The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Tuesday released lists of schools exiting – or making progress to exit – federal identification, along with the 2024-2025 list of schools identified for Targeted Support & Improvement. Gainesville Exploration Academy is among the latter.
CSI Graduation Rate & TSI Exits (Click Here for TSI Exit List)
Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are required to identify schools in need of additional support – in Georgia, these designations are referred to as Comprehensive Support & Improvement (CSI) and Targeted Support & Improvement (TSI).
Additionally, 55 schools, including Chicopee Elementary, made the necessary improvements to exit Targeted Support & Improvement (TSI) status. See the link above for a list of these schools.
CSI Progress Schools (Click Here for List)
To recognize and celebrate CSI schools making progress on their improvement plans and performance, GaDOE recognizes CSI Progress Schools each year.
This year, 43 CSI schools were identified as making progress. To be recognized, CSI schools had to show a 5% increase in the CCRPI Content Mastery component score from 2024 to 2025 and have a score of 80 or higher on one of the other components (Progress, Closing Gaps, or Readiness).
TSI Identifications (Click Here for List)
Because CSI and ATSI schools were identified in January 2024 using 2023 data, only TSI schools are being identified in 2025.
This year, 87 schools were identified for Targeted Support & Improvement. TSI schools are those with one or more consistently underperforming subgroups. Click here for additional information on the TSI identification process. There are five Gainesville-Hall County Schools on the list: Fair Street International Academy, Lanier College & Career Academy, and Martin, Myers, and Sugar Hill elementary schools.