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Georgia Early Literacy · 2025–26

Southwest Georgia RESA

Schools
44
School systems
18
Served by LRG coaches
36
At risk, K–3, fall → spring
19.6% → 19.6%
Spring vs. Georgia (17.6%)
+2.0
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
    24.3%to16.3%
    −8.0 pts fall to spring
    38 schools · Georgia 21.0% → 14.6%
  • Grade 1
    16.8%to18.7%
    +1.9 pts fall to spring
    38 schools · Georgia 21.2% → 18.1%
  • Grade 2
    18.8%to21.6%
    +2.8 pts fall to spring
    38 schools · Georgia 23.9% → 19.3%
  • Grade 3
    18.5%to21.9%
    +3.4 pts fall to spring
    37 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%19.6%21.1%19.6%+0.0 pts
Support plan — needing a tiered reading support planGeorgia: 15.1% → 14.5%16.6%14.5%14.5%−2.1 pts
Screened — of students screenedGeorgia: 96.0% → 95.9%97.9%99.4%99.3%+1.4 pts
Let's Read, Georgia!

Schools served by LRG coaches and the rest

LRG coaches served 36 of Southwest Georgia RESA's 44 schools in 2025–26.

Across kindergarten through third grade, the share of students at risk in the average LRG-served school fell 2.0 points (21.2% to 19.2%); in the average other school it rose 7.7 points (13.6% to 21.3%).

The widest difference is in grade 1: LRG-served schools fell 0.6 points, other schools rose 11.1 points. Served schools started the year higher (18.4% against 10.9%) and finished at 17.8% against 22.0%.

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 (36)Other schools (8)Difference
FallSpringChangeFallSpringChange
Kindergarten25.6%16.5%−9.119.5%15.6%−3.9−5.2 pts
Grade 118.4%17.8%−0.610.9%22.0%+11.1−11.7 pts
Grade 220.6%21.0%+0.412.0%23.9%+11.9−11.5 pts
Grade 320.1%21.4%+1.311.9%23.9%+12.0−10.7 pts
K–3 combined21.2%19.2%−2.013.6%21.3%+7.7−9.7 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 Southwest 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–30–45%FallSpringChange
Baconton Community Charter School11i-Ready10.0%11.5%+1.5
Baker County11i-Ready23.8%26.3%+2.5
Calhoun County11i-Ready8.3%30.0%+21.7
Decatur County32i-Ready26.0%17.6%−8.4
Dougherty County136Amira ISIP11.5%19.5%+8.0
Early County11mCLASS DIBELS 838.0%24.3%−13.7
Grady County44mCLASS DIBELS 834.9%21.3%−13.6
Lee County44Amira ISIP5.6%2.3%−3.3
Miller County11Amira ISIP15.3%11.8%−3.5
Mitchell County22i-Ready29.1%31.5%+2.4
Pataula Charter Academy11mCLASS DIBELS 828.8%19.8%−9.0
Pelham City11Star8.5%7.8%−0.7
Seminole County11i-Ready29.0%32.0%+3.0
Spring Creek Charter Academy11mCLASS DIBELS 840.0%25.0%−15.0
Terrell County11Amira ISIP21.5%23.3%+1.8
Thomas County33Star25.5%22.5%−3.0
Thomasville City33mCLASS DIBELS 821.5%20.0%−1.5
Worth County22mCLASS DIBELS 824.0%9.5%−14.5

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