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Statewide report
Georgia Early Literacy · 2025–26

North Georgia RESA

Schools
49
School systems
6
Served by LRG coaches
24
At risk, K–3, fall → spring
25.3% → 16.7%
Spring vs. Georgia (17.6%)
−0.9
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
    29.9%to12.0%
    −17.9 pts fall to spring
    49 schools · Georgia 21.0% → 14.6%
  • Grade 1
    21.4%to16.2%
    −5.2 pts fall to spring
    49 schools · Georgia 21.2% → 18.1%
  • Grade 2
    24.4%to20.9%
    −3.5 pts fall to spring
    49 schools · Georgia 23.9% → 19.3%
  • Grade 3
    25.4%to17.7%
    −7.7 pts fall to spring
    49 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%25.3%19.5%16.7%−8.6 pts
Support plan — needing a tiered reading support planGeorgia: 15.1% → 14.5%11.5%10.4%10.1%−1.4 pts
Screened — of students screenedGeorgia: 96.0% → 95.9%99.1%99.1%99.2%+0.1 pts
Let's Read, Georgia!

Schools served by LRG coaches and the rest

LRG coaches served 24 of North Georgia RESA's 49 schools in 2025–26.

Across kindergarten through third grade, the share of students at risk in the average LRG-served school fell 10.6 points (26.1% to 15.5%); in the average other school it fell 6.7 points (24.5% to 17.8%).

The widest difference is in kindergarten: LRG-served schools fell 23.5 points, other schools fell 12.6 points. Served schools started the year higher (34.0% against 26.0%) and finished at 10.5% against 13.4%.

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 (24)Other schools (25)Difference
FallSpringChangeFallSpringChange
Kindergarten34.0%10.5%−23.526.0%13.4%−12.6−10.9 pts
Grade 121.4%15.2%−6.221.4%17.2%−4.2−2.0 pts
Grade 224.5%19.3%−5.224.4%22.4%−2.0−3.2 pts
Grade 324.4%17.2%−7.226.3%18.1%−8.2+1.0 pts
K–3 combined26.1%15.5%−10.624.5%17.8%−6.7−3.9 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 North 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–35–45%FallSpringChange
Cherokee Classical Academy School10mCLASS DIBELS 834.8%27.3%−7.5
Cherokee County236Star24.8%18.0%−6.8
Gilmer County33i-Ready37.7%36.3%−1.4
Murray County66Amira ISIP27.4%9.0%−18.4
Pickens County32mCLASS DIBELS 841.1%20.4%−20.7
Whitfield County137Amira ISIP17.9%11.7%−6.2

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