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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Ruskin Elementary School, Waycross, GA

CEP schoolRuskin Elementary School is a public elementary school in Waycross, part of Ware County Public Schools. It enrolled 363 students in 2024-25, with 12.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
363
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
12.1
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 0.9 lower than the district figure of 13.0. The Georgia average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.1
District13.0
Georgia14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
3550 Valdosta Hwy, Waycross, GA 31503
Phone
(912)287-2325
District
Ware County Public Schools
County
Ware County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
130543001403
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
363
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
363100.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
263Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Ware County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.