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Which teacher or staff member at Lauers Park El Sch deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·READING SD·NCES 422004000852
Lauers Park Elementary School
251 N 2nd St, Reading, PA 19601 · (610) 371-5960 · Berks County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
566 students
DISTRICT 101% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 138 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (138) is 60% larger than its 4th grade class (86).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
15.4%
PA avg 51.1% . -13.0pp since 2023
Math
21.3%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 15 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.4% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 25.3% |
% 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
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Lauers Park Elementary School
Lauers Park Elementary School's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauers Park Elementary School this school | 615 | 92.0% | 27.2% |
| Hazle Township Early Learning Center Hazle Township | 633 | 86.1% | N/A |
| Riverside Elementary School Reading | 694 | 99.7% | 19.6% |
| Amanda E Stout Elementary School Reading | 758 | 97.4% | 18.8% |
| Pan American Academy CS Philadelphia | 749 | 99.6% | 14.1% |
| Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School Reading | 527 | 98.7% | 26.9% |
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 Lauers Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #1,216 of 1,396 | #38 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,269 of 1,511 ▼ 68 | #37 of 47 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #1,424 of 1,511 ▼ 122 | #45 of 47 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #239 of 1,638 | #8 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,179 of 1,528 | #39 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #1,262 of 1,531 | #47 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.0% | #630 of 1,600 | #17 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #203 of 1,045 | #10 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
615
+76 (+14%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 615 | 42.3 | 14.5:1 | 92% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 100% (566) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 39.3 | 14.0:1 | 100% (549) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 99% (536) |
| 2017-18 | 804 | 47 | 17.1:1 | 100% (804) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 45 | 17.3:1 | 100% (780) |
| 2010-11 | 814 | 48 | 17.0:1 | 93% (760) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 80% (572) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 38 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lauers Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (804 to 615); teachers down 10% (47 to 42.3).
About Lauers Park Elementary School
Lauers Park Elementary School, located in Reading, Pennsylvania, is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 615 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Reading SD enrolls 16,423 students in 19 schools, including Lauers Park Elementary School.
At Lauers Park Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 91% of the student body. Smaller groups are 5% White and 3% Black. County-wide, 25% of Berks County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Lauers Park Elementary School comes in at 16%.
Federal data list 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lauers Park Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. On average, public schools in Berks County report 67%.
The allk12 Grade for Lauers Park Elementary School is D. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Lauers Park Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.2% and a predicted 38.1%.
Census Bureau estimates for Berks County show that median household income is about $79,777, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 95 public schools operate in Berks County, serving about 62,375 students.
The closest other public school is Southwest Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 31.1% on proficiency, and Lauers Park Elementary School is below that at 27.2%.
Lauers Park Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 615, 14% above the 539 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 13.2 to 14.5 over 4 years.
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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 Reading SD
- Reading SHSHigh · 4,879 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,785 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 868 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
- Amanda E Stout Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 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
- Southwest Middle School0.5 mi · 574
- Tyson-Schoener Elementary School0.7 mi · 408
- Tenth & Green Elementary School0.8 mi · 564
- Tenth & Penn Elementary School0.8 mi · 345
- West Reading El Center0.8 mi · 310
- Northwest Middle School0.8 mi · 821
Frequently asked questions
About Lauers Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Lauers Park Elementary School?
Lauers Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 615 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Lauers Park Elementary School serve?
Lauers Park Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lauers Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lauers Park Elementary School is approximately 14.5:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lauers Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lauers Park Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 91% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Lauers Park Elementary School?
Lauers Park Elementary School is overseen by Reading SD in Berks County.
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