Thirteenth & Green El Sch

Thirteenth & Green El Sch is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Reading, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Reading SD, works with 477 students in grades pre-K through 4.

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

In terms of who attends, Thirteenth & Green El Sch shows that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 4% White, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 104% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Berks County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Thirteenth & Green El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.1%; this one delivers 28.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Berks County put median household income runs about $79,777, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Thirteenth & Green El Sch is one of 95 public schools in Berks County (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students).

Reading SHS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thirteenth & Green El Sch ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 607 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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