State recognizes Title I Distinguished and Reward Schools and Literacy & Math Leader schools
Eight Bulloch County schools have been selected among Georgia’s top performing schools, with three schools achieving recognition in two categories.
The Georgia Department of Education has released both its 2025 lists of Title I Distinguished and Reward Schools and its Literacy and Math Leaders Schools. Among them are Brooklet, Julia P. Bryant, Mattie Lively, Nevils, and Portal elementary schools plus Southeast Bulloch Middle, William James Middle and Portal Middle High School. Mattie Lively Elementary, Nevils Elementary, and Southeast Bulloch Middle each received honors on two of the state’s lists.
Distinguished Schools: Brooklet and Nevils elementary schools were designated as Title I Distinguished Schools. These are schools which are among the highest-performing 5% of Title I schools in the state based on the combined English language arts and math content mastery scores from the most recent statewide assessments, the Georgia Milestones Assessment System.
Reward Schools: Mattie Lively and Julia P. Bryant elementary schools were designated as Title I Reward Schools. These are schools which are among the most-improved 5% when comparing the content mastery scores from the most recent two years of statewide assessment data.
For these two honors, schools must be a Title I school to be eligible. All of the schools in the Bulloch County Schools system are Title I schools except Statesboro High and Southeast Bulloch High.
Literacy Leader Schools: Nevils and Portal elementary schools and Southeast Bulloch Middle School were designated as Literacy Leader Schools.
Math Leader Schools: Mattie Lively Elementary, Portal Middle High School and Southeast Bulloch and William James middle schools were designated as Math Leader Schools. This is the second year in a row that Southeast Bulloch Middle School has received the honor.
The Georgia Department of Education recognizes schools that demonstrate exceptional achievement or growth in reading and mathematics. These designations are based on achievement for the 2024-2025 school year. The Literacy Leader and Math Leader honors celebrate schools that demonstrate extraordinary student progress and proficiency. Schools are recognized for achievement, growth, or both on annual end-of-grade or end-of-course assessments. The criteria recognize the crucial importance of grade-level reading in third and sixth grades and numeracy skills in fifth and eighth grades, and require higher growth from schools with lower achievement levels.
This is a press release from Bulloch County Schools.
