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Williams Heights Elementary School

Regular School · Waycross, GA

Williams Heights Elementary School is a regular school school in Waycross, Georgia, serving grades KG–05 with 436 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 13.3:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
KG – 05
Enrollment
436
Teachers (FTE)
32.7
Student–Teacher Ratio
13.3:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Black or African American 226 52%
White 139 32%
Two or more races 40 9%
Hispanic/Latino 25 6%
Asian 6 1%
Total enrollment 436 242M / 194F

English Language Learners: 9 (2% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 28.0% -8.4pp 36.4% 212
Reading Proficiency 35.0% -4.4pp 39.4% 212
Science Proficiency 50-54% 65

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
+0.19 grade levels
Math
-0.09 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
71 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
13
3% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
98
22.5% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 436 100%

Contact & Location

705 Dewey St

Waycross, GA 31501

Phone: (912)287-2399

District

Ware County

Per-pupil expenditure: $16,780

District enrollment: 5,973

NCES ID

130543001393

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD