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Reading, PA schools
26 public, charter and private schools in Reading. Search by name or narrow by level, type.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D
Reading’s School Grade: D
The public schools Reading’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 90% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scoresDGraduation
Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 10%
Lower resultsHigher results
Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (555)Better than 1%
High confidence. Built on 3,242 tested students and a graduating class of 1,176; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Reading School District)9%
State average 37.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
71% graduate on time
Graduation rate
71%
PA: 87.5%
Graduating class
1,176
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #1026 of 1,035 PA towns →
Districts
The district serving Reading
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Reading is home to 3 colleges
Reading Area Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Reading3,588on campusAlvernia UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Reading2,166on campusAlbright CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Reading1,315on campus
All 3 colleges in Reading →Every school
All 26 schools in Reading
Showing 1–26 of 26 schools
Amanda E Stout El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 758 students
DPublicRiverside El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 694 students
DPublicThirteenth & Union El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 641 students
DPublicLauers Park El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 615 students
DPublicMillmont El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 590 students
C-PublicTenth & Green El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 564 students
D-PublicSixteenth & Haak El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 527 students
DPublicNorthwest El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 496 students
DPublicThirteenth & Green El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 477 students
DPublicTwelfth & Marion El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 459 students
DPublicTyson-Schoener El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 408 students
DPublicTenth & Penn El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 345 students
D-PublicGlenside El SchElementary · Grades PK–4 · 261 students
C-PublicSt. Margaret SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 201 students
PrivateSt. Peter SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 198 students
PrivateOpportunities SchoolElementary · Grades 2–8 · 20 students
PrivateCentral MSMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 1,785 students
DPublicNortheast MSMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 868 students
DPublicNorthwest MSMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 821 students
DPublicSouthern MSMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 661 students
DPublicSouthwest MSMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 574 students
DPublicReading SHSHigh · Grades 9–12 · 4,879 students
C-PublicBerks Catholic High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 613 students
PrivateFairview Christian SchoolOther · Grades K–12 · 147 students
PrivateNew Story SchoolsOther · Grades K–12 · 105 students
PrivateReading SDA Jr. AcademyOther · Grades PK–10 · 73 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.