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District presents Georgia Milestones and AP results showing gains above state averages
Summary
Lee County’s 2025 Georgia Milestones and selected AP results were presented: multiple grades and subjects outperformed state averages and several AP courses posted high pass rates; the director emphasized cohort growth and named subgroup counts.
Katie Peppers, senior director of elementary leadership and learning, presented the Lee County school system’s Georgia Milestones and Advanced Placement highlights to the board on Aug. 11.
Peppers said elementary and middle‑school English language arts and math were at or above the state average in all reported grades, with fourth‑grade ELA about 8% above the state and fifth‑grade math about 19% above the state. She walked the board through cohort comparisons showing multiyear growth — for one cohort she reported a rise from 73 to 82 over three years — and explained that cohort tracking gives a clearer picture of student progress than single‑year snapshots.
On high‑school measures, Peppers said algebra was 18% above the state and biology and U.S. history were 19% above the state. For 11th‑grade literature, she reported that 324 of 408 students were reading on or above grade level, with another 54 students close to grade level and about 30 students significantly below in that cohort. She noted there were 31 students with disabilities in the cohort and said many are at or near grade level.
On Advanced Placement tests, Peppers highlighted that in several courses — including AP Literature, AP Seminar, AP Calculus BC and AP Music Theory — 100% of students in those courses scored a 3 or higher on the AP exam. She said 10 of 14 AP courses were at least 10 percentage points above the global average.
Board members asked clarifying questions about the distribution of students not on grade level and about supports; Peppers said high schools track those students by name and have placed them in support classes to accelerate progress.
