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Reading School District is located in east Pennsylvania. Reading School District has 9.88 square miles of land area and 0.26 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Reading School District population is 88,082. Reading School District median household income is $28,197 in 2006-2010. Reading School District median house value is $65,500 in 2006-2010. On average, Reading School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (486 out of 496, bottom 2%) Elementary/Middle School: (486 out of 498, bottom 2%)* Rank: #642
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	24
Population	88,082 (2010), rank #12
Population Growth	8.95% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	8,687.55/sq mi, rank #4
Median Household Income:	$28,197 at 2006-2010—1.11% increase since 2005-2009, rank #498
Median House Price:	$65,500 at 2006-2010—5.99% increase since 2005-2009, rank #481
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	9.88 sq mi, rank #442
Water Area:	0.26 sq mi (2.52%), rank #321
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Berks County
City:	Reading
Zip:	19607, 19611, 19610, 19601, 19602, 19606, 19604, 19605
Area:	Reading, PA

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Reading School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

800 Washington St

Reading PA, 19601, Berks County

Phone: 610-371-5611

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	17,869	17,860	17,464
English Language Learner Students:	3,521	3,622	3,063
Total Teachers:	1,149.25	1,142.00	1,197.20
Prekindergarten:	11.00	11.50	17.50
Kindergarten:	48.50	52.50	69.00
Elementary:	544.75	536.00	574.60
Secondary:	439.60	450.20	452.70
Ungraded:	105.40	91.80	83.40
Total Other Staff:	1,050.75	1,007.60	1,017.50
Instructional Aides:	300.00	257.50	246.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	22.42	25.00	34.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	51.00	52.00	45.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	20.00	20.00	15.70
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	31.00	32.00	29.80
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	19.50	19.50	24.20
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	7.00	9.00	13.00
District Administrative Support:	16.00	16.00	10.00
School Administrators:	85.33	82.00	97.70
School Administrative Support:	127.50	120.00	114.50
Student Support Services:	31.00	38.00	74.00
Other Support Services:	391.00	388.60	358.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.55	15.64	14.59

Schools

Amanda E Stout Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	321 South 10th St, Reading PA 19602
Gateway School For Intl. Business And World Langua	Grade 6 to Grade 6	510 Lackawanna St, Reading PA 19601
Gateway School For Performing Arts (Magnet)	Grade 6 to Grade 6	1700 City Line Ave, Reading PA 19604
Glenside Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	500 Lackawanna St, Reading PA 19601
Lauers Park Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	251 North 2nd St, Reading PA 19601
Millmont Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	400 Summit Ave, Reading PA 19611
Northeast Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1216 North 13th St, Reading PA 19604
Northwest Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	820 Clinton St, Reading PA 19601
Northwest Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1000 North Front St, Reading PA 19601
Reading Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	801 North 13th St, Reading PA 19604
Riverside Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1400 Centre Ave, Reading PA 19601
School Of Technology And Communication At Thomas F	Grade 6 to Grade 6	901 Margaret St, Reading PA 19611
Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1601 Haak St, Reading PA 19602
Southern Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	931 Chestnut St, Reading PA 19602
Southwest Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	300 Chestnut St, Reading PA 19602
Tenth & Green Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	400 North 10th St, Reading PA 19604
Tenth & Penn Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	955 Penn St, Reading PA 19601
The School Of Agriculture, Ecology And Science	Grade 6 to Grade 6	400a Summit Ave, Reading PA 19611
Thirteenth & Green Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	501 North 13th St, Reading PA 19604
Thirteenth & Union Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1600 North 13th St, Reading PA 19604
Thomas H Ford Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	901 Margaret St, Reading PA 19611
Twelfth & Marion Elementary School	Grade 1 to Grade 5	1200 North 12th St, Reading PA 19604
Tyson-Schoener Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	315 South 5th St, Reading PA 19602

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	17.3%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	15.7%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	22.9%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	21.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	21.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	27.6%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25.1%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	27.4%	60.3%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	25.8%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	29.8%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.3%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	36.9%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	37.7%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	32.1%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	37.1%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42.6%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42.8%	69.1%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	11%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	11%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	12.7%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	12.8%	40.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	72.9%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	76.4%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.7%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	68.5%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	77.9%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	75.6%	84.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69.3%	83.5%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	42%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.2%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	56.1%	77.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	59.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.1%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	85.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	42.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.9%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	52.4%	73.3%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	54.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	60.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	59.7%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63%	82.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	38.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	51%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.3%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	56.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	76.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	31.8%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	41.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	36.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	32.2%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	39.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	47.4%	67.3%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	34.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	24.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	26%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	31%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	35.8%	67.1%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49.4%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	43.3%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.9%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.7%	78.8%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	44.8%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	35.3%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	38.8%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.6%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	39.1%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.3%	69.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.9%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	54.3%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.4%	78.6%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.1%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	45.2%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.9%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.8%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50.8%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.8%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.1%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	38.2%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.5%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	48.5%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.6%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.5%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.8%	76.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	36.5%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.2%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	45.1%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	50.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.6%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.1%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.5%	81.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	17.1%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20.5%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24.1%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24.9%	58.3%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	35.6%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	41%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	28%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	37.2%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	45.9%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	34.2%	73.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2009			2008			2007
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$198,772,000	$11,129		$188,502,000	$10,794		$177,047,000	$9,859
Federal:	$24,857,000	$1,392	12.5%	$26,404,000	$1,512	14.0%	$27,954,000	$1,557	15.8%
State:	$137,551,000	$7,702	69.2%	$119,775,000	$6,858	63.5%	$109,196,000	$6,081	61.7%
Local:	$36,364,000	$2,036	18.3%	$42,323,000	$2,423	22.5%	$39,897,000	$2,222	22.5%
Total Expenditures:	$244,456,000	$13,687		$221,601,000	$12,689		$181,455,000	$10,104
Total Current Expenditures:	$167,933,000	$9,403		$156,711,000	$8,973		$144,444,000	$8,043
Instructional Expenditures:	$103,506,000	$5,795	61.6%	$96,693,000	$5,537	61.7%	$91,066,000	$5,071	63.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$18,685,000	$1,046	11.1%	$16,067,000	$920	10.3%	$14,306,000	$797	9.9%
Administration:	$14,917,000	$835	8.9%	$15,291,000	$876	9.8%	$13,359,000	$744	9.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$30,825,000	$1,726	18.4%	$28,660,000	$1,641	18.3%	$25,713,000	$1,432	17.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$51,267,000	$2,870		$46,713,000	$2,675		$20,337,000	$1,132
Construction:	$48,956,000	$2,741		$44,882,000	$2,570		$18,878,000	$1,051
Total Other:	$3,073,000	$172		$2,108,000	$121		$2,030,000	$113
Interest on Debt:	$8,838,000	$495		$6,275,000	$359		$6,704,000	$373

Total Salary:	$95,644,000	$5,355		$85,605,000	$4,902		$80,285,000	$4,471
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$64,105,000	$3,589	67.0%	$58,338,000	$3,340	68.1%	$55,600,000	$3,096	69.3%
Other Salary:	$31,539,000	$1,766	33.0%	$27,267,000	$1,561	31.9%	$24,685,000	$1,375	30.7%
Total Benefit:	$40,915,000	$2,291		$39,060,000	$2,237		$36,324,000	$2,023
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$27,583,000	$1,544	67.4%	$26,452,000	$1,515	67.7%	$25,354,000	$1,412	69.8%
Other Benefit:	$13,332,000	$746	32.6%	$12,608,000	$722	32.3%	$10,970,000	$611	30.2%

* Reading School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.