Indicators of Child, Family and Community Well-Being
We track these indicators of child and family well-being because they help us understand how communities are doing, where we are strong and where we need to work to improve, so that all children, families, and communities in Georgia are healthy and thriving. To be a Georgia KIDS COUNT indicator, the data must be from a reliable source; updated at least annually; and be available by county.
Healthy Children
Children enrolled in Medicaid or PeachCare
Children without health insurance
Children, birth through 4, enrolled in the WIC program
Child deaths, ages 1-14 (per 100,000)
Teen pregnancies, ages 15-17 (per 1,000)
Teen births, ages 15-19 (per 1,000)
Teen mothers giving birth to another child before age 20 (ages 15-19)
STD incidence for youth, ages 15-19 (per 1,000)
Teen deaths, ages 15-19 (per 100,000)
By homicide, suicide and accident, ages 15-19 (per 100,000)
9th grade students reporting alcohol use in the past 30 days
9th grade students reporting perception of negative risk with alcohol consumption
Children Succeeding in School
Children absent more than 15 days from school
Fifth-grade students achieving Developing Learner or above on Milestones Mathematics assessment
Fifth-grade students achieving Proficient Learner or above on Milestones Mathematics assessment
Eighth-grade students achieving Developing Learner or above on Milestones Mathematics assessment
Eighth-grade students achieving Proficient Learner or above on Milestones Mathematics assessment
Students who graduate from high school on time
Stable, Self-sufficient & Productive Families
First birth to mother age 20 or older with 12 years of education
Children living in single-parent families
Children with a substantiated incident of abuse and/or neglect (per 1,000)
Children with a substantiated incident of abuse (per 1,000)
Children with a substantiated incident of neglect (per 1,000)
Thriving Communities
Adult educational attainment – high-school graduate or higher
Adult educational attainment – bachelor’s degree or higher
Families with children with annual incomes less than 150% of the federal poverty threshold
Crime rate, age 17 or older (per 1,000):