Wacona Elementary School
3101 State St
Waycross GA, 31503, Ware County
Phone: 912-287-2362
Ranking: 
(790 out of 1,747, top 45%)*
(790 out of 1,747, top 45%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten 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: | 47 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 45 | 49 | 51 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 996 | 966 | 973 | 943 | 931 | 887 | 886 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 335 | 33.6% | 317 | 32.8% | 319 | 32.8% | 305 | 32.3% | 299 | 32.1% | 251 | 28.3% | 254 | 28.7% |
| Kindergarten: | 120 | 12.0% | 124 | 12.8% | 102 | 10.5% | 97 | 10.3% | 105 | 11.3% | 104 | 11.7% | 112 | 12.6% |
| Grade 1: | 120 | 12.0% | 107 | 11.1% | 111 | 11.4% | 124 | 13.1% | 106 | 11.4% | 108 | 12.2% | 112 | 12.6% |
| Grade 2: | 115 | 11.5% | 107 | 11.1% | 120 | 12.3% | 98 | 10.4% | 99 | 10.6% | 118 | 13.3% | 117 | 13.2% |
| Grade 3: | 110 | 11.0% | 107 | 11.1% | 91 | 9.4% | 94 | 10.0% | 120 | 12.9% | 102 | 11.5% | 108 | 12.2% |
| Grade 4: | 109 | 10.9% | 88 | 9.1% | 110 | 11.3% | 123 | 13.0% | 102 | 11.0% | 106 | 12.0% | 95 | 10.7% |
| Grade 5: | 87 | 8.7% | 116 | 12.0% | 120 | 12.3% | 102 | 10.8% | 100 | 10.7% | 98 | 11.0% | 88 | 9.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 502 | 50.4% | 471 | 48.8% | 486 | 49.9% | 494 | 52.4% | 475 | 51.0% | 431 | 48.6% | 450 | 50.8% |
| Female: | 494 | 49.6% | 495 | 51.2% | 487 | 50.1% | 449 | 47.6% | 456 | 49.0% | 418 | 47.1% | 408 | 46.0% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.6% |
| Hispanic: | 49 | 4.9% | 40 | 4.1% | 32 | 3.3% | 32 | 3.4% | 32 | 3.4% | 19 | 2.1% | 16 | 1.8% |
| Black: | 319 | 32.0% | 258 | 26.7% | 286 | 29.4% | 264 | 28.0% | 255 | 27.4% | 223 | 25.1% | 233 | 26.3% |
| White: | 584 | 58.6% | 635 | 65.7% | 623 | 64.0% | 612 | 64.9% | 613 | 65.8% | 611 | 68.9% | 606 | 68.4% |
| 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: | 43 | 4.3% | 28 | 2.9% | 29 | 3.0% | 30 | 3.2% | 26 | 2.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 687 | 69.0% | 595 | 61.6% | 580 | 59.6% | 541 | 57.4% | 538 | 57.8% | 462 | 52.1% | 438 | 49.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 56 | 5.6% | 74 | 7.7% | 92 | 9.5% | 73 | 7.7% | 103 | 11.1% | 100 | 11.3% | 101 | 11.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 21.37 | 20.25 | 20.79 | 20.06 | 20.83 | 18.00 | 17.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 89.1% | 80% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 83.1% | 82.4% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 87.9% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 90.1% | 84% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 88.3% | 87% |
| 2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 94.6% | 90% |
| 2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 76% | 81.2% | 82.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 89.6% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 91.2% | 87% |
| 2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 90.1% | 85% |
| 2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 92% | 87% |
| 2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 91.3% | 90.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 92.2% | 90.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 94.1% | 90.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 94% | 93% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 85% | 83% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 86.6% | 83.7% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 89.9% | 84.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 87.1% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 87% | 88.4% | 85% |
| 2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 89.5% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 85.1% | 81.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90% | 88.2% | 85.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 85.5% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 87% | 90.5% | 86% |
| 2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 88.9% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 95% | 91.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 94.9% | 92% |
| 2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 93% | 91.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 95% | 95% | 91% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83% | 82.3% | 82% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 84.4% | 85.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 90.8% | 87.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 88.6% | 86.6% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 88.7% | 88% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 89.9% | 89.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 95.7% | 91% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 94.0% | 88.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 92.9% | 91% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 92.1% | 90.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 74.8% | 70.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 82.1% | 77.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 78.4% | 79% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 83.4% | 81.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 88.9% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 87.0% | 78.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 85.5% | 82% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90% | 89.1% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 89.7% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 92.7% | 88% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 92.3% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 92.9% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 95% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 94.0% | 92.1% |
| 2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 86% | 85% |
| 2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 77% | 74.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 82.9% | 79.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 80% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 82.5% | 80.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 82.7% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 86.0% | 78.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 91.6% | 88% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 93.3% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 80.1% | 76.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 80.7% | 79% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 83.2% | 81% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 83.9% | 81% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 92.1% | 83.4% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 75.3% | 79% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 85.8% | 84.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 87.2% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 90.7% | 86.9% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 90.4% | 87% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 88.2% | 88% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 95.1% | 90% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 94.1% | 90.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 74.9% | 79% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 81% | 78.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 71.4% | 70% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 77% | 74.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 85.9% | 77% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 85.2% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 91.5% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 87.8% | 84.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 80.8% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 85.8% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 85% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 90.7% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 91% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 90.6% | 87.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 93.5% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 94.9% | 92.5% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 88.5% | 88% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 73.8% | 73.8% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 82.2% | 77.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 80.2% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 82.3% | 79% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 87.3% | 81% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 89.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 88.2% | 90% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 85.2% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 71.8% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 74.7% | 74% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 81.6% | 77.4% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 83.1% | 79% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 88.7% | 81.3% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 89.6% | 85% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 92.1% | 87.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 93% | 89.9% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 94% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 95.7% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 99.1% | 97.7% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 96.9% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 96.4% | 94.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 90.4% | 88% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 89% | 88.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 83.1% | 71.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 82.7% | 79.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 91.1% | 82% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 94.7% | 86.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 91.9% | 84% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 97.1% | 89.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 84.4% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 89.9% | 85.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 88.5% | 87.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 87.9% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 93.7% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 95.8% | 90.5% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.2% | 94.9% | 91% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.0% | 94.4% | 92.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 91.3% | 89% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 73.9% | 71.3% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 78.6% | 76% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 80.5% | 77% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 81.6% | 76.6% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 86.5% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 83.8% | 79.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 94.8% | 91% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 88% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 70.8% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.2% | 76.6% | 72% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 77.2% | 71.3% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.8% | 85.6% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.0% | 86.5% | 80.5% |
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* Wacona 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.