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Appling County
Georgia Milestones · 2025–26

How Appling County compares

A statewide ranking mostly ranks size and affluence. These are the fairer questions: how does this system do against districts of similar size, districts serving similar students, and districts at a similar poverty rate?

Georgia: 43.9%

English Language Arts results for 2025–26 have not been published yet. “All subjects” scores and rankings cover the published subjects only.

Proficient or Distinguished
53.9%
+10.0 pts vs. Georgia
Among similar size
12th of 68
Districts testing a similar number of students
Among demographic peers
7th of 21
Districts serving similar student populations
vs. similar poverty
+22.3 pts
Typical at 99% ED: 31.6%
Most aligned district
Closest combined match on size, demographics, and poverty rate
Their score
32.7%
Appling County
53.9%+21.2 pts
Tested
2,267 (you: 2,195)
Econ. disadvantaged
99% (you: 99%)
18% SWD · 6% EL · 23% Black · 22% Hisp. · 49% White
Peer group 1

Districts of similar size

The 68 Georgia districts testing between half and one-and-a-half times as many students as Appling County on all subjects (2,195 tested), ranked by score.

#DistrictProficient or DistinguishedScore
1Academy For Classical Education72.0%
2Jefferson City70.6%
3Bremen City69.5%
4Pierce County65.3%
5Heard County59.3%
6Haralson County57.5%
7Morgan County56.5%
8Bleckley County56.4%
9Monroe County56.2%
10Commerce City54.5%
11Pike County54.0%
12Appling County53.9%
13Rabun County48.8%
14Berrien County48.6%
15Gilmer County48.5%
16Jeff Davis County48.5%
17Bacon County47.9%
18Cartersville City47.6%
19Jones County47.3%
20Union County46.1%
21White County46.1%
22Dade County45.0%
23Dawson County44.6%
24Lumpkin County43.9%
25Oglethorpe County43.9%
26Hart County43.8%
27Calhoun City43.6%
28Banks County43.5%
29Stephens County42.6%
30Franklin County42.4%
31Emanuel County41.0%
32Pickens County40.6%
33Screven County40.6%
34Greene County40.0%
35Toombs County39.9%
36Butts County38.4%
37Cook County37.7%
38Social Circle City37.6%
39Worth County37.4%
40Thomaston-Upson County37.2%
41Candler County36.9%
42Jasper County36.8%
43Putnam County36.5%
44Grady County36.3%
45Fannin County36.0%
46Long County36.0%
47Elbert County35.2%
48Peach County33.7%
49Lamar County32.8%
50Tattnall County32.7%
51Ben Hill County32.6%
52Thomasville City32.2%
53Dodge County30.4%
54Washington County30.1%
55Decatur County29.7%
56Meriwether County27.7%
57Brooks County27.5%
58Chattooga County26.6%
59Jefferson County25.8%
60Mcduffie County24.9%
61Burke County24.5%
62Dublin City24.4%
63Vidalia City24.3%
64Baldwin County23.2%
65Crisp County21.6%
66Dubois Integrity Academy19.1%
67Sumter County17.9%
68Jenkins County17.5%

Georgia averageBars run 0–100%.

Peer group 2

Demographic peers

The 20 Georgia districts whose tested populations look most like Appling County's — matched on shares of race/ethnicity, economically disadvantaged, students with disabilities, and English learner students.

