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Enrollment
986
Middle
DISTRICT 1,001 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUHLENBERG SD·NCES 421620006905
C E Cole Intermediate School
801 Bellevue Avenue, Reading, PA 19605 · (610) 921-8000 · Berks County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL986 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
950 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 303 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 349 | 35% |
| Grade 6 | 334 | 34% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Muhlenberg SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
20.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.5% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like C E Cole Intermediate School
C E Cole Intermediate School's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C E Cole Intermediate School this school | 986 | 96.3% | 28.9% |
| Muhlenberg Jr High School Reading | 1,016 | 99.0% | 27.5% |
| Solomon/Plains Middle School Plains | 758 | 97.8% | 26.4% |
| G A R Middle School Wilkes-Barre | 1,101 | 96.8% | 19.8% |
| South Scranton Intrmd School Scranton | 798 | 97.9% | 18.4% |
| South Mountain Middle School Allentown | 972 | 99.4% | 17.1% |
Matched among Pennsylvania middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where C E Cole Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #418 of 479 | #20 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #404 of 513 ▲ 4 | #20 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #453 of 513 ▲ 2 | #21 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 986 | #53 of 522 | #3 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #454 of 486 | #25 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #90 of 486 | #3 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #126 of 510 | #7 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +66.3% | #4 of 131 | #1 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
986
+112 (+13%) vs 2020
+86% since 2010-11, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 986 | 60 | 16.4:1 | 96% (950) |
| 2023-24 | 950 | 57 | 16.7:1 | 100% (950) |
| 2022-23 | 931 | 56.3 | 16.5:1 | 100% (931) |
| 2020-21 | 874 | 56 | 15.6:1 | 66% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 38.5 | 15.4:1 | 62% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 61% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 42% (220) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C E Cole Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 66% (593 to 986); teachers up 56% (38.5 to 60).
About C E Cole Intermediate School
C E Cole Intermediate School is a large middle school in Reading, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Muhlenberg SD. The school counts 986 students across grades 4 through 6. The school's enrollment is 66% above the 594 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania.
Muhlenberg SD has 4 schools; together they serve 4,409 students.
C E Cole Intermediate School is 59% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 22% White, 10% multiracial, and 8% Black. Among people living in Berks County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers at C E Cole Intermediate School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.4:1. That is higher than the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. The lunch program counts 96% of students at C E Cole Intermediate School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Berks County average 67%.
C E Cole Intermediate School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (28.9%) and its predicted rate (36.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools.
Census estimates describe Berks County this way: the median household income is $79,777, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Berks County has 95 public schools and roughly 62,375 students.
Muhlenberg El Center is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of C E Cole Intermediate School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, C E Cole Intermediate School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 986 students in 2024-25, 112 more than the 874 it had in 2020-21.
Community posts for C E Cole Intermediate School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Berks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
433,015
Census ACS
Median income
$79,777
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muhlenberg SD
- Muhlenberg El CenterElementary · 1,241 students
- Muhlenberg High SchoolHigh · 1,166 students
- Muhlenberg Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,016 students
Other schools in Reading
- Reading SHSHigh · 4,879 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,785 students
- Exeter Twp SHSHigh · 1,312 students
- Muhlenberg El CenterElementary · 1,241 students
- Muhlenberg High SchoolHigh · 1,166 students
- Muhlenberg Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,016 students
Nearby schools
- Muhlenberg El Center0.1 mi · 1,241
- Muhlenberg High School0.2 mi · 1,166
- Muhlenberg Jr High School0.3 mi · 1,016
- Reading Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center1.6 mi · 20
- Thirteenth & Union Elementary School2.3 mi · 641
- Riverside Elementary School2.6 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About C E Cole Intermediate SchoolHow large is C E Cole Intermediate School?
C E Cole Intermediate School enrolls approximately 986 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does C E Cole Intermediate School serve?
C E Cole Intermediate School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many teachers does C E Cole Intermediate School have?
C E Cole Intermediate School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at C E Cole Intermediate School?
At C E Cole Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 22% White, 59% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees C E Cole Intermediate School?
C E Cole Intermediate School is overseen by Muhlenberg SD in Berks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.