Muhlenberg HS

Located at 400 Sharp Avenue, in Reading, Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg HS is a sizable senior high that educates 1,166 students (grades 10 through 12), operated by Muhlenberg SD. Enrollment runs roughly 58% larger than the state mean of about 738.

Muhlenberg SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 4,409 students. Muhlenberg HS is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Muhlenberg HS logs that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 26% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Muhlenberg HS has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Muhlenberg HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Berks County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Muhlenberg HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.6%, the actual is 32.4%, a residual of -2.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Berks County put the typical household earns roughly $79,777 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Muhlenberg HS is one of 95 public schools in Berks County (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students).

Nearest neighbor: C E Cole Intermediate Sch, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Muhlenberg HS. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Muhlenberg HS ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Muhlenberg HS has increased 30%, going from 894 students in 2018 to 1,166 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 42% to 62%. Class-load math has grew: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Muhlenberg HS community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.