State/Public Elementary Open

Tenth & Penn El Sch

๐Ÿ“ 955 Penn St, Reading, Berks County, 19601

345
Pupils
12.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Tenth & Penn El Sch is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Reading, Berks County. The school has 345 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Reading SD school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“4 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading.

School details

School district
Reading SD

Enrollment & staffing

Tenth & Penn El Sch enrolls 345 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“4. The student body is 44% male and 56% female. A teaching staff of 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.

Male students
152 (44%)
Female students
193 (56%)
Teachers (FTE)
28.4
Student-teacher ratio
12.1:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“4

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% White and 3.2% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino31792%
White133.8%
Black or African American113.2%
Two or more races2<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

345 of the school's 345 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 345 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades Pre-Kโ€“4Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Tenth & Penn El Sch is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PA-60, state senate district 11, state house district 127.

School district: Reading SD

Tenth & Penn El Sch is one of 19 schools in Reading SD, based in Reading, Pennsylvania. The district serves 16,664 students district-wide and employs 1,052 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 345 students, Tenth & Penn El Sch is smaller than the district average of about 877 students per school.

16,664
District students
19
Schools
1,052
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

12%
Reading proficient
28%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

Setting: City - Small

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