2025 Compare Cities Education:
Blackshear, GA vs Waycross, GA

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Highlights
- Waycross spends 0.3% less per student than Blackshear.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.6% lower in Waycross than in Blackshear. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waycross had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Blackshear
 Blackshear, GAWaycross, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,916$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,583  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,388$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.54  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3594573
 Students per Counselor446  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Blackshear    2 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I would like to just add one thing to your letter. There are very good deals on shampoo here. Once you get outside City limits you will find that the cost of shampoo  More

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Nice small-town, but needs more enforcement when it comes to drugs, petty-theft, etc. Cost of living  More

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Reviews for Waycross    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have a different perspective of living here. I moved her from a large city and I appreciate the fact that I have no commute, the cost of living is very low and the  More

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One time in Waycross and will never visit this God forsaken town again. Cops are high school (22-24yr old) bullies that make up lies and harass rather than serve and  More

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Over 11 years ago

I was born and raised here in the heart of the good ole south in Waycross, Ga. Not much has changed except for the number of meth labs, drugs in general, thugs and  More

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