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SCCPSS reports third-grade reading proficiency fell to 53% in 2025
Summary
Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools reported a 5-percentage-point decline in third-grade students reading on grade level in 2025, falling behind the comparison group and the state; the district outlined strategies to improve literacy.
Sheila Blanco, Public Information Manager for Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (SCCPSS), said the district’s report on third-grade reading performance showed a drop to 53% of students reading on grade level in the 2025 school year, down five percentage points from the prior year. The results were presented during an informal meeting of the SCCPSS Board of Education in October 2025.
The report compared SCCPSS results to a stated “comparison group” and the statewide results and found the district lagging both. District staff described a package of planned strategies intended to improve literacy this school year and beyond; the presentation summarized the findings and next steps but did not list specific benchmark timelines in the materials summarized by staff in the meeting notes provided.
District leaders tied the figures to outcomes on the most recent GMAS assessments (the Georgia Milestones Assessment System). The report as presented focused on programmatic responses and interventions to raise reading proficiency, though the meeting summary did not specify exact program names, dollar amounts, or deadlines for the strategies described.
Board materials and the meeting video, the district said, include the full presentation and supporting documents.
The district provided the reading update as part of an informational package to the board; no vote or formal action on specific literacy measures was recorded in the meeting summary.
