Ware County High School

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Ware County High School
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Ware County High School in 2015
Address
Ware County High School
700 Victory Drive

Waycross
,
Georgia
31503-8856

United States
Coordinates 31°12′07″N82°22′59″W / 31.202°N 82.383°W / 31.202; -82.383
Information
Established1958
School district Ware County School District
PrincipalBuford Kellogg
Faculty110.70 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,589 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.35 [1]
Color(s)Green and Gold   
Athletics conferenceGHSA Class AAAAA Region 1
MascotGator
Team nameGators
Rivals Coffee High School
YearbookEcho
Website ware.k12.ga.us/ware-county-high-school

Ware County High School is the only public high school in Ware County, Georgia, United States. It is located in the city of Waycross.

Contents

History

Ware County High School was formed in 1958 by the merging of Waresboro High School and Wacona High Schools. Expansion occurred in 1993 when the Waycross City Schools dropped their charter and Waycross High was absorbed by Ware County Senior High. In 1994, the doors were opened to a new high school in Ware County. It is located on Victory Drive, and is home to more than 1500 students and 110 faculty members.

Extracurricular activities

Sports offered

Sports history

The Ware County Gators high school football team made it to the state AAAA championship game during the 2007 season and the AAAAA championship game during the 2012 season. The Gators lost 20–14 to Northside Warner Robins High School Eagles in 2007 and lost 49–13 to the Gainesville High School Red Elephants in 2012. They challenged Charlie Grisham's Carrollton Trojans for the 1961 A championship, but lost 21–0. It was a rare weekend in that their cross-town rivals, the Waycross Bulldogs, had won the AA State Championship the night before, defeating Rossville 23–7. Head coach Jason Strickland lead the Gators to a GHSA Class 5A state championship in 2022 over the Warner Robins Demons 38-13.

The Gators play at Memorial Stadium.

State titles

Army program

The school's Army JROTC program is run by SFC Rena Rivere and CW2 Johnson

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ware County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  2. ↑ GHSA Girls Basketball Archive
  3. ↑ GHSA Girls Golf Archive
  4. ↑ GHSA Riflery Archive
  5. ↑ GHSA 2022 Riflery State Champions
  6. ↑ GHSA 2022 Football Champions
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  8. ↑ "A Conversation with Brock Drury: VSU Alumnus, Filmmaker Introduces "The Sim Racer" to South Georgia Film Festival Audiences - Valdosta State University".
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