Georgia Early Literacy · 2025–26

Northeast Georgia RESA

Schools: 65
School systems: 14
Served by LRG coaches: 57
At risk, K–3, fall → spring: 20.3% → 16.8%
Spring vs. Georgia (17.6%): −0.8

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
20.8%to14.3%
−6.5 pts fall to spring
57 schools · Georgia 21.0% → 14.6%
Grade 1
19.0%to16.2%
−2.8 pts fall to spring
57 schools · Georgia 21.2% → 18.1%
Grade 2
21.1%to18.7%
−2.4 pts fall to spring
57 schools · Georgia 23.9% → 19.3%
Grade 3
20.3%to18.1%
−2.2 pts fall to spring
57 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%	20.3%	19.3%	16.8%	−3.5 pts
Support plan — needing a tiered reading support planGeorgia: 15.1% → 14.5%	15.5%	14.8%	13.7%	−1.8 pts
Screened — of students screenedGeorgia: 96.0% → 95.9%	97.1%	97.5%	98.1%	+1.0 pts

Let's Read, Georgia!

Schools served by LRG coaches and the rest

LRG coaches served 57 of Northeast Georgia RESA's 65 schools in 2025–26.

Across kindergarten through third grade, the share of students at risk in the average LRG-served school fell 3.4 points (19.0% to 15.6%); in the average other school it fell 4.1 points (33.9% to 29.8%).

The widest difference is in kindergarten: LRG-served schools fell 6.0 points, other schools fell 12.2 points. Served schools started the year lower (19.5% against 34.8%) and finished at 13.5% against 22.6%.

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.
Grade	LRG-served (57)			Other schools (8)			Difference
Grade	Fall	Spring	Change	Fall	Spring	Change	Difference
Kindergarten	19.5%	13.5%	−6.0	34.8%	22.6%	−12.2	+6.2 pts
Grade 1	18.0%	15.2%	−2.8	30.2%	26.4%	−3.8	+1.0 pts
Grade 2	20.0%	17.4%	−2.6	31.8%	32.4%	+0.6	−3.2 pts
Grade 3	18.6%	16.2%	−2.4	38.8%	37.6%	−1.2	−1.2 pts
K–3 combined	19.0%	15.6%	−3.4	33.9%	29.8%	−4.1	+0.7 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 Northeast 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
Barrow County	10	10	mCLASS DIBELS 8	20.9%	18.6%	−2.3
Clarke County	14	8	i-Ready	32.8%	34.4%	+1.6
Commerce City	2	2	Amira ISIP	15.8%	4.0%	−11.8
Elbert County	2	2	mCLASS DIBELS 8	37.8%	25.3%	−12.5
Four Points Preparatory Academy	1	0	mCLASS DIBELS 8	33.8%	18.8%	−15.0
Greene County	2	2	mCLASS DIBELS 8	25.8%	19.5%	−6.3
Jackson County	7	7	Amira ISIP	23.8%	17.0%	−6.8
Jefferson City	2	2	Amira ISIP	8.5%	6.0%	−2.5
Madison County	5	5	i-Ready	17.7%	16.3%	−1.4
Morgan County	2	2	mCLASS DIBELS 8	18.9%	12.4%	−6.5
Oconee County	7	7	Amira ISIP	2.0%	2.5%	+0.5
Oglethorpe County	1	1	Amira ISIP	19.8%	9.3%	−10.5
Social Circle City	1	1	i-Ready	14.3%	17.8%	+3.5
Walton County	9	8	Amira ISIP	16.9%	11.1%	−5.8

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

Changed screener: Barrow Elementary School, Clarke County (i-Ready → Amira ISIP); Gaines Elementary School, Clarke County (i-Ready → Amira ISIP); Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School, Clarke County (i-Ready → Amira ISIP); Timothy Elementary School, Clarke County (i-Ready → Amira ISIP); Winterville Elementary School, Clarke County (i-Ready → Amira ISIP). These schools drop out of fall-to-spring changes for the grades affected.