#DistrictProficient or DistinguishedScore
1Buford City12% SWD · 8% EL · 11% Black · 25% Hisp. · 46% White72.7%
2Columbia County14% SWD · 3% EL · 22% Black · 12% Hisp. · 52% White61.8%
3Cherokee County15% SWD · 10% EL · 8% Black · 24% Hisp. · 58% White56.9%
4Effingham County18% SWD · 3% EL · 18% Black · 14% Hisp. · 59% White56.7%
5Jackson County17% SWD · 10% EL · 10% Black · 23% Hisp. · 58% White55.0%
6Commerce City17% SWD · 5% EL · 12% Black · 19% Hisp. · 62% White54.5%
7Appling County15% SWD · 8% EL · 18% Black · 23% Hisp. · 54% White53.9%
8Northwest Classical Academy15% SWD · 5% EL · 18% Black · 15% Hisp. · 57% White52.8%
9Coweta County13% SWD · 4% EL · 25% Black · 13% Hisp. · 53% White52.0%
10Walton County14% SWD · 6% EL · 25% Black · 15% Hisp. · 51% White49.8%
11Carroll County16% SWD · 4% EL · 19% Black · 13% Hisp. · 59% White48.7%
12Jeff Davis County13% SWD · 8% EL · 14% Black · 24% Hisp. · 56% White48.5%
13Bacon County20% SWD · 9% EL · 24% Black · 17% Hisp. · 55% White47.9%
14Sail Charter Academy - School For A20% SWD · 1% EL · 17% Black · 16% Hisp. · 52% White47.8%
15Cartersville City11% SWD · 9% EL · 20% Black · 24% Hisp. · 48% White47.6%
16Hart County17% SWD · 6% EL · 20% Black · 13% Hisp. · 58% White43.8%
17Bartow County16% SWD · 6% EL · 10% Black · 20% Hisp. · 63% White43.6%
18Toombs County21% SWD · 6% EL · 17% Black · 27% Hisp. · 51% White39.9%19Candler County15% SWD · 5% EL · 26% Black · 22% Hisp. · 48% White36.9%
20Polk County17% SWD · 11% EL · 12% Black · 28% Hisp. · 53% White34.3%
21Tattnall County18% SWD · 6% EL · 23% Black · 22% Hisp. · 49% White32.7%

Georgia averageBars run 0–100%.

Peer group 3

Against the poverty trend

Proficiency tracks how many students a district serves in poverty, so a plain ranking partly ranks affluence. This places every Georgia district against the statewide trend — above the line is out-performing districts serving similar student populations.

GOSA has not published enrollment figures for 2025–26 yet, so each district is placed by its 2024–25 poverty rate — the most recent published. Scores are 2025–26’s own.

99% of Appling County’s students are economically disadvantaged. Georgia districts at that level typically score 31.6%; Appling County scores 53.9%+22.3 pts above that trend.

Appling CountyGeorgia districtStatewide trend192 districts · poverty explains 44% of the variation · 2024–25 poverty rates

The 15 districts closest in poverty rate

#DistrictProficient or DistinguishedScore
1Appling County99% economically disadvantaged53.9%
2Lanier County99% economically disadvantaged48.3%
3Treutlen County99% economically disadvantaged43.9%
4Cook County99% economically disadvantaged37.7%
5Putnam County99% economically disadvantaged36.5%
6Genesis Innovation Academy For Boys99% economically disadvantaged34.1%
7Genesis Innovation Academy For Girl99% economically disadvantaged32.9%
8Tattnall County99% economically disadvantaged32.7%
9Pelham City99% economically disadvantaged32.4%
10McIntosh County99% economically disadvantaged31.7%
11Dodge County99% economically disadvantaged30.4%
12Crawford County99% economically disadvantaged26.1%
13Jefferson County99% economically disadvantaged25.8%
14Georgia Fugees Academy Charter Scho99% economically disadvantaged17.6%
15Talbot County99% economically disadvantaged16.6%

Georgia averageBars run 0–100%.

Source: Georgia Milestones district aggregates published by the Governor's Office of Student Achievement, All Students, all grades. “All subjects” weights each subject by students tested. Similar-size bands use the number of students tested rather than enrollment — it is published for every district and is the population the scores actually describe. Demographic peers are the twenty districts whose tested populations look most like this system's own, matched on shares of race/ethnicity, economically disadvantaged, students with disabilities, and English learner students in EOG Mathematics. The poverty comparison uses the share of enrolled students identified as economically disadvantaged in GOSA's Enrollment by Subgroup Metrics file, fitted against proficiency by least squares across all districts testing at least 200 students. Georgia identifies economically disadvantaged students by direct certification, and districts operating the Community Eligibility Provision report every student as eligible — so the measure compresses at the top and describes the trend, not any individual cause. See every First District system on the statewide ranking.