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Long County
Georgia Milestones · 2025–26

How Long 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
36.0%
−7.9 pts vs. Georgia
Among similar size
50th of 67
Districts testing a similar number of students
Among demographic peers
15th of 21
Districts serving similar student populations
vs. similar poverty
−4.8 pts
Typical at 77% ED: 40.8%
Most aligned district
Greene County
Closest combined match on size, demographics, and poverty rate
Their score
40.0%
Long County
36.0%4.0 pts
Tested
1,659 (you: 3,023)
Econ. disadvantaged
83% (you: 77%)
16% SWD · 6% EL · 35% Black · 18% Hisp. · 40% White
Peer group 1

Districts of similar size

The 67 Georgia districts testing between half and one-and-a-half times as many students as Long County on all subjects (3,023 tested), ranked by score.

#DistrictProficient or DistinguishedScore
1City Schools Of Decatur74.2%
2Buford City72.7%
3Jefferson City70.6%
4Bremen City69.5%
5Pierce County65.3%
6Harris County59.2%
7Haralson County57.5%
8Morgan County56.5%
9Bleckley County56.4%
10Monroe County56.2%
11Laurens County55.7%
12Lee County55.3%
13Pike County54.0%
14Appling County53.9%
15Berrien County48.6%
16Gilmer County48.5%
17Jeff Davis County48.5%
18Cartersville City47.6%
19Jones County47.3%
20Madison County46.5%
21Union County46.1%
22White County46.1%
23Dawson County44.6%
24Lumpkin County43.9%
25Oglethorpe County43.9%
26Hart County43.8%
27Carrollton City43.7%
28Calhoun City43.6%
29Banks County43.5%
30Stephens County42.6%
31Franklin County42.4%
32Wayne County41.7%
33Gordon County41.2%
34Emanuel County41.0%
35Pickens County40.6%
36Greene County40.0%
37Toombs County39.9%
38Murray County39.8%
39Ware County39.8%
40Butts County38.4%
41Cook County37.7%
42Worth County37.4%
43Thomaston-Upson County37.2%
44Thomas County36.9%
45Jasper County36.8%
46Rome City36.6%
47Putnam County36.5%
48Grady County36.3%
49Fannin County36.0%
50Long County36.0%
51Elbert County35.2%
52Peach County33.7%
53Lamar County32.8%
54Tattnall County32.7%
55Ben Hill County32.6%
56Thomasville City32.2%
57Dodge County30.4%
58Washington County30.1%
59Decatur County29.7%
60Georgia Connections Academy (Virtua28.5%
61Chattooga County26.6%
62Mcduffie County24.9%
63Burke County24.5%
64Baldwin County23.2%
65Crisp County21.6%
66Sumter County17.9%
67Jenkins County17.5%

Georgia averageBars run 0–100%.

Peer group 2

Demographic peers

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

#DistrictProficient or DistinguishedScore
1Fayette County13% SWD · 5% EL · 29% Black · 15% Hisp. · 41% White67.9%
2Cobb County14% SWD · 12% EL · 28% Black · 27% Hisp. · 32% White51.9%
3Walton County14% SWD · 6% EL · 25% Black · 15% Hisp. · 51% White49.8%
4Cartersville City11% SWD · 9% EL · 20% Black · 24% Hisp. · 48% White47.6%
5Glynn County18% SWD · 10% EL · 33% Black · 20% Hisp. · 40% White47.1%
6Carrollton City12% SWD · 11% EL · 31% Black · 26% Hisp. · 35% White43.7%
7Paulding County17% SWD · 4% EL · 32% Black · 15% Hisp. · 45% White43.2%
8Tift County11% SWD · 7% EL · 37% Black · 22% Hisp. · 36% White40.5%
9Greene County16% SWD · 6% EL · 35% Black · 18% Hisp. · 40% White40.0%
10Chattahoochee County21% SWD · 0% EL · 32% Black · 13% Hisp. · 45% White39.9%
11Odyssey Charter School14% SWD · 5% EL · 34% Black · 17% Hisp. · 39% White38.5%
12Cook County14% SWD · 5% EL · 30% Black · 13% Hisp. · 48% White37.7%
13Candler County15% SWD · 5% EL · 26% Black · 22% Hisp. · 48% White36.9%
14Putnam County13% SWD · 10% EL · 35% Black · 21% Hisp. · 40% White36.5%
15Long County15% SWD · 4% EL · 28% Black · 19% Hisp. · 41% White36.0%
16Four Points Preparatory Academy15% SWD · 9% EL · 38% Black · 18% Hisp. · 39% White35.4%
17Elbert County16% SWD · 4% EL · 34% Black · 12% Hisp. · 47% White35.2%
18Montgomery County21% SWD · 3% EL · 27% Black · 19% Hisp. · 47% White32.7%
19Tattnall County18% SWD · 6% EL · 23% Black · 22% Hisp. · 49% White32.7%
20Coffee County15% SWD · 9% EL · 29% Black · 24% Hisp. · 42% White32.6%
21Marion County14% SWD · 5% EL · 31% Black · 15% Hisp. · 48% White29.2%

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.

77% of Long County’s students are economically disadvantaged. Georgia districts at that level typically score 40.8%; Long County scores 36.0%4.8 pts below that trend.

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

The 15 districts closest in poverty rate

#DistrictProficient or DistinguishedScore
1Resurgence Hall Charter School71% economically disadvantaged76.5%
2Resurgence Hall Middle Academy76% economically disadvantaged60.4%
3Lowndes County75% economically disadvantaged59.6%
4Houston County74% economically disadvantaged50.3%
5Union County82% economically disadvantaged46.1%
6Screven County79% economically disadvantaged40.6%
7Greene County83% economically disadvantaged40.0%
8Chattahoochee County71% economically disadvantaged39.9%
9Atlanta Public Schools74% economically disadvantaged38.4%
10Long County77% economically disadvantaged36.0%
11Polk County77% economically disadvantaged34.3%
12Mitchell County81% economically disadvantaged34.0%
13Savannah-Chatham County73% economically disadvantaged32.1%
14Ivy Preparatory Academy, Inc79% economically disadvantaged30.5%
15Dekalb County81% economically disadvantaged29.9%

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.