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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·READING SD·NCES 422004005028
Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School
1601 Haak St, Reading, PA 19602 · (610) 371-5760 · Berks County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
520 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 13% larger than its 4th grade class (88).
Student demographics
30%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
22.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
20.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 23.7% | 17.2% |
% 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School
Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School this school | 527 | 98.7% | 26.9% |
| Sheridan Elementary School Allentown | 591 | 97.1% | 19.2% |
| Tyson-Schoener Elementary School Reading | 408 | 94.1% | 25.1% |
| Donegan Elementary School Bethlehem | 467 | 92.5% | 20.6% |
| Taylor Bayard School Philadelphia | 394 | 98.2% | 12.0% |
| Riverside Elementary School Reading | 694 | 99.7% | 19.6% |
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 Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #1,218 of 1,396 | #39 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #1,276 of 1,511 ▲ 27 | #38 of 47 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,331 of 1,511 ▲ 29 | #37 of 47 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #457 of 1,638 | #20 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,420 of 1,528 | #47 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.5% | #990 of 1,531 | #29 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #418 of 1,600 | #12 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #349 of 1,045 | #14 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
527
+72 (+16%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 527 | 32.3 | 16.3:1 | 99% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 29.3 | 16.8:1 | 100% (493) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 99% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 35.5 | 18.1:1 | 100% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 33 | 20.8:1 | 100% (686) |
| 2010-11 | 686 | 30 | 22.9:1 | 86% (590) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 23 | 21.0:1 | 44% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 22 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (643 to 527); teachers down 9% (35.5 to 32.3).
About Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School
Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Reading, Pennsylvania. In all, 527 students attend the school in pre-K through 4.
Within Reading SD, Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School is one of 19 schools. The district enrolls 16,423 students.
Roughly 83% of students at Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School are Hispanic. Other students are 7% White and 7% Black. By comparison, Berks County residents are about 25% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 30%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School is 16.3:1, based on 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School counts 99% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Berks County, the average is 67%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School would score about 35.3%. It scores 26.9%, 8.4 points below that figure.
In Berks County, the median household earns about $79,777 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Berks County has 95 public schools with about 62,375 students, including Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School.
Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School's nearest public school is Amanda E Stout Elementary School (about 0.7 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School ranks 5th of 7 on average proficiency.
Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 527, compared with 455 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Amanda E Stout Elementary School0.7 mi · 758
- Central Middle School0.7 mi · 1,785
- Southern Middle School0.7 mi · 661
- Tenth & Penn Elementary School0.8 mi · 345
- Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate School0.8 mi · 434
- Thirteenth & Green Elementary School0.9 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Sixteenth & Haak Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School?
Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School serve?
Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 83% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School in?
Sixteenth & Haak Elementary School is part of Reading SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.