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Statewide report
Georgia Early Literacy · 2025–26

Pioneer RESA

Schools
63
School systems
14
Served by LRG coaches
46
At risk, K–3, fall → spring
25.9% → 21.1%
Spring vs. Georgia (17.6%)
+3.5
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
    21.9%to16.4%
    −5.5 pts fall to spring
    58 schools · Georgia 21.0% → 14.6%
  • Grade 1
    23.2%to21.2%
    −2.0 pts fall to spring
    59 schools · Georgia 21.2% → 18.1%
  • Grade 2
    29.1%to23.8%
    −5.3 pts fall to spring
    59 schools · Georgia 23.9% → 19.3%
  • Grade 3
    29.2%to22.9%
    −6.3 pts fall to spring
    59 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%25.9%22.9%21.1%−4.8 pts
Support plan — needing a tiered reading support planGeorgia: 15.1% → 14.5%24.7%24.5%21.9%−2.8 pts
Screened — of students screenedGeorgia: 96.0% → 95.9%98.2%98.4%98.4%+0.2 pts
Let's Read, Georgia!

Schools served by LRG coaches and the rest

LRG coaches served 46 of Pioneer 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 4.0 points (22.5% to 18.5%); in the average other school it fell 6.8 points (34.2% to 27.4%).

The widest difference is in kindergarten: LRG-served schools fell 3.9 points, other schools fell 9.4 points. Served schools started the year lower (19.7% against 27.2%) and finished at 15.8% against 17.8%.

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 (46)Other schools (17)Difference
FallSpringChangeFallSpringChange
Kindergarten19.7%15.8%−3.927.2%17.8%−9.4+5.5 pts
Grade 120.6%17.9%−2.729.7%29.5%−0.2−2.5 pts
Grade 224.9%20.9%−4.039.2%31.1%−8.1+4.1 pts
Grade 324.6%19.5%−5.140.6%31.3%−9.3+4.2 pts
K–3 combined22.5%18.5%−4.034.2%27.4%−6.8+2.8 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 Pioneer 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–30–45%FallSpringChange
Banks County22i-Ready19.0%17.3%−1.7
Dawson County44Amira ISIP7.9%6.4%−1.5
Fannin County33i-Ready21.3%26.4%+5.1
Franklin County31Star24.6%31.3%+6.7
Gainesville City66mCLASS DIBELS 834.2%36.8%+2.6
Habersham County88Amira ISIP24.7%12.5%−12.2
Hall County185Amira ISIP33.0%26.1%−6.9
Hart County33Amira ISIP8.8%7.3%−1.5
Lumpkin County33Amira ISIP14.6%9.1%−5.5
Rabun County22Amira ISIP18.3%13.0%−5.3
Stephens County33Star19.9%12.3%−7.6
Towns County11i-Ready7.8%8.8%+1.0
Union County32i-Ready21.4%20.1%−1.3
White County43mCLASS DIBELS 840.3%25.6%−14.7

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