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First District RESAFirst District RESA
Statewide report
Georgia Early Literacy · 2025–26

First District RESA

Schools
109
School systems
19
Served by LRG coaches
74
At risk, K–3, fall → spring
25.4% → 15.9%
Spring vs. Georgia (17.6%)
−1.7
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
    28.8%to12.3%
    −16.5 pts fall to spring
    101 schools · Georgia 21.0% → 14.6%
  • Grade 1
    21.4%to16.4%
    −5.0 pts fall to spring
    102 schools · Georgia 21.2% → 18.1%
  • Grade 2
    25.4%to18.4%
    −7.0 pts fall to spring
    102 schools · Georgia 23.9% → 19.3%
  • Grade 3
    26.0%to16.5%
    −9.5 pts fall to spring
    101 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%25.4%20.1%15.9%−9.5 pts
Support plan — needing a tiered reading support planGeorgia: 15.1% → 14.5%15.0%18.7%15.4%+0.4 pts
Screened — of students screenedGeorgia: 96.0% → 95.9%97.0%97.6%97.0%±0.0 pts
Let's Read, Georgia!

Schools served by LRG coaches and the rest

LRG coaches served 74 of First District RESA's 109 schools in 2025–26.

Across kindergarten through third grade, the share of students at risk in the average LRG-served school fell 10.7 points (26.4% to 15.7%); in the average other school it fell 6.8 points (23.2% to 16.4%).

The widest difference is in kindergarten: LRG-served schools fell 19.9 points, other schools fell 9.4 points. Served schools started the year higher (32.7% against 20.7%) and finished at 12.8% 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.
GradeLRG-served (74)Other schools (35)Difference
FallSpringChangeFallSpringChange
Kindergarten32.7%12.8%−19.920.7%11.3%−9.4−10.5 pts
Grade 120.9%15.9%−5.022.5%17.4%−5.1+0.1 pts
Grade 225.7%17.5%−8.224.7%20.0%−4.7−3.5 pts
Grade 326.5%16.5%−10.024.9%16.5%−8.4−1.6 pts
K–3 combined26.4%15.7%−10.723.2%16.4%−6.8−3.9 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 First District 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–30–60%FallSpringChange
Appling County32Amira ISIP7.8%5.8%−2.0
Bryan County52i-Ready12.9%13.8%+0.9
Bulloch County99i-Ready38.1%11.8%−26.3
Camden County99Amira ISIP12.1%4.9%−7.2
Candler County11Amira ISIP3.0%2.3%−0.7
Effingham County88Amira ISIP13.4%10.0%−3.4
Emanuel County33mCLASS DIBELS 840.8%27.0%−13.8
Evans County11mCLASS DIBELS 855.3%29.5%−25.8
Glynn County104Amira ISIP27.4%17.3%−10.1
Jeff Davis County22i-Ready7.5%7.0%−0.5
Liberty County77Amira ISIP39.5%19.5%−20.0
Long County22Amira ISIP21.8%25.0%+3.2
McIntosh County11Star7.5%14.5%+7.0
Savannah-Chatham County3511Amira ISIP, i-Ready, Star29.2%21.5%−7.7
Screven County11i-Ready19.3%18.8%−0.5
Tattnall County22i-Ready31.1%18.9%−12.2
Toombs County32Amira ISIP18.8%8.1%−10.7
Vidalia City22mCLASS DIBELS 8———
Wayne County55Amira ISIP21.5%14.1%−7.4

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

Missing results: J. D. Dickerson Primary School, Vidalia City (no spring results); Sally Dailey Meadows Elementary School, Vidalia City (no spring results). These schools drop out of fall-to-spring changes for the grades affected.