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How has Thirteenth & Green El Sch changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·READING SD·NCES 422004005027
Thirteenth & Green Elementary School
501 N 13th St, Reading, PA 19604 · (610) 371-5766 · Berks County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
104%
495 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 | 30 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (84).
Student demographics
17%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
19.9%
PA avg 51.1% . -12.6pp since 2023
Math
15.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.9% | 15.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 19.0% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Where Thirteenth & Green Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Berks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,195 of 1,396 | #36 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #1,342 of 1,511 ▼ 64 | #42 of 47 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #1,359 of 1,511 ▼ 129 | #41 of 47 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #598 of 1,638 | #27 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #802 of 1,528 | #25 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #1,247 of 1,531 | #46 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 104% | #155 of 1,600 | #4 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #256 of 1,045 | #12 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
477
-50 (-9%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 477 | 36.3 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 100% (495) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 34.3 | 13.6:1 | 100% (465) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 99% (524) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 100% (606) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 37 | 17.3:1 | 100% (640) |
| 2010-11 | 776 | 41 | 18.9:1 | 91% (710) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 24 | 27.9:1 | 56% (373) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 27 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thirteenth & Green Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (607 to 477); teachers down 2% (37 to 36.3).
About Thirteenth & Green Elementary School
Thirteenth & Green Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Reading, Pennsylvania. The grade span is pre-K through 4, and enrollment is 477 students.
Thirteenth & Green Elementary School is run by Reading SD, whose 19 schools enroll 16,423 students.
The student body at Thirteenth & Green Elementary School is 91% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 4% White and 3% Black. Among all residents of Berks County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. The school's diversity index is 17%, meaning two students picked at random have a 17% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average 13.1:1.
allk12 grades Thirteenth & Green Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Thirteenth & Green Elementary School's results are 4.8 points below predicted: 28.3% against 33.1%.
Berks County has about 433,015 residents, and the median household income is $79,777, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides Thirteenth & Green Elementary School, Berks County has 94 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Reading SHS, about 0.3 miles away. Thirteenth & Green Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 22.3% on proficiency, and Thirteenth & Green Elementary School is above that at 28.3%.
The NCES locale for Thirteenth & Green Elementary School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, Thirteenth & Green Elementary School's enrollment declined 9%, to 477. By 2024-25, the school had 13.1 students per teacher, compared with 14.2 in 2020-21.
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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
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- 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
- Reading SHS0.3 mi · 4,879
- Central Middle School0.3 mi · 1,785
- Tenth & Green Elementary School0.4 mi · 564
- Tenth & Penn Elementary School0.6 mi · 345
- Northeast Middle School0.7 mi · 868
- Twelfth & Marion Elementary School0.7 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Thirteenth & Green Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thirteenth & Green Elementary School?
Thirteenth & Green Elementary School enrolls approximately 477 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Thirteenth & Green Elementary School serve?
Thirteenth & Green Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Thirteenth & Green Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Thirteenth & Green Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Thirteenth & Green Elementary School?
Student demographics at Thirteenth & Green Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 91% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Thirteenth & Green Elementary School?
Thirteenth & Green Elementary School is overseen by Reading SD in Berks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.