Reading Shs High School
801 North 13th St
Reading PA, 19604, Berks County
Phone: 610-371-5710
Ranking: 
(598 out of 648, bottom 8%)*
(598 out of 648, bottom 8%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
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: | 278 | 271 | 278 | |||
| Total Students: | 4,868 | 4,825 | 4,722 | |||
| Grade 9: | 1,259 | 25.9% | 1,654 | 34.3% | 1,682 | 35.6% |
| Grade 10: | 1,721 | 35.4% | 1,410 | 29.2% | 1,386 | 29.4% |
| Grade 11: | 1,119 | 23.0% | 1,072 | 22.2% | 968 | 20.5% |
| Grade 12: | 760 | 15.6% | 689 | 14.3% | 686 | 14.5% |
| Ungraded: | 9 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 2,466 | 50.7% | 2,461 | 51.0% | 2,378 | 50.4% |
| Female: | 2,394 | 49.2% | 2,356 | 48.8% | 2,340 | 49.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander: | 36 | 0.7% | 32 | 0.7% | 31 | 0.7% |
| Hispanic: | 3,606 | 74.1% | 3,486 | 72.2% | 3,301 | 69.9% |
| Black | 677 | 13.9% | 702 | 14.5% | 711 | 15.1% |
| White: | 549 | 11.3% | 605 | 12.5% | 677 | 14.3% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 3,935 | 80.8% | 3,066 | 63.5% | 2,769 | 58.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 395 | 8.1% | 294 | 6.1% | 329 | 7.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.54 | 17.80 | 17.00 | |||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 17.3% | 17.3% | 49.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 15.8% | 15.7% | 49.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 26% | 25.7% | 50.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 22.9% | 22.9% | 52% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 21.7% | 53.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 22% | 21.9% | 55.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 28.1% | 27.6% | 55.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 27.4% | 27.4% | 60.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 25.8% | 25.8% | 59.2% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 30.1% | 29.8% | 60.8% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 44.9% | 44.3% | 65% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 36.9% | 36.9% | 65.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 37.7% | 65.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 32% | 32.1% | 64.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 37.1% | 65.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 42.8% | 69.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 11% | 11% | 35.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 11.2% | 11% | 39.7% |
| 2011 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 12.9% | 12.8% | 40.8% |
| 2005 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 50.9% | 69% |
| 2006 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 73% | 72.9% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 76.4% | 87.9% |
| 2008 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 68.7% | 85.8% |
| 2009 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 68.5% | 82.7% |
| 2011 | Writing | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 75.6% | 84.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Reading Shs High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.