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Georgia Early Literacy · 2025–26

Central Savannah River Area RESA

Schools
65
School systems
14
Served by LRG coaches
37
At risk, K–3, fall → spring
18.7% → 22.0%
Spring vs. Georgia (17.6%)
+4.4
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
    10.6%to18.1%
    +7.5 pts fall to spring
    65 schools · Georgia 21.0% → 14.6%
  • Grade 1
    24.1%to22.1%
    −2.0 pts fall to spring
    65 schools · Georgia 21.2% → 18.1%
  • Grade 2
    22.7%to22.2%
    −0.5 pts fall to spring
    65 schools · Georgia 23.9% → 19.3%
  • Grade 3
    17.2%to25.7%
    +8.5 pts fall to spring
    65 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)FallWinterSpringFall to spring
At risk — of not reaching grade-level readingGeorgia: 22.3% → 17.6%18.7%18.7%22.0%+3.3 pts
Support plan — needing a tiered reading support planGeorgia: 15.1% → 14.5%13.0%15.5%16.6%+3.6 pts
Screened — of students screenedGeorgia: 96.0% → 95.9%92.9%92.9%92.6%−0.3 pts
Let's Read, Georgia!

Schools served by LRG coaches and the rest

LRG coaches served 37 of Central Savannah River Area RESA's 65 schools in 2025–26.

Across kindergarten through third grade, the share of students at risk in the average LRG-served school rose 0.9 points (17.4% to 18.3%); in the average other school it rose 6.5 points (20.3% to 26.8%).

The widest difference is in grade 3: LRG-served schools rose 4.5 points, other schools rose 13.5 points.

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.
GradeLRG-served (37)Other schools (28)Difference
FallSpringChangeFallSpringChange
Kindergarten11.3%15.5%+4.29.7%21.4%+11.7−7.5 pts
Grade 122.0%17.9%−4.127.0%27.6%+0.6−4.7 pts
Grade 219.6%18.7%−0.926.6%26.8%+0.2−1.1 pts
Grade 316.7%21.2%+4.518.0%31.5%+13.5−9.0 pts
K–3 combined17.4%18.3%+0.920.3%26.8%+6.5−5.6 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 Central Savannah River Area 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 systemSchoolsLRG-servedScreenerAt risk, K–30–90%FallSpringChange
Burke County33Star6.8%3.3%−3.5
Columbia County1712i-Ready11.8%14.7%+2.9
Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics11i-Ready9.5%11.3%+1.8
Glascock County11i-Ready11.3%15.3%+4.0
Jefferson County33i-Ready23.3%25.2%+1.9
Jenkins County21Amira ISIP, i-Ready13.9%12.9%−1.0
Lincoln County11i-Ready8.3%18.3%+10.0
McDuffie County22i-Ready14.9%15.5%+0.6
Richmond County309i-Ready22.7%29.3%+6.6
Rocky Creek Charter Academy10i-Ready15.5%20.8%+5.3
SAIL Charter Academy - School for Arts-Infused Learning11Amira ISIP11.0%9.3%−1.7
Taliaferro County11Amira ISIP31.0%9.0%−22.0
Warren County11i-Ready84.0%60.5%−23.5
Wilkes County11Amira ISIP11.3%16.0%+4.7

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