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The highest-poverty public schools in Berks County, Pennsylvania

92 public schools in Berks County, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Southwest MS leads the list at 114%, against a median of 45.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Berks County, Pennsylvania

Top % FRL

114%

Median % FRL

45.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Southwest MS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Middle	574	114%
2	Twelfth & Marion El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	459	107%
3	Northeast MS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Middle	868	106%
4	Tenth & Penn El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	345	106%
5	Southern MS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Middle	661	106%
6	Stony Creek El Sch	Reading, PA	Antietam SD	Elementary	345	105%
7	Thirteenth & Green El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	477	104%
8	Tenth & Green El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	564	102%
9	Northwest El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	496	102%
10	Millmont El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	590	101%
11	Glenside El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	261	101%
12	Northwest MS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Middle	821	101%
13	Thirteenth & Union El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	641	101%
14	Muhlenberg HS	Reading, PA	Muhlenberg SD	High	1,166	100%
15	Governor Mifflin SHS	Shillington, PA	Governor Mifflin SD	High	1,425	99.8%
16	Riverside El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	694	99.7%
17	Brecknock El Sch	Mohnton, PA	Governor Mifflin SD	Elementary	459	99.3%
18	Antietam HS	Reading, PA	Antietam SD	High	360	99.2%
19	Muhlenberg Jr HS	Reading, PA	Muhlenberg SD	Middle	1,016	99.0%
20	Sixteenth & Haak El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	527	98.7%
21	Reading SHS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	High	4,879	98.3%
22	Muhlenberg El Ctr	Reading, PA	Muhlenberg SD	Elementary	1,241	97.9%
23	Intermediate Sch	Shillington, PA	Governor Mifflin SD	Middle	623	97.8%
24	Amanda E Stout El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	758	97.4%
25	Mifflin Park El Sch	Shillington, PA	Governor Mifflin SD	Elementary	503	96.6%
26	C E Cole Intermediate Sch	Reading, PA	Muhlenberg SD	Middle	986	96.3%
27	Central MS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Middle	1,785	95.7%
28	Governor Mifflin MS	Shillington, PA	Governor Mifflin SD	Middle	631	94.5%
29	Tyson-Schoener El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	408	94.1%
30	Lauers Park El Sch	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Elementary	615	92.0%
31	Cumru El Sch	Shillington, PA	Governor Mifflin SD	Elementary	513	84.8%
32	Bethel El Sch	Bethel, PA	Tulpehocken Area SD	Elementary	286	63.3%
33	Conrad Weiser West El Sch	Womelsdorf, PA	Conrad Weiser Area SD	Elementary	415	60.0%
34	Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch	Mount Penn, PA	Antietam SD	Middle	434	59.7%
35	Tilden El Center	Hamburg, PA	Hamburg Area SD	Elementary	562	59.4%
36	Colebrookdale El Sch	Boyertown, PA	Boyertown Area SD	Elementary	234	55.1%
37	Hamburg Area Middle School	Hamburg, PA	Hamburg Area SD	Middle	482	54.4%
38	Cornwall Terrace El Sch	Sinking Spring, PA	Wilson SD	Elementary	553	51.7%
39	Jacksonwald El Sch	Reading, PA	Exeter Township SD	Elementary	370	50.8%
40	Hamburg Area HS	Hamburg, PA	Hamburg Area SD	High	674	50.3%
41	Hereford El Sch	Hereford, PA	Upper Perkiomen SD	Elementary	504	49.8%
42	Spring Ridge El Sch	Wyomissing, PA	Wilson SD	Elementary	575	49.7%
43	Tulpehocken Area MS	Bernville, PA	Tulpehocken Area SD	Middle	214	48.1%
44	Tulpehocken Area HS	Bernville, PA	Tulpehocken Area SD	High	441	47.4%
45	Shiloh Hills El Sch	Sinking Spring, PA	Wilson SD	Elementary	572	46.7%
46	Wilson Southern MS	Sinking Spring, PA	Wilson SD	Middle	753	45.9%
47	Reiffton Sch	Reading, PA	Exeter Township SD	Middle	542	45.2%
48	Lorane El Sch	Reading, PA	Exeter Township SD	Elementary	456	45.0%
49	Daniel Boone Area MS	Douglassville, PA	Daniel Boone Area SD	Middle	884	44.8%
50	Perry El Sch	Shoemakersville, PA	Hamburg Area SD	Elementary	327	43.4%

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