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Northeast Middle School

Public Grades 5-8

738^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 873 Pennsylvania Middle Schools

Better than 15% of Pennsylvania middle schools

Summary

Northeast Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 5-8 in the Reading School District in Pennsylvania. With 922 students, the school is ranked 738 out of 873 Pennsylvania middle schools and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Northeast Middle School consistently performs below the state and district averages in both Math and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency across all grade levels. For the 2024-2025 school year, the school's Math proficiency rate for all grades is 8.2%, compared to the district's 9.8% and the state's 41.7%. In ELA, the school's proficiency rate for all grades is 22.8%, compared to the district's 17.5% and the state's 48.5%. The school's performance is particularly low in Math, with proficiency rates ranging from 4.3% in 8th grade to 13.5% in 5th grade.

Interestingly, the other middle schools in the Reading School District also perform poorly, with similar low proficiency rates and 0-1 star ratings. In contrast, the nearby Reiffton School in the Exeter Township School District and the Intermediate School in the Governor Mifflin School District have significantly higher academic performance, with proficiency rates around 40-60% in both Math and ELA.

868

Students ?

12.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,360

Per pupil spending ?

106.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1216 N 13th St
Reading, PA 19604-2019

(610) 371-5774

District: Reading School District

Students who attend Northeast Middle School usually attend:

High:

Reading Senior High School

Feeder schools for Northeast Middle School:

Elementary:	Thirteenth & Union Elementary School
	Twelfth & Marion Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

88.4%

White:

5.8%

African American:

4.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 9th percentile in 2014 → 15th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2014

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Reading School District

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Pennsylvania average (16% vs 45% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

!Math scores 34 pts below the Pennsylvania average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school16%

District avg14%

Pennsylvania avg45%

738^th of 873

Pennsylvania public middle schools ?

Bottom 15%▲ up 3 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 5Middle Schools in the Reading School District

571^st 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	738 of 873	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.1	758 of 891	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.0	756 of 893	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.6	731 of 883	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.6	698 of 797	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.8	787 of 891	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.6	775 of 861	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	11.6	743 of 877	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	10.0	760 of 870	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	6.2	663 of 728	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	11.7	657 of 758	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	20.9	694 of 834	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	24.0	686 of 825	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	30.3	647 of 805	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	21.6	645 of 770	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	16.9	654 of 753	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	35.4	559 of 749	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	41.6	500 of 736	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	67.4	253 of 687	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2004	27.9	536 of 663	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	26.5	525 of 643	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2024	35.3	242 of 408	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.7	207 of 421	50.8%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	17.5	608 of 643	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	25.9	520 of 672	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.8	520 of 660	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	34.5	96 of 145	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.9	84 of 150	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.9	107 of 143	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	12.9	719 of 835	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.5	740 of 860	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	25.6	265 of 348	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.5	277 of 362	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.9	286 of 362	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	19.1	698 of 843	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.8	724 of 877	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	726 of 874	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2025	15.8	703 of 839	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.3	738 of 870	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Pennsylvania percentile	Rating
2023	50.5	312 of 681	54.2%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

White (2023)54th percentile+39 vs school

African American (2024)41st percentile+26 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)34th percentile+18 vs school

Hispanic (2025)24th percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile~ school

Male (2025)16th percentile~ school

Female (2025)14th percentile~ school

Disabled (2025)5th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Pennsylvania (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts23%-26 vs state

