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Southern Middle School
931 Chestnut St
Reading PA, 19602, Berks County
Phone: 610-371-5803
Ranking: 
(2,096 out of 2,311, bottom 9%)*
(2,096 out of 2,311, bottom 9%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 7
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
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 40 | 36 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 56 | 58 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 612 | 640 | 601 | 617 | 574 | 724 | 749 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 303 | 49.5% | 320 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 133 | 18.4% | 142 | 19.0% |
| Grade 7: | 309 | 50.5% | 320 | 50.0% | 297 | 49.4% | 300 | 48.6% | 290 | 50.5% | 292 | 40.3% | 303 | 40.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 301 | 49.2% | 336 | 52.5% | 316 | 52.6% | 321 | 52.0% | 311 | 54.2% | 398 | 55.0% | 392 | 52.3% |
| Female: | 311 | 50.8% | 304 | 47.5% | 285 | 47.4% | 296 | 48.0% | 255 | 44.4% | 318 | 43.9% | 353 | 47.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 7 | 1.1% | 4 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.8% | 5 | 0.9% | 7 | 1.0% | 13 | 1.7% |
| Hispanic: | 485 | 79.2% | 511 | 79.8% | 460 | 76.5% | 473 | 76.7% | 443 | 77.2% | 554 | 76.5% | 553 | 73.8% |
| Black: | 58 | 9.5% | 67 | 10.5% | 71 | 11.8% | 82 | 13.3% | 65 | 11.3% | 79 | 10.9% | 94 | 12.6% |
| White: | 43 | 7.0% | 47 | 7.3% | 55 | 9.2% | 56 | 9.1% | 60 | 10.5% | 83 | 11.5% | 89 | 11.9% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 19 | 3.1% | 11 | 1.7% | 13 | 2.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 573 | 93.6% | 569 | 88.9% | 535 | 89.0% | 541 | 87.7% | 498 | 86.8% | 616 | 85.1% | 614 | 82.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 15 | 2.5% | 24 | 3.8% | 19 | 3.2% | 20 | 3.2% | 33 | 5.7% | 49 | 6.8% | 43 | 5.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.49 | 17.78 | 13.51 | 12.99 | 12.08 | 13.00 | 13.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 49.4% | 68% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 29.8% | 43.3% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 35.5% | 45.9% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.9% | 59% | 75.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 44.8% | 65.9% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 28% | 35.3% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 27.6% | 38.8% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 24.3% | 41.6% | 67.6% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 49% | 57.1% | 66.5% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.4% | 54.9% | 67.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 49% | 54.3% | 70.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.4% | 62.7% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.6% | 71.6% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 66.4% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 63% | 62% | 80.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.4% | 45.1% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 45.2% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 48.9% | 70% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.3% | 49.8% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.2% | 50.8% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.6% | 48.8% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 52% | 50% | 76% |
| 2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.7% | 29.1% | 51.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.2% | 38.2% | 57.9% |
| 2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 56.5% | 62.9% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.5% | 48.5% | 62.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 60.6% | 67.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 56% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 58.8% | 71.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 64.5% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 66.8% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 60.8% | 76.4% |
| 2003 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 36.2% | 36.5% | 63.4% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 46% | 47.2% | 68.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 45.1% | 64.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 41.4% | 50.1% | 70.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 57.6% | 75% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.6% | 56.1% | 78.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54% | 62.4% | 80.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 60.4% | 62.7% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 58.5% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 61% | 55% | 79.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 18.4% | 17.1% | 52.7% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 18.5% | 20.5% | 54.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 18.2% | 24.1% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 20.4% | 24.9% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 20.2% | 23.5% | 59.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 29.6% | 35.6% | 66.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 18.8% | 41% | 71.8% |
| 2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 24.1% | 28% | 69.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.8% | 37.2% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 45.9% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 23% | 34.2% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 33.4% | 72.7% |
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* Southern Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.