Georgia Early Literacy · 2025–26

Heart of Georgia RESA

Schools: 16
School systems: 10
Served by LRG coaches: 16
At risk, K–3, fall → spring: 14.6% → 9.9%
Spring vs. Georgia (17.6%): −7.7

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
16.2%to8.5%
−7.7 pts fall to spring
15 schools · Georgia 21.0% → 14.6%
Grade 1
11.5%to9.1%
−2.4 pts fall to spring
15 schools · Georgia 21.2% → 18.1%
Grade 2
14.1%to10.0%
−4.1 pts fall to spring
15 schools · Georgia 23.9% → 19.3%
Grade 3
16.9%to12.0%
−4.9 pts fall to spring
14 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%	14.6%	10.3%	9.9%	−4.7 pts
Support plan — needing a tiered reading support planGeorgia: 15.1% → 14.5%	15.2%	7.7%	6.8%	−8.4 pts
Screened — of students screenedGeorgia: 96.0% → 95.9%	87.6%	87.2%	87.6%	±0.0 pts

Let's Read, Georgia!

Schools served by LRG coaches and the rest

LRG coaches served 16 of Heart of Georgia RESA's 16 schools in 2025–26.

Every school in Heart of Georgia RESA was served by LRG coaches, so there are no other schools here to compare against.

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

By school system

Every school system in Heart of Georgia 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
Bleckley County	2	2	Star	15.3%	11.3%	−4.0
Dodge County	2	2	Amira ISIP	11.9%	6.8%	−5.1
Dublin City	2	2	Amira ISIP	7.9%	7.3%	−0.6
Laurens County	4	4	Star	18.7%	10.5%	−8.2
Montgomery County	1	1	i-Ready	31.0%	29.5%	−1.5
Pulaski County	1	1	Amira ISIP	17.8%	8.8%	−9.0
Telfair County	1	1	Amira ISIP	20.3%	10.8%	−9.5
Treutlen County	1	1	Amira ISIP	4.3%	0.3%	−4.0
Wheeler County	1	1	Amira ISIP	6.0%	5.5%	−0.5
Wilcox County	1	1	Amira ISIP	12.0%	12.5%	+0.5

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