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Reading
A town of 25,612 people in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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Town in Massachusetts, United States1639Established
25,518Population
9.9 sq miArea
128 ftElevation
Reading ( RED-ing) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, 16 miles (26 km) north of central Boston. The population was 25,518 at the 2020 census.
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#50Best public schoolsof 282 in MA
DistrictReadingSchools11
J Warren KillamElementary · Grades K–5 · 406 students
Joshua EatonElementary · Grades K–5 · 388 students
Alice M BarrowsElementary · Grades K–5 · 365 students
Birch MeadowElementary · Grades K–5 · 359 students
Wood End Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 236 students
Walter S Parker MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 467 students
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