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Southwest Middle School

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Public Grades
495
Students ?
15.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 300 Chestnut St
       Reading, PA  19602-1811

(610) 371-5934

District: Reading School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
84.2%
African American:
9.5%
White:
3.8%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 7th percentile in 2009 → 8th in 2019
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Pennsylvania average (14% vs 52% meeting standards)
!English Language Arts scores 39 pts below the Pennsylvania average
Students meeting standards (2018-2019) ?
This school14%
Pennsylvania avg52%
Not ranked this year
Southwest Middle School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
571st of 606Reading School District among Pennsylvania districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankPennsylvania percentileRating
20196.5823 of 8917.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.2787 of 8618.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.4772 of 87712.0%★☆☆☆☆
201611.4741 of 87014.8%★☆☆☆☆
20143.0690 of 7285.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20133.4713 of 7585.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20129.5759 of 8349.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201110.8755 of 8258.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20104.1777 of 8053.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.3715 of 7707.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20085.7707 of 7536.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200713.9660 of 74911.9%★☆☆☆☆
200610.8667 of 7369.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20057.2632 of 6878.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20045.7615 of 6637.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20034.0604 of 6436.1%☆☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Pennsylvania (2018-2019) ?
English Language Arts22%-39 vs state
Math6%-36 vs state

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Students at Southwest Middle School are 84% Hispanic, 9% African American, 4% White, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2018-19 school year, 495 students attended Southwest Middle School.


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