Tenth & Penn El Sch

As a tight-knit elementary campus in Reading, Pennsylvania, Tenth & Penn El Sch educates 345 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by Reading SD. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 19 schools in Reading SD (16,423 students total), Tenth & Penn El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tenth & Penn El Sch records that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 6% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Tenth & Penn El Sch logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Roughly 106% of students at Tenth & Penn El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Berks County's rate of about 67%.

Around the school, Berks County reports that median household income runs about $79,777, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Berks County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students), of which Tenth & Penn El Sch is one.

The closest other public school is Southern MS, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Tenth & Penn El Sch operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 41%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Tenth & Penn El Sch community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.