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Muhlenberg School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg School District has 12.57 square miles of land area and 0.23 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Muhlenberg School District population is 23,687. Muhlenberg School District median household income is $60,239 in 2010-2014. Muhlenberg School District median house value is $144,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Muhlenberg School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (341 out of 496, bottom 31%) Elementary/Middle School: (374 out of 498, bottom 25%)* Rank: #367
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	23,687 (2010-2014), rank #157
Population Growth	7.76% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,850.80/sq mi, rank #77
Median Household Income:	$60,239 at 2010-2014—10.32% increase since 2005-2009, rank #146
Median House Price:	$144,900 at 2010-2014—1.97% increase since 2005-2009, rank #235
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	12.57 sq mi, rank #428
Water Area:	0.23 sq mi (1.78%), rank #338
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Berks County
City:	Reading, Temple, South Temple, River View Park, Muhlenberg Park, Hyde Park, Fox Chase, Laureldale
Zip:	19605, 19560, 19604
Area:	Reading, PA

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Muhlenberg School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

801 Bellevue Ave

Reading PA, 19605, Berks County

Phone: 610-921-8000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,506	3,520	3,571	3,551	3,527	3,451	3,434
English Language Learner Students:	144	150	158	160	165	185	161
Total Teachers:	227.50	230.50	226.50	230.50	233.50	231.40	435.40
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	11.00	8.00	16.00
Elementary:	80.08	80.08	80.08	78.50	77.50	76.40	182.80
Secondary:	95.42	98.42	95.92	100.00	103.00	105.00	217.60
Ungraded:	43.00	43.00	41.50	43.00	42.00	42.00	19.00
Total Other Staff:	193.50	200.50	200.50	246.50	212.50	218.00	253.50
Instructional Aides:	51.00	43.00	43.00	64.00	58.50	56.00	63.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	4.00	4.00	3.00	4.00	4.00	6.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	22.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	6.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	16.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.00	6.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	3.00
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	6.00	8.00
District Administrative Support:	11.00	11.00	11.00	13.00	12.50	10.50	10.50
School Administrators:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	9.00	13.00
School Administrative Support:	21.00	25.00	25.00	27.00	28.50	24.50	21.50
Student Support Services:	NA	7.00	7.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	15.00
Other Support Services:	83.00	83.00	83.00	100.00	69.50	82.00	85.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.41	15.27	15.77	15.41	15.10	14.91	7.89

Schools

C E Cole Intermediate School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	3630 Kutztown Rd, Reading PA 19605
Muhlenberg El Center	Kindergarten to Grade 4	610 Sharp Ave, Reading PA 19605
Muhlenberg High School	Grade 10 to Grade 12	400 Sharp Ave, Reading PA 19605
Muhlenberg Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 9	801 East Bellevue Ave, Reading PA 19605

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.7%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.2%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.1%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	50.2%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.9%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48.2%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	58%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69.1%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.3%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.9%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.5%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.7%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.2%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.7%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.6%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.1%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.2%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	90.5%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.3%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	85.2%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	84.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.8%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.4%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.3%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75.5%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.8%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.1%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	86.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.1%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.4%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.8%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.3%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	83.2%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77.2%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	66.2%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	74.2%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.1%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.6%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.9%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74.4%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.4%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.4%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.6%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.8%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.5%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	39.9%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	44.4%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	40.1%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	59.9%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	52.8%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.2%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.9%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.4%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.9%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.9%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.4%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.5%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.3%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.4%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.1%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67.4%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	65.4%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.3%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	77.9%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.9%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.3%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.8%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.3%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.3%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.1%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.1%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.9%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.3%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.7%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.3%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.7%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.7%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	68.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$50,256,000	$14,073		$49,609,000	$13,970		$48,317,000	$13,699
Federal:	$1,753,000	$491	3.5%	$2,659,000	$749	5.4%	$2,283,000	$647	4.7%
State:	$11,029,000	$3,088	21.9%	$10,567,000	$2,976	21.3%	$9,695,000	$2,749	20.1%
Local:	$37,474,000	$10,494	74.6%	$36,383,000	$10,246	73.3%	$36,339,000	$10,303	75.2%
Total Expenditures:	$42,286,000	$11,842		$43,731,000	$12,315		$48,134,000	$13,647
Total Current Expenditures:	$37,118,000	$10,394		$37,603,000	$10,589		$37,353,000	$10,591
Instructional Expenditures:	$23,542,000	$6,593	63.4%	$23,366,000	$6,580	62.1%	$23,134,000	$6,559	61.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,307,000	$926	8.9%	$3,710,000	$1,045	9.9%	$3,687,000	$1,045	9.9%
Administration:	$3,457,000	$968	9.3%	$3,437,000	$968	9.1%	$3,249,000	$921	8.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,812,000	$1,908	18.4%	$7,090,000	$1,997	18.9%	$7,283,000	$2,065	19.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$231,000	$65		$1,150,000	$324		$5,772,000	$1,637
Construction:	$46,000	$13		$763,000	$215		$4,953,000	$1,404
Total Other:	$28,000	$8		$30,000	$8		$30,000	$9
Interest on Debt:	$2,624,000	$735		$2,731,000	$769		$2,875,000	$815

Total Salary:	$23,183,000	$6,492		$23,857,000	$6,718		$23,545,000	$6,676
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$16,680,000	$4,671	71.9%	$17,150,000	$4,830	71.9%	$16,844,000	$4,776	71.5%
Other Salary:	$6,503,000	$1,821	28.1%	$6,707,000	$1,889	28.1%	$6,701,000	$1,900	28.5%
Total Benefit:	$8,151,000	$2,283		$7,781,000	$2,191		$7,576,000	$2,148
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,673,000	$1,589	69.6%	$5,115,000	$1,440	65.7%	$5,031,000	$1,426	66.4%
Other Benefit:	$2,478,000	$694	30.4%	$2,666,000	$751	34.3%	$2,545,000	$722	33.6%

* Muhlenberg School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.