Math8%-34 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSSA Math (2025)						PSSA English Language Arts (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Northeast Middle School	Public	5-8	1216 N 13th St	Reading	19604	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 371-5774	868	67	12.9	106.3%	50 (5.8%)	35 (4.0%)	767 (88.4%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.5%)	14.4	738^th of 873 public middle schools	15.5%		13.1	758^th of 891 public middle schools	14.9%	20		13.5	9.5	5.3	4.3	8.2		13.6	29.4	20.1	27.8	22.8	$21,360	$2,390	$18,971
Central Middle School	Public	5-8	215 North 12th St	Reading	19604	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 258-7365	1,785	116	15.4	95.7%	93 (5.2%)	102 (5.7%)	1,567 (87.8%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (1.0%)	8.7	812^th of 873 public middle schools	7.0%		9.1	810^th of 891 public middle schools	9.1%	2		9.7	4.8	3.1	1.8	5.0		10.4	16.4	13.7	21.7	15.3	$20,260	$2,271	$17,989
Northwest Middle School	Public	5-8	1000 N Front St	Reading	19601	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 371-5772	821	59	13.9	100.7%	32 (3.9%)	51 (6.2%)	727 (88.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.1%)	11.3	771^st of 873 public middle schools	11.7%		10.5	789^th of 891 public middle schools	11.4%	18		3.9	8.8	8.9	4.9	6.7		9.9	20.5	20.0	14.4	16.2	$20,894	$2,551	$18,343
Southern Middle School	Public	5-8	931 Chestnut St	Reading	19602	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 371-5803	661	53	12.5	105.6%	28 (4.2%)	52 (7.9%)	569 (86.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.8%)	7.9	826^th of 873 public middle schools	5.4%		7.6	836^th of 891 public middle schools	6.2%	10		7.9	3.8	2.8	2.2	4.2		14.4	13.5	13.4	18.8	15.0	$21,428	$3,134	$18,294
Southwest Middle School	Public	5-8	300 Chestnut St	Reading	19602	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 371-5934	574	48	12.0	113.6%	29 (5.1%)	42 (7.3%)	498 (86.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	12.8	754^th of 873 public middle schools	13.6%		9.4	804^th of 891 public middle schools	9.8%	50		13.3	10.0	2.5	4.1	7.0		14.4	26.2	24.2	22.8	21.9	$22,294	$2,812	$19,482
Kerry C. Hoffman Intermediate School	Public	4-8	2310 Cumberland Ave	Mount Penn	19606	Berks County	Antietam School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 779-3547	434	38	11.4	59.7%	122 (28.1%)	30 (6.9%)	254 (58.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.0%)								(n/a)	37.0	28.9	17.7	21.8	3.3	22.7	35.6	26.5	38.0	38.5	35.0	34.4	$31,665	$3,861	$27,804
West Reading Elementary Center	Public	5-6	421 Chestnut St	West Reading	19611	Berks County	Wyomissing Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 374-0739	310	22	14.1	39.7%	181 (58.4%)	13 (4.2%)	91 (29.4%)	9 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.8%)								(n/a)		61.6	45.3			54.0		75.0	70.1			72.7	$18,559	$570	$17,989
Muhlenberg Junior High School	Public	7-9	801 E Bellevue Ave	Reading	19605	Berks County	Muhlenberg School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 921-8034	1,016	65	15.7	99.0%	204 (20.1%)	84 (8.3%)	648 (63.8%)	11 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	66 (6.5%)	29	606^th of 873 public middle schools	30.6%		29.2	624^th of 891 public middle schools	30.0%	18				20.3	18.6	19.4				26.5	34.1	30.3	$15,650	$703	$14,947
C E Cole Intermediate School	Public	4-6	801 Bellevue Avenue	Reading	19605	Berks County	Muhlenberg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 921-8000	986	60	16.4	96.3%	214 (21.7%)	78 (7.9%)	578 (58.6%)	13 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	101 (10.2%)								(n/a)	26.5	18.2	18.9			20.9	23.7	28.8	32.4			28.5	$14,501	$1,528	$12,973
Exeter Township Junior High School	Public	7-8	151 E 39th St	Reading	19606	Berks County	Exeter Township School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 779-3320	618	47	13.1	43.2%	424 (68.6%)	35 (5.7%)	125 (20.2%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.2%)	63.5	299^th of 873 public middle schools	65.8%		69.6	256^th of 891 public middle schools	71.3%	43				35.9	37.4	36.7				45.0	51.4	48.2	$13,656	$00	$13,656

Frequently Asked Questions about Northeast Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Northeast Middle School?

Students at Northeast Middle School are 88% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% African American, 1% Two or more races.

Is Northeast Middle School a good school?

Northeast Middle School ranks in the bottom 15.5% of Pennsylvania middle schools.

What high school do graduates of Northeast Middle School attend?

Students who attend Northeast Middle School usually go on to attend Reading Senior High School

What district is Northeast Middle School in?

Reading School District

How many students attend Northeast Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 868 students attended Northeast Middle School.

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