Twelfth & Marion Elementary School
1200 North 12th St
Reading PA, 19604, Berks County
Phone: 610-371-5788
Ranking: 
(2,225 out of 2,495, bottom 11%)*
(2,225 out of 2,495, bottom 11%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 1 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: | 32 | 32 | 32 | |||
| Total Students: | 531 | 541 | 512 | |||
| Grade 1: | 99 | 18.6% | 107 | 19.8% | 105 | 20.5% |
| Grade 2: | 103 | 19.4% | 108 | 20.0% | 99 | 19.3% |
| Grade 3: | 106 | 20.0% | 114 | 21.1% | 94 | 18.4% |
| Grade 4: | 130 | 24.5% | 99 | 18.3% | 114 | 22.3% |
| Grade 5: | 93 | 17.5% | 113 | 20.9% | 100 | 19.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||
| Male: | 258 | 48.6% | 270 | 49.9% | 253 | 49.4% |
| Female: | 265 | 49.9% | 263 | 48.6% | 255 | 49.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander: | 5 | 0.9% | 5 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.6% |
| Hispanic: | 413 | 77.8% | 417 | 77.1% | 380 | 74.2% |
| Black | 57 | 10.7% | 61 | 11.3% | 57 | 11.1% |
| White: | 55 | 10.4% | 58 | 10.7% | 72 | 14.1% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 479 | 90.2% | 466 | 86.1% | 425 | 83.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 37 | 7.0% | 40 | 7.4% | 50 | 9.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.42 | 16.90 | 16.00 | |||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65% | 56% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67% | 67% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 62.3% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 65.2% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 67.1% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 74.7% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.4% | 69.3% | 83.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54% | 42% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50% | 46% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 53.2% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.3% | 59.3% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 54.9% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.9% | 54.4% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.7% | 56.1% | 77.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 55.5% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 59.1% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 63.1% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 68% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 73.5% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 73.9% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 42.5% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 48.4% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 48.3% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 50.9% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 51.9% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 52.4% | 73.3% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 54.6% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 60.5% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 59.7% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 63% | 82.9% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 33% | 38.7% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 43.4% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.6% | 51% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 47.3% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.3% | 49.8% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 55.5% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66% | 57.6% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 56.5% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 61.6% | 76.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.2% | 31.8% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 36.6% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 41.6% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 36.4% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | 32.2% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 39.4% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 38.7% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.1% | 42% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.7% | 47.4% | 67.3% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 34.8% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 31.1% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 43% | 24.8% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 26% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 31% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 35.8% | 67.1% |
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* Twelfth & Marion 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.