📍 1400 Centre Avenue, Reading, Berks County, 19601
Riverside El Sch is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Reading, Berks County. The school has 727 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Reading SD school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths.
Riverside El Sch enrolls 727 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% White and 5.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 618 | 85% |
| White | 52 | 7.2% |
| Black or African American | 43 | 5.9% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
727 of the school's 727 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 727 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.
Riverside 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 126.
Riverside 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 727 students, Riverside El Sch is smaller than the district average of about 877 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small