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Riverside Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1400 Centre Ave

Reading PA, 19601, Berks County

Phone: 610-371-5896

Ranking:

(2,205 out of 2,311, bottom 5%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Reading School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	49		49		48		47		47		48		48
Total Students:	872		852		845		891		914		923		879
Kindergarten:	147	16.9%	144	16.9%	186	22.0%	204	22.9%	187	20.5%	179	19.4%	112	12.7%
Grade 1:	133	15.3%	145	17.0%	140	16.6%	141	15.8%	168	18.4%	156	16.9%	136	15.5%
Grade 2:	149	17.1%	137	16.1%	133	15.7%	160	18.0%	144	15.8%	123	13.3%	157	17.9%
Grade 3:	160	18.3%	141	16.5%	144	17.0%	145	16.3%	116	12.7%	150	16.3%	152	17.3%
Grade 4:	147	16.9%	144	16.9%	132	15.6%	110	12.3%	140	15.3%	163	17.7%	134	15.2%
Grade 5:	136	15.6%	141	16.5%	110	13.0%	131	14.7%	159	17.4%	152	16.5%	152	17.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	462	53.0%	447	52.5%	441	52.2%	452	50.7%	460	50.3%	485	52.5%	462	52.6%
Female:	410	47.0%	405	47.5%	404	47.8%	439	49.3%	446	48.8%	430	46.6%	413	47.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	3	0.3%	7	0.8%	10	1.2%	8	0.9%	9	1.0%	9	1.0%	11	1.3%
Hispanic:	678	77.8%	646	75.8%	616	72.9%	661	74.2%	692	75.7%	669	72.5%	634	72.1%
Black:	84	9.6%	82	9.6%	93	11.0%	123	13.8%	118	12.9%	147	15.9%	139	15.8%
White:	73	8.4%	79	9.3%	83	9.8%	99	11.1%	95	10.4%	98	10.6%	95	10.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	34	3.9%	38	4.5%	42	5.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	772	88.5%	699	82.0%	706	83.6%	764	85.7%	760	83.2%	679	73.6%	591	67.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	4.4%	39	4.6%	47	5.6%	41	4.6%	66	7.2%	57	6.2%	73	8.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.91		17.30		17.51		18.86		19.34		19.20		18.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	56%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	67%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56.2%	62.3%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67.6%	65.2%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.4%	67.1%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.8%	74.7%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	59%	69.3%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.6%	64.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54%	42%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	46%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41.6%	53.2%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	46.4%	59.3%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47.4%	54.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48.5%	54.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47%	56.1%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	45.2%	48.9%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	61.4%	55.5%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	59.1%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.6%	63.1%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	68%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75.2%	73.5%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.5%	73.9%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62.4%	66.5%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.8%	42.5%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.6%	48.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	24.2%	48.3%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	45%	50.9%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.6%	51.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50%	52.4%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	38.4%	47.1%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.9%	54.6%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53.2%	60.5%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	46.6%	59.7%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53.2%	63%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50%	62%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.1%	38.7%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.6%	43.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.7%	51%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.8%	47.3%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.1%	49.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.5%	55.5%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.8%	57.6%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.5%	56.5%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.7%	61.6%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.6%	54.2%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40.4%	31.8%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	36.6%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38%	41.6%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	26.8%	36.4%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25.9%	32.2%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	29%	39.4%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	30.3%	38.7%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28%	42%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	35.1%	47.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	26.6%	38%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	16.1%	34.8%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	29.1%	31.1%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	24.1%	24.8%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	13.4%	26%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	19.6%	31%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	35.1%	35.8%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	22.1%	30.7%	64.2%

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* Riverside Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.