Northwest El Sch

Set in Reading, Pennsylvania, Northwest El Sch is a mid-tier elementary-level community, operated by Reading SD. It works with 496 students across grades pre-K through 4.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northwest El Sch logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). The remainder comes out to 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Northwest El Sch shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Northwest El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 102% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Berks County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northwest El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Berks County shows 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. Across Berks County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), Northwest El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Northwest MS, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northwest El Sch. On composite proficiency, Northwest El Sch comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 29.2%.

Northwest El Sch operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northwest El Sch has edged down 30%, going from 706 students in 2018 to 496 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Northwest El Sch community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.