Northwest Elementary School
820 Clinton St
Reading PA, 19601, Berks County
Phone: 610-371-5904
Ranking: 
(2,173 out of 2,495, bottom 13%)*
(2,173 out of 2,495, bottom 13%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Reading School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 49 | 46 | 52 | |||
| Total Students: | 767 | 798 | 764 | |||
| Prekindergarten: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 38 | 5.0% |
| Kindergarten: | 170 | 22.2% | 167 | 20.9% | 104 | 13.6% |
| Grade 1: | 128 | 16.7% | 138 | 17.3% | 125 | 16.4% |
| Grade 2: | 121 | 15.8% | 118 | 14.8% | 109 | 14.3% |
| Grade 3: | 109 | 14.2% | 115 | 14.4% | 135 | 17.7% |
| Grade 4: | 111 | 14.5% | 128 | 16.0% | 128 | 16.8% |
| Grade 5: | 128 | 16.7% | 132 | 16.5% | 125 | 16.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 382 | 49.8% | 418 | 52.4% | 396 | 51.8% |
| Female: | 377 | 49.2% | 372 | 46.6% | 364 | 47.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.7% |
| Hispanic: | 646 | 84.2% | 675 | 84.6% | 631 | 82.6% |
| Black | 75 | 9.8% | 83 | 10.4% | 78 | 10.2% |
| White: | 43 | 5.6% | 37 | 4.6% | 50 | 6.5% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 688 | 89.7% | 665 | 83.3% | 602 | 78.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 51 | 6.6% | 41 | 5.1% | 58 | 7.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.81 | 17.30 | 14.60 | |||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57% | 56% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69% | 67% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 62.3% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 65.2% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 67.1% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 74.7% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 69.3% | 83.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45% | 42% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57% | 46% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 53.2% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 59.3% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 54.9% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 54.4% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 56.1% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 55.5% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 40% | 59.1% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.9% | 63.1% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77% | 68% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 77% | 73.5% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 67% | 73.9% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.2% | 42.5% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 42.7% | 48.4% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 45% | 48.3% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 50.9% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.4% | 51.9% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 43.9% | 52.4% | 73.3% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 54.6% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 60.5% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 59.7% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 63% | 82.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 45% | 38.7% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 43.4% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.4% | 51% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 45% | 47.3% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.8% | 49.8% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 55.5% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 57.6% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 56.5% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66% | 61.6% | 76.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 27.9% | 31.8% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.3% | 36.6% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.8% | 41.6% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 34% | 36.4% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.1% | 32.2% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.2% | 39.4% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 38.7% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 42% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 47.4% | 67.3% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.1% | 34.8% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 24.8% | 31.1% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 24.8% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.9% | 26% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 31% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 35.8% | 67.1% |
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* Northwest Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.