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Enrollment
1,241
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,102 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUHLENBERG SD·NCES 421620004919
Muhlenberg El Center
610 Sharp Avenue, Reading, PA 19605 · (610) 921-8028 · Berks County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,241 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
1,215 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 298 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 316 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 306 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 321 | 26% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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 Muhlenberg SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.7%
PA avg 51.1% . -10.3pp since 2023
Math
39.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.7% | 39.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 35.5% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Muhlenberg El Center
Muhlenberg El Center's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhlenberg El Center this school | 1,241 | 97.9% | 38.6% |
| State El Center Larksville | 1,376 | 95.4% | 26.7% |
| Freeland El/MS Freeland | 991 | 95.4% | 22.9% |
| Swiftwater El Center Swiftwater | 971 | 99.7% | 50.8% |
| Clear Run Intrmd School Tobyhanna | 919 | 99.2% | 35.7% |
| Isaac Tripp Elementary School Scranton | 710 | 94.5% | 29.4% |
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 Muhlenberg El Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #1,081 of 1,396 | #33 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #1,015 of 1,511 ▲ 21 | #31 of 47 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #1,123 of 1,511 ▼ 87 | #32 of 47 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,241 | #12 of 1,638 | #1 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,356 of 1,528 | #45 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #102 of 1,531 | #1 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.9% | #458 of 1,600 | #13 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #745 of 1,045 | #25 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
1,241
+178 (+17%) vs 2020
+182% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,241 | 79 | 15.7:1 | 98% (1,215) |
| 2023-24 | 1,215 | 71 | 17.1:1 | 100% (1,215) |
| 2022-23 | 1,150 | 69.7 | 16.5:1 | 100% (1,150) |
| 2020-21 | 1,063 | 69 | 15.4:1 | 56% (591) |
| 2017-18 | 1,348 | 76.1 | 17.7:1 | 56% (759) |
| 2015-16 | 1,243 | 78 | 15.9:1 | 55% (682) |
| 2010-11 | 1,167 | 75 | 15.6:1 | 43% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 1,317 | 72 | 18.3:1 | 15% (199) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 22 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Muhlenberg El Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,348 to 1,241); teachers up 4% (76.1 to 79).
About Muhlenberg El Center
Muhlenberg El Center is an elementary school located in Reading, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. The school serves kindergarten through 3. Enrollment is 1,241 students. That is 180% above the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
Muhlenberg El Center sits within Muhlenberg SD, which has 4 schools and 4,409 students.
Hispanic students make up 39% of enrollment at Muhlenberg El Center, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 29% White, 23% multiracial, and 7% Black. In Berks County overall, about 25% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
Muhlenberg El Center has 79 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. The school's 15.7:1 compares with an average of 13.1:1 for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. The school has 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 67% average among public schools in Berks County.
A school with Muhlenberg El Center's lunch-eligibility share in Pennsylvania is predicted to score 35.6%. Muhlenberg El Center scores 38.6%, 3.0 points above that line.
Census data for Berks County show median household income comes to about $79,777, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 95 public schools in the county, enrolling about 62,375, Muhlenberg El Center among them.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, C E Cole Intermediate School, is the closest to Muhlenberg El Center. Muhlenberg El Center has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 26.8%, lower than Muhlenberg El Center's 38.6%.
Muhlenberg El Center has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,241, up from 1,063 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Muhlenberg El Center can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Muhlenberg SD
- Muhlenberg High SchoolHigh · 1,166 students
- Muhlenberg Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,016 students
- C E Cole Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 986 students
Other schools in Reading
- Reading SHSHigh · 4,879 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,785 students
- Exeter Twp SHSHigh · 1,312 students
- Muhlenberg High SchoolHigh · 1,166 students
- Muhlenberg Jr High SchoolMiddle · 1,016 students
- C E Cole Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 986 students
Nearby schools
- C E Cole Intermediate School0.1 mi · 986
- Muhlenberg High School0.2 mi · 1,166
- Muhlenberg Jr High School0.3 mi · 1,016
- Reading Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center1.6 mi · 20
- Thirteenth & Union Elementary School2.4 mi · 641
- Riverside Elementary School2.6 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About Muhlenberg El CenterHow large is Muhlenberg El Center?
Muhlenberg El Center enrolls approximately 1,241 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Muhlenberg El Center serve?
Muhlenberg El Center serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Muhlenberg El Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Muhlenberg El Center is approximately 15.7:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Muhlenberg El Center?
At Muhlenberg El Center, the student body is approximately 29% White, 39% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 23% Two or more.
Is Muhlenberg El Center public or private?
Muhlenberg El Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Muhlenberg SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.