Summary:
The 19604 zip code area of Pennsylvania is home to two high schools: Reading Senior High School and Reading Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center. These schools serve students in grades 9-12 and face significant challenges, including low academic performance, high poverty levels, and disparities in school size and resources.
Reading Senior High School is the larger of the two, with an enrollment of 4,779 students, but it has a relatively low four-year graduation rate of 87.9% and a dropout rate of 1.4%. The school's performance on Keystone Exams is significantly below the state average, with only 9.7% proficient or better in Algebra I, 14.3% in Biology, and 31.1% in Literature. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 100.36%. In contrast, Reading Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center is a much smaller school with only 25 students enrolled, but it has a remarkably high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 4,688%.
The data also reveals a stark contrast in student-teacher ratios, with Reading Senior High School having a ratio of 18.8 students per teacher and Reading Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center having an extremely low ratio of 0.7 students per teacher. Additionally, the statewide ranking history for Reading Muhlenberg Career and Technology Center shows that the school has consistently been among the lowest-performing high schools in Pennsylvania, ranking in the bottom 5% for several years.
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