Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EXETER TOWNSHIP SD·NCES 420948006731
Jacksonwald Elementary School
100 Church Lane, Reading, PA 19606 · (610) 779-1820 · Berks County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
188 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 26% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 40% smaller than its 4th grade class (95).
Student demographics
62%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
Based on grade levels within Exeter Township SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
51.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +10.7pp 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 51 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.6% | 40.5% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Jacksonwald Elementary School
Jacksonwald Elementary School's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonwald Elementary School this school | 370 | 50.8% | 53.0% |
| Salisbury Elementary School Allentown | 461 | 52.7% | 59.8% |
| Smoketown Elementary School Lancaster | 470 | 49.6% | 48.6% |
| Miller Heights Elementary School Bethlehem | 328 | 43.0% | 62.0% |
| E M Crouthamel Elementary School Souderton | 325 | 59.7% | 48.6% |
| Lorane Elementary School Reading | 456 | 45.0% | 51.4% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary 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 Jacksonwald Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #792 of 1,396 | #23 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #769 of 1,511 ▲ 190 | #19 of 47 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #807 of 1,511 ▲ 5 | #20 of 47 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #999 of 1,638 | #37 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #819 of 1,528 | #26 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #286 of 1,531 | #6 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #983 of 1,600 | #24 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #994 of 1,045 | #32 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
370
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 370 | 28.1 | 13.2:1 | 51% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 30.1 | 12.3:1 | 51% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 28.1 | 13.2:1 | 42% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 44% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 375 | 26.1 | 14.4:1 | 41% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 23 | 14.9:1 | 38% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 29 | 14.0:1 | 23% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 20% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 32 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jacksonwald Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (375 to 370); teachers up 8% (26.1 to 28.1).
About Jacksonwald Elementary School
Jacksonwald Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in Reading, Pennsylvania. It reports enrollment of 370 students in kindergarten through 4.
In Exeter Township SD, 6 schools enroll a combined 3,837 students.
Of every 100 students at Jacksonwald Elementary School, about 53 are White. The rest of enrollment is 30% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 8% Black. Among all residents of Berks County, the White share is about 70%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
For every teacher at Jacksonwald Elementary School, there are about 13.2 students; the school has 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 51%. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Berks County, the school's rate is lower.
Jacksonwald Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Jacksonwald Elementary School would be expected to post about 55.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.0%.
The school is in Berks County, where median household income comes to about $79,777, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Berks County's 95 public schools enroll about 62,375 students and include Jacksonwald Elementary School.
Owatin Creek Elementary School sits about 0.8 miles from Jacksonwald Elementary School. Jacksonwald Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 49.0% proficiency; Jacksonwald Elementary School posts 53.0%.
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.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 3%.
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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
- Exeter Twp Junior High SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Reiffton SchoolMiddle · 542 students
- Owatin Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Lorane Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 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
- Owatin Creek Elementary School0.8 mi · 539
- Reiffton School1.0 mi · 542
- Exeter Twp Junior High School1.1 mi · 618
- Exeter Twp SHS1.2 mi · 1,312
- Stony Creek Elementary School1.9 mi · 345
- Antietam High School2.1 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About Jacksonwald Elementary SchoolHow large is Jacksonwald Elementary School?
Jacksonwald Elementary School enrolls approximately 370 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Jacksonwald Elementary School serve?
Jacksonwald Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jacksonwald Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jacksonwald Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jacksonwald Elementary School?
At Jacksonwald Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Jacksonwald Elementary School public or private?
Jacksonwald Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Exeter Township SD.
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