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Best Public Schools in Wilkes County, GA

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Test scores delayed: 2026 rankings for Georgia do not yet include English Language Arts scores, which will not be released by the Georgia Department of Education until winter 2026.

At a glance

Schools

1,272

Students

Districts

Top rankedWashington-Wilkes Elementary School643^rd of 1,219 Georgia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Washington-Wilkes Middle School up 47 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School 12.3 students per teacher

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2026)	Milestones Assessment Biology (2026)	Milestones Assessment United States History (2026)	Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)						Milestones Assessment Science (2026)		Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment Biology End of Course	Milestones Assessment United States History End of Course	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wilkes County Regional Detention Center	Public	6-12	1430 Industrial Park Rd	Washington	30673	Wilkes County	Department of Juvenile Justice	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 678-2307	10	3	3.3	70.0%	0 (0.0%)	10 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Washington-Wilkes Primary School	Public	K-3	910 E Robert Toombs Ave	Washington	30673	Wilkes County	Wilkes County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 678-2633	365	26	14.0	100.0%	125 (34.2%)	181 (49.6%)	34 (9.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.3%)								(n/a)				38.6									$14,904	$1,375	$13,530
Washington-Wilkes Elementary School	Public	4-5	109 East St	Washington	30673	Wilkes County	Wilkes County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 678-7124	244	19	12.9	100.0%	82 (33.6%)	120 (49.2%)	26 (10.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.1%)	42.8	643^rd of 1219 public elementary schools	47.3%		42.2	654^th of 1238 public elementary schools	47.2%	11					43.0	41.6				34.9			$17,468	$1,908	$15,560
Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School	Public	9-12	1182 Tignall Rd	Washington	30673	Wilkes County	Wilkes County	No	No	No	No	(706) 678-2426	368	30	12.3	92.7%	121 (32.9%)	187 (50.8%)	41 (11.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.9%)	28.4	296^th of 455 public high schools	34.9%		39.4	234^th of 451 public high schools	48.1%	62	36.4	21.7	31.1										$16,510	$589	$15,921
Washington-Wilkes Middle School	Public	6-8	1180 Tignall Rd	Washington	30673	Wilkes County	Wilkes County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 678-7132	285	19	14.7	100.0%	101 (35.4%)	130 (45.6%)	34 (11.9%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.3%)	31.7	388^th of 578 public middle schools	32.9%		25.5	435^th of 585 public middle schools	25.6%	47							27.7	30.5	20.4		20.4	32.4	$13,475	$1,291	$12,184

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

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