Muhlenberg Jr HS

As a big middle school in Reading, Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg Jr HS teaches 1,016 students from grades 7 through 9, one of the schools within Muhlenberg SD. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Muhlenberg Jr HS sits 71% larger than that benchmark.

Within Muhlenberg SD, which oversees 4 schools and 4,409 students, Muhlenberg Jr HS is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Muhlenberg Jr HS shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder breaks down as 20% White, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Muhlenberg Jr HS has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Muhlenberg Jr HS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Muhlenberg Jr HS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Berks County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Muhlenberg Jr HS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 27.5%, a residual of -7.7 points.

Across the wider 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Muhlenberg Jr 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 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Muhlenberg Jr HS. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Muhlenberg Jr HS ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 29.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Muhlenberg Jr HS has ticked up 9%, going from 928 students in 2018 to 1,016 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 41% to 20%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.