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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·READING SD·NCES 422004007458
Millmont Elementary School
400 Summit Avenue, Reading, PA 19611 · (610) 371-5853 · Berks County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
101%
598 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 | 38 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (109).
Student demographics
37%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
12.6%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
11.9%
PA avg 43.0% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 down about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.6% | 11.9% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 14.1% |
% 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
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
Where Millmont Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #1,282 of 1,396 | #42 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #1,393 of 1,511 ▼ 58 | #45 of 47 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #1,461 of 1,511 ▼ 38 | #47 of 47 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #279 of 1,638 | #11 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,058 of 1,528 | #33 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #838 of 1,531 | #24 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 101% | #243 of 1,600 | #7 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #519 of 1,045 | #18 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
590
+50 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 590 | 42.3 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 100% (598) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 37.3 | 15.9:1 | 100% (593) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 99% (537) |
| 2017-18 | 679 | 41.9 | 16.2:1 | 100% (679) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 40 | 16.5:1 | 100% (660) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Millmont Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (679 to 590); teachers up 1% (41.9 to 42.3).
About Millmont Elementary School
Among the schools in Reading, Pennsylvania, is Millmont Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 590 students, from pre-K through 4. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Pennsylvania) has about 443 students.
Reading SD is the local district for Millmont Elementary School. It runs 19 schools with 16,423 students.
Millmont Elementary School is 78% Hispanic by enrollment. Other students are 11% White and 8% Black. By comparison, Berks County residents are about 25% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 37%, meaning two students picked at random have a 37% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Millmont Elementary School is 42.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.0:1. That is higher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
In Pennsylvania, Millmont Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 20.8% actual against a predicted 34.1%.
Within Berks County, the median household income is $79,777, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. In all, Berks County has 95 public schools and roughly 62,375 students.
The nearest public school is Tyson-Schoener Elementary School, at about 0.9 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Millmont Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Millmont Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Millmont Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 540 in 2020-21 to 590 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 15.0 in 2020-21 to 14.0 in 2024-25.
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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
- Tyson-Schoener Elementary School0.9 mi · 408
- Southwest Middle School1.0 mi · 574
- Amanda E Stout Elementary School1.1 mi · 758
- Southern Middle School1.2 mi · 661
- West Reading El Center1.4 mi · 310
- Tenth & Penn Elementary School1.4 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Millmont Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Millmont Elementary School?
Millmont Elementary School enrolls approximately 590 students in grades PK-04.
Is Millmont Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Millmont Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Millmont Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Millmont Elementary School is approximately 14.0:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Millmont Elementary School?
At Millmont Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 78% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Millmont Elementary School in?
Millmont Elementary School is part of Reading SD.
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