Georgia Early Literacy · 2025–26

Coastal Plains RESA

Schools: 43
School systems: 13
Served by LRG coaches: 37
At risk, K–3, fall → spring: 18.6% → 14.2%
Spring vs. Georgia (17.6%): −3.4

Across the year

Students at risk, fall to spring

The share of students each school's screener flagged as at risk of not reaching grade-level reading, in the average school, with Georgia's figures for reference.

Kindergarten
23.6%to13.7%
−9.9 pts fall to spring
42 schools · Georgia 21.0% → 14.6%
Grade 1
15.5%to13.9%
−1.6 pts fall to spring
42 schools · Georgia 21.2% → 18.1%
Grade 2
17.9%to13.5%
−4.4 pts fall to spring
42 schools · Georgia 23.9% → 19.3%
Grade 3
17.5%to15.9%
−1.6 pts fall to spring
42 schools · Georgia 22.9% → 18.5%

Percent of students at risk, needing a tiered reading support plan, and screened, in the average school, kindergarten through third grade combined, by screening window.
Measure (K–3)	Fall	Winter	Spring	Fall to spring
At risk — of not reaching grade-level readingGeorgia: 22.3% → 17.6%	18.6%	15.4%	14.2%	−4.4 pts
Support plan — needing a tiered reading support planGeorgia: 15.1% → 14.5%	14.0%	14.1%	12.4%	−1.6 pts
Screened — of students screenedGeorgia: 96.0% → 95.9%	86.3%	85.8%	85.9%	−0.4 pts

Let's Read, Georgia!

Schools served by LRG coaches and the rest

LRG coaches served 37 of Coastal Plains RESA's 43 schools in 2025–26.

Across kindergarten through third grade, the share of students at risk in the average LRG-served school fell 3.9 points (18.5% to 14.6%); in the average other school it fell 7.2 points (19.5% to 12.3%).

The widest difference is in kindergarten: LRG-served schools fell 8.7 points, other schools fell 16.9 points. Served schools started the year lower (22.8% against 28.2%) and finished at 14.1% against 11.3%.

Schools served by LRG coachesOther schools

Kindergarten
% of students at risk, average school
Grade 1
% of students at risk, average school
Grade 2
% of students at risk, average school
Grade 3
% of students at risk, average school

Percent of students at risk in the average school, fall and spring, for schools served by LRG coaches and for other schools, by grade.
Grade	LRG-served (37)			Other schools (6)			Difference
Grade	Fall	Spring	Change	Fall	Spring	Change	Difference
Kindergarten	22.8%	14.1%	−8.7	28.2%	11.3%	−16.9	+8.2 pts
Grade 1	15.4%	14.5%	−0.9	16.2%	10.2%	−6.0	+5.1 pts
Grade 2	17.9%	13.6%	−4.3	17.3%	12.7%	−4.6	+0.3 pts
Grade 3	17.7%	16.1%	−1.6	16.2%	15.0%	−1.2	−0.4 pts
K–3 combined	18.5%	14.6%	−3.9	19.5%	12.3%	−7.2	+3.3 pts

Difference is the served schools' change minus the other schools' change. Below zero, the share at risk fell further (or rose less) in LRG-served schools. Counts in the headings are all schools; each grade uses the schools that reported it in all three windows.

A comparison of two groups, not a measure of what coaching caused. See About the data.

By school system

Every school system in Coastal Plains RESA

Listed alphabetically. A one-school system's figures are that school's own.

Percent of kindergarten through third-grade students at risk in the average school, fall and spring, by School system.
School system	Schools	LRG-served	Screener	Fall	Spring	Change
Ben Hill County	2	2	Amira ISIP	21.0%	26.8%	+5.8
Berrien County	2	2	mCLASS DIBELS 8	23.8%	13.8%	−10.0
Brooks County	2	2	EPS Reading Assistant	31.1%	23.8%	−7.3
Colquitt County	10	10	Star	11.1%	5.3%	−5.8
Cook County	2	2	Amira ISIP	15.1%	13.5%	−1.6
Echols County	1	1	Amira ISIP	11.0%	10.8%	−0.2
Irwin County	1	1	Amira ISIP	36.3%	6.0%	−30.3
Lanier County	1	1	i-Ready	22.0%	14.5%	−7.5
Lowndes County	7	4	mCLASS DIBELS 8	22.7%	13.4%	−9.3
Scintilla Charter Academy	1	0	mCLASS DIBELS 8	20.0%	11.3%	−8.7
Tift County	8	6	Amira ISIP	18.0%	13.5%	−4.5
Turner County	1	1	i-Ready	23.0%	38.3%	+15.3
Valdosta City	5	5	i-Ready	19.4%	24.3%	+4.9

FallSpringGeorgia, springAverage school, K–3 combined; change in percentage points. A dash means no school reported a grade in all three windows.