Thomas H Ford Elementary School
901 Margaret St
Reading PA, 19611, Berks County
Phone: 610-371-5928
Ranking: 
(2,199 out of 2,495, bottom 12%)*
(2,199 out of 2,495, bottom 12%)*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: | 36 | 36 | 41 | |||
| Total Students: | 469 | 502 | 494 | |||
| Prekindergarten: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 15 | 3.0% |
| Kindergarten: | 88 | 18.8% | 90 | 17.9% | 81 | 16.4% |
| Grade 1: | 79 | 16.8% | 88 | 17.5% | 90 | 18.2% |
| Grade 2: | 74 | 15.8% | 96 | 19.1% | 78 | 15.8% |
| Grade 3: | 86 | 18.3% | 70 | 13.9% | 79 | 16.0% |
| Grade 4: | 65 | 13.9% | 80 | 15.9% | 77 | 15.6% |
| Grade 5: | 77 | 16.4% | 78 | 15.5% | 74 | 15.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 232 | 49.5% | 265 | 52.8% | 279 | 56.5% |
| Female: | 229 | 48.8% | 229 | 45.6% | 211 | 42.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic: | 406 | 86.6% | 414 | 82.5% | 409 | 82.8% |
| Black | 39 | 8.3% | 48 | 9.6% | 48 | 9.7% |
| White: | 23 | 4.9% | 38 | 7.6% | 36 | 7.3% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 431 | 91.9% | 434 | 86.5% | 418 | 84.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 15 | 3.2% | 19 | 3.8% | 22 | 4.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.94 | 13.90 | 12.00 | |||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63% | 56% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47% | 67% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 62.3% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 65.2% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 67.1% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 74.7% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 69.3% | 83.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 35% | 42% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 26% | 46% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 53.2% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 59.3% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 54.9% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 54.4% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 56.1% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 55.5% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 59.1% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63% | 63.1% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 68% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 73.5% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 73.9% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 39.4% | 42.5% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 54% | 48.4% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 60% | 48.3% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 50.9% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 61% | 51.9% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 52.4% | 73.3% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 54.6% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 60.5% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.8% | 59.7% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 63% | 82.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.3% | 38.7% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 43.4% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 51% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 47.3% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.4% | 49.8% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.9% | 55.5% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 57.6% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 56.5% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 61.6% | 76.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.8% | 31.8% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 46% | 36.6% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 41.6% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.5% | 36.4% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.1% | 32.2% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.7% | 39.4% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.2% | 38.7% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | 42% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.6% | 47.4% | 67.3% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 34.8% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.3% | 31.1% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.4% | 24.8% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.3% | 26% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 31% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.6% | 35.8% | 67.1% |
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* Thomas H Ford 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.