 85% | 83% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 86.6% | 83.7% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 89.9% | 84.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 87.1% | 86.8% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 88.4% | 85% |
2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 89.5% | 87% |
2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 85.1% | 81.4% |
2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 88.2% | 85.5% |
2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 85.5% | 87.3% |
2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 90.5% | 86% |
2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 88.9% | 89% |
2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 95% | 91.3% |
2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 94.9% | 92% |
2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 95.4% | 93% | 91.9% |
2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 93% | 95% | 91% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 82.3% | 82% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 84.4% | 85.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 90.8% | 87.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 88.6% | 86.6% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 88.7% | 88% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 89.9% | 89.2% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 95.7% | 91% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 94.0% | 88.1% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 92.9% | 91% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 92.1% | 90.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 74.8% | 70.9% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 82.1% | 77.9% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 78.4% | 79% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 83.4% | 81.2% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 88.9% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 87.0% | 78.5% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 85.5% | 82% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 89.1% | 85.1% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 89.7% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 92.7% | 88% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 92.3% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 92.9% | 90.9% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 95% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 94.0% | 92.1% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 86% | 85% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 77% | 74.5% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 82.9% | 79.7% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 80% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 82.5% | 80.5% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 82.7% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 86.0% | 78.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 91.6% | 88% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 93.3% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 80.1% | 76.1% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 80.7% | 79% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 83.2% | 81% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 83.9% | 81% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 92.1% | 83.4% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 75.3% | 79% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 85.8% | 84.3% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 87.2% | 86.2% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 90.7% | 86.9% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 82% | 90.4% | 87% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 88.2% | 88% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 94% | 95.1% | 90% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.4% | 94.1% | 90.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 68% | 74.9% | 79% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 81% | 81% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 71.4% | 70% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 77% | 74.3% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 85.9% | 77% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 85.2% | 81.1% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 91.5% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 87.8% | 84.3% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 80.8% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 85.8% | 84.7% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 85% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 90.7% | 87.3% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91% | 91% | 89% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 90.6% | 87.9% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 93.5% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 94.9% | 92.5% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 88.5% | 88% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 73.8% | 73.8% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 82.2% | 77.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 80.2% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 82.3% | 79% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 87.3% | 81% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 89.5% | 82.7% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 88.2% | 90% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 85.2% | 90.2% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 71.8% | 71.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 74.7% | 74% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.3% | 81.6% | 77.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 83.1% | 79% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.8% | 88.7% | 81.3% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 89.6% | 85% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 92.1% | 87.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.3% | 93% | 89.9% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 94% | 91.3% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 100% | 95.7% | 92% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 97.7% | 93% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.8% | 96.9% | 95% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.3% | 96.4% | 94.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 90.4% | 88% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 89% | 88.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 83.1% | 71.7% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 82.7% | 79.2% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 91.1% | 82% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 94.7% | 86.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 91.9% | 84% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 97.1% | 89.5% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 84.4% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 89.9% | 85.5% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 88.5% | 87.2% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 87.9% | 87.8% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 93.7% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 95.8% | 90.5% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 94.9% | 91% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.3% | 94.4% | 92.9% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 91.3% | 89% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 73.9% | 71.3% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 78.6% | 76% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 80.5% | 77% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 81.6% | 76.6% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 84% | 86.5% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 83.8% | 79.6% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 94.8% | 91% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 88% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 70.8% | 71.2% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 76.6% | 72% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 77.2% | 71.3% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 85.6% | 77% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.0% | 86.5% | 80.5% |
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* Center Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.