Burke County School District

789 Burke Veterans Parkway
Waynesboro, GA 30830
(District boundaries shown in map)
2/
10
Bottom 50%
For the 2026 school year, there are 2 public preschools serving 1,154 students in Burke County School District. This district's average pre testing ranking is 3/10, which is in the bottom 50% of public pre schools in Georgia.
Public Preschools in Burke County School District have an average math proficiency score of 32% (versus the Georgia public pre school average of 43%), and reading proficiency score of 27% (versus the 39% statewide average).
Minority enrollment is 76% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the Georgia public preschool average of 66% (majority Black).

Overview

This School District
This State (GA)
# Schools
5 Schools
1,165 Schools
# Students
3,841 Students
715,840 Students
# Teachers
307 Teachers
53,920 Teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
13:1
13:1

Student By Grade

District Rank

Burke County School District, which is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 219 school districts in Georgia (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2022-2023 school year.
The school district's graduation rate of 86% has decreased from 89% over five school years.
This School District
State Average (GA)
#181 out of 222 school districts
(Bottom 50%)
20%
39%
23%
40%
27%
40%
86%
84%

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