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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Berks County, Pennsylvania

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Berks County, Pennsylvania, drawn from 26 qualifying public middle schools. 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	Northeast MS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Middle	868	106%
3	Southern MS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Middle	661	106%
4	Northwest MS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Middle	821	101%
5	Muhlenberg Jr HS	Reading, PA	Muhlenberg SD	Middle	1,016	99.0%
6	Intermediate Sch	Shillington, PA	Governor Mifflin SD	Middle	623	97.8%
7	C E Cole Intermediate Sch	Reading, PA	Muhlenberg SD	Middle	986	96.3%
8	Central MS	Reading, PA	Reading SD	Middle	1,785	95.7%
9	Governor Mifflin MS	Shillington, PA	Governor Mifflin SD	Middle	631	94.5%
10	Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate Sch	Mount Penn, PA	Antietam SD	Middle	434	59.7%
11	Hamburg Area Middle School	Hamburg, PA	Hamburg Area SD	Middle	482	54.4%
12	Tulpehocken Area MS	Bernville, PA	Tulpehocken Area SD	Middle	214	48.1%
13	Wilson Southern MS	Sinking Spring, PA	Wilson SD	Middle	753	45.9%
14	Reiffton Sch	Reading, PA	Exeter Township SD	Middle	542	45.2%
15	Daniel Boone Area MS	Douglassville, PA	Daniel Boone Area SD	Middle	884	44.8%
16	Exeter Twp JHS	Reading, PA	Exeter Township SD	Middle	618	43.2%
17	Conrad Weiser MS	Robesonia, PA	Conrad Weiser Area SD	Middle	761	42.8%
18	Boyertown Area MS-West	Boyertown, PA	Boyertown Area SD	Middle	668	39.8%
19	West Reading El Ctr	West Reading, PA	Wyomissing Area SD	Middle	310	39.7%
20	Schuylkill Valley MS	Leesport, PA	Schuylkill Valley SD	Middle	691	38.6%
21	Kutztown Area MS	Kutztown, PA	Kutztown Area SD	Middle	314	38.5%
22	Fleetwood MS	Fleetwood, PA	Fleetwood Area SD	Middle	659	38.4%
23	Brandywine Heights Intrmd/MS	Topton, PA	Brandywine Heights Area SD	Middle	460	35.0%
24	Wilson West MS	Sinking Spring, PA	Wilson SD	Middle	780	33.2%
25	Twin Valley MS	Elverson, PA	Twin Valley SD	Middle	856	32.6%
26	Oley Valley MS	Oley, PA	Oley Valley SD	Middle	325	32.3%

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