Millmont El Sch

Millmont El Sch is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in Reading, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Reading SD, with 590 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 33% larger than typical.

Millmont El Sch is one of 19 schools operated by Reading SD, a district that serves 16,423 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Millmont El Sch logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder reads as 11% White, 8% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, Millmont El Sch shows 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 101% 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%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Millmont El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Berks County indicate median household income runs about $79,777, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Berks County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), Millmont El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Tyson-Schoener El Sch, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Millmont El Sch at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 31.6%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Millmont El Sch's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 679 (now 590). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 13% to 8%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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