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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 19601

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Schools

2,411

Students

Top rankedGlenside Elementary School1275^th of 1,511 Pennsylvania elementary schools

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Smallest classes

Glenside Elementary School 11.1 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

The 19601 zip code area of Reading, Pennsylvania is home to 5 elementary schools that are part of the Reading School District, which is ranked 571 out of 606 school districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. While the district as a whole faces significant challenges, a few schools within the area stand out as relatively stronger performers.

Riverside Elementary School and Lauers Park Elementary School are the top-performing schools in the group, ranking 1275 and 1392 out of 1511 Pennsylvania elementary schools, respectively, and earning 1 out of 5 SchoolDigger stars. These schools outperform the district and state averages in math and English Language Arts proficiency, particularly in the 3rd and 4th grades. They also have smaller class sizes, with student-teacher ratios of 12.5 and 14.8, respectively, and spend more per student than the other schools in the area.

In contrast, the remaining schools in the 19601 zip code area, including Northwest Elementary School, Tenth & Penn Elementary School, and Glenside Elementary School, consistently underperform the state averages in academic proficiency, often by 30 percentage points or more. These schools serve student populations with extremely high rates of free and reduced lunch, indicating significant economic disadvantage, which likely plays a role in their overall low performance.

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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 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Tenth & Penn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	955 Penn St	Reading	19601	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 320-6994	345	28	12.2	105.8%	11 (3.2%)	21 (6.1%)	303 (87.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	5.3	1471^st of 1511 public elementary schools	2.6%		7.3	1408^th of 1526 public elementary schools	7.7%	63	7.9	14.1	10.8	12.7	17.5	15.0	$22,136	$3,051	$19,085
Glenside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	500 Lackawanna St	Reading	19601	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 371-5913	261	23	11.1	100.8%	7 (2.7%)	18 (6.9%)	229 (87.7%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	14.9	1275^th of 1511 public elementary schools	15.6%		16.5	1265^th of 1526 public elementary schools	17.1%	10	30.5	16.2	24.1	30.4	24.3	27.7	$26,174	$4,553	$21,621
Riverside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1400 Centre Avenue	Reading	19601	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 371-5896	694	49	14.0	99.7%	21 (3.0%)	39 (5.6%)	624 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.3%)	6.3	1446^th of 1511 public elementary schools	4.3%		6.5	1427^th of 1526 public elementary schools	6.5%	19	12.2	16.8	14.5	16.7	15.1	15.9	$20,373	$3,099	$17,274
Lauers Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	251 N 2nd St	Reading	19601	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 371-5960	615	42	14.5	92.0%	28 (4.6%)	21 (3.4%)	561 (91.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	8.1	1392^nd of 1511 public elementary schools	7.9%		14.2	1294^th of 1526 public elementary schools	15.2%	98	25.0	16.0	21.3	13.9	17.6	15.3	$20,817	$3,425	$17,391
Northwest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	820 Clinton Street	Reading	19601	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 371-5904	496	40	12.3	101.6%	9 (1.8%)	28 (5.6%)	450 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	11.7	1322^nd of 1511 public elementary schools	12.5%		13.2	1314^th of 1526 public elementary schools	13.9%	8	23.3	26.7	24.9	20.9	21.4	21.1	$22,482	$3,115	$19,367

Cities Near Zip Code 19601

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Reading	0.28 mi	32	690^th
West Reading	1.06 mi	1
Wyomissing	2.29 mi	3	264^th
Mount Penn	2.85 mi	1	663^rd
Shillington	3.28 mi	5	629^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

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