Sixteenth & Haak El Sch

Sixteenth & Haak El Sch is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in Reading, Pennsylvania, part of Reading SD, with 527 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Within Reading SD, which oversees 19 schools and 16,423 students, Sixteenth & Haak El Sch is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Sixteenth & Haak El Sch reports that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 7% White, 7% Black. By comparison, Berks County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Sixteenth & Haak El Sch records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Sixteenth & Haak El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Berks County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sixteenth & Haak El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 26.9%.

In the broader community, Berks County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,777 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Sixteenth & Haak El Sch is one of 95 public schools in Berks County (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students).

Nearest neighbor: Amanda E Stout El Sch, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sixteenth & Haak El Sch. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sixteenth & Haak El Sch at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 25.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Sixteenth & Haak El Sch's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 643 (now 527). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 75% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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