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Georgia Early Literacy · 2025–26

Middle Georgia RESA

Schools
63
School systems
10
Served by LRG coaches
30
At risk, K–3, fall → spring
25.1% → 19.4%
Spring vs. Georgia (17.6%)
+1.8
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
    27.1%to17.1%
    −10.0 pts fall to spring
    56 schools · Georgia 21.0% → 14.6%
  • Grade 1
    23.7%to19.6%
    −4.1 pts fall to spring
    56 schools · Georgia 21.2% → 18.1%
  • Grade 2
    26.1%to20.0%
    −6.1 pts fall to spring
    56 schools · Georgia 23.9% → 19.3%
  • Grade 3
    23.4%to20.9%
    −2.5 pts fall to spring
    56 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%25.1%21.9%19.4%−5.7 pts
Support plan — needing a tiered reading support planGeorgia: 15.1% → 14.5%17.4%14.6%12.3%−5.1 pts
Screened — of students screenedGeorgia: 96.0% → 95.9%91.8%92.3%91.0%−0.8 pts
Let's Read, Georgia!

Schools served by LRG coaches and the rest

LRG coaches served 30 of Middle Georgia RESA's 63 schools in 2025–26.

Across kindergarten through third grade, the share of students at risk in the average LRG-served school fell 6.6 points (24.7% to 18.1%); in the average other school it fell 5.0 points (25.4% to 20.4%).

The widest difference is in grade 1: LRG-served schools fell 6.0 points, other schools fell 2.4 points. Served schools started the year higher (25.1% against 22.4%) and finished at 19.1% against 20.0%.

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 (30)Other schools (33)Difference
FallSpringChangeFallSpringChange
Kindergarten25.9%15.1%−10.828.1%18.7%−9.4−1.4 pts
Grade 125.1%19.1%−6.022.4%20.0%−2.4−3.6 pts
Grade 224.9%18.2%−6.727.2%21.6%−5.6−1.1 pts
Grade 322.8%20.3%−2.523.9%21.5%−2.4−0.1 pts
K–3 combined24.7%18.1%−6.625.4%20.4%−5.0−1.6 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 Middle 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 systemSchoolsLRG-servedScreenerAt risk, K–35–60%FallSpringChange
Academy For Classical Education10Amira ISIP———
Bibb County216Star34.1%27.0%−7.1
Cirrus Charter Academy10i-Ready20.5%20.5%+0.0
Crawford County22Star55.0%35.0%−20.0
Houston County2510Amira ISIP15.0%11.5%−3.5
Jasper County22Amira ISIP20.4%11.0%−9.4
Jones County44mCLASS DIBELS 830.6%20.1%−10.5
Monroe County33Star20.3%13.0%−7.3
Peach County32Star19.0%24.4%+5.4
Twiggs County11i-Ready35.8%17.0%−18.8

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

Changed screener: Academy For Classical Education (Amira ISIP → Star). These schools drop out of fall-to-spring changes for the grades affected.