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Enrollment
618
Middle
DISTRICT 580 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EXETER TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 420948000787
Exeter Twp Junior High School
151 E 39th St, Reading, PA 19606 · (610) 779-3320 · Berks County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
267 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 7 | 306 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 311 | 50% |
| Grade 9 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Exeter Twp Junior High School→Exeter Twp SHS
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Exeter Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.2%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.5pp since 2023
Math
36.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.7% | 36.4% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Exeter Twp Junior High School
Exeter Twp Junior High School's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter Twp Junior High School this school | 618 | 43.2% | 47.3% |
| Reiffton School Reading | 542 | 45.2% | 50.9% |
| Conrad Weiser Middle School Robesonia | 761 | 42.8% | 44.0% |
| Fleetwood Middle School Fleetwood | 659 | 38.4% | 45.9% |
| Landisville Middle School Landisville | 501 | 38.9% | 60.7% |
| Gettysburg Area Middle School Gettysburg | 646 | 49.5% | 59.3% |
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 Exeter Twp Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #253 of 479 | #11 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #259 of 513 ▼ 7 | #10 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #305 of 513 ▼ 106 | #12 of 26 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 618 | #225 of 522 | #17 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #263 of 486 | #17 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #169 of 486 | #10 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.2% | #318 of 510 | #16 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #297 of 332 | #14 of 15 |
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
618
+27 (+5%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 618 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 43% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 42 | 15.2:1 | 42% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 637 | 44 | 14.5:1 | 34% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 47 | 12.6:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 49 | 12.9:1 | 29% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 50 | 13.0:1 | 32% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 53 | 13.2:1 | 18% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 903 | 54 | 16.7:1 | 13% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 688 | 43 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Exeter Twp Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (633 to 618); teachers down 4% (49 to 47).
About Exeter Twp Junior High School
Exeter Twp Junior High School runs as a mid-sized middle school in Reading, Pennsylvania. It enrolls 618 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8.
Exeter Twp Junior High School is run by Exeter Township SD, whose 6 schools enroll 3,837 students.
Of every 100 students at Exeter Twp Junior High School, about 69 are White. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among Berks County residents, the White share is about 70%. The diversity index for Exeter Twp Junior High School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.2 students per teacher. That is in line with the 13.2:1 average for middle schools in Pennsylvania. Of all students at Exeter Twp Junior High School, 43% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Berks County averages 67%, higher than here.
A school with Exeter Twp Junior High School's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 59.1%. Exeter Twp Junior High School scores 47.3%, 11.8 points below that line.
Looking at the county, Berks County, median household income comes to about $79,777, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 95 public schools and about 62,375 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Exeter Twp Junior High School from the closest public school, Exeter Twp SHS. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Exeter Twp Junior High School at 6th of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 618, compared with 591 in 2020-21.
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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 Exeter Township SD
- Exeter Twp SHSHigh · 1,312 students
- Reiffton SchoolMiddle · 542 students
- Owatin Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Lorane Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Jacksonwald Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 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
- Exeter Twp SHS0.3 mi · 1,312
- Reiffton School0.3 mi · 542
- Jacksonwald Elementary School1.1 mi · 370
- Antietam High School1.4 mi · 360
- Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate School1.5 mi · 434
- Owatin Creek Elementary School1.8 mi · 539
Frequently asked questions
About Exeter Twp Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Exeter Twp Junior High School?
Exeter Twp Junior High School enrolls approximately 618 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Exeter Twp Junior High School serve?
Exeter Twp Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Exeter Twp Junior High School have?
Exeter Twp Junior High School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Exeter Twp Junior High School?
Exeter Twp Junior High School reports a student body of 69% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Exeter Twp Junior High School public or private?
Exeter Twp Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Exeter Township SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.