C E Cole Intermediate Sch

C E Cole Intermediate Sch is a big middle-grades school in Reading, Pennsylvania, part of Muhlenberg SD. The school serves 986 students in grades 4 through 6. That puts it 66% bigger than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 594 students.

Muhlenberg SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 4,409 students. C E Cole Intermediate Sch is one of those campuses.

On demographics, C E Cole Intermediate Sch records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Black. By comparison, Berks County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, C E Cole Intermediate Sch has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Berks County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, C E Cole Intermediate Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Berks County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,777 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Berks County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), of which C E Cole Intermediate Sch is one.

Muhlenberg El Ctr is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around C E Cole Intermediate Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts C E Cole Intermediate Sch at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 28.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. C E Cole Intermediate Sch's enrollment has increased 66% since 2018, when it stood at 593 (now 986). The White share of enrollment fell from 38% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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