City: Reading, PN
Address: 1000 N Front St
District: Reading SD
Phone: (610)371-5882
Fax: (610)371-5881
Length of school day: 7
Number of instructional days: 180
School Enrollment: 968
Low income: 75.0%
Attendance rate: 91.96%
Attendance rate for male students: 91.75%
Attendance rate for female students: 92.12%
Attendance rate for American Indian students: 85.97%
Attendance rate for Asian students: 85.37%
Attendance rate for black students: 93.55%
Attendance rate for Hispanic students: 90.82%
Attendance rate for economically disadvantaged students: 81.9%
Attendance rate for English language learners: 94.81%
Number of students entering this school: 402
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 281
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 0
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 4
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 20
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 6
Total number of teachers: 65
Full-time teachers: 61
Part-time teachers: 0
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 723
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 179
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 1
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 58
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 283
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 128
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 87
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 61
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 111
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 92
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 76
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 7
Total number of teachers in this district: 903
Administration staff: 2
Other full-time service coordinators: 0
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 91.7%
Councelors: 2
Librarians: 2
Other staff: 1
6th grade enrollment : 353
7th grade enrollment : 312
8th grade enrollment : 303
Statistics about Northwest MS in Reading, PN
Average teacher salary: $44737
Teacher salary range: $25000 - $66497
Average administration staff salary: $75213
Administration staff salary range: $46648 - $93500
Suspensions: 352
Law-enforcement incidents: 98
Library titles: 7000
Library titles checked out during school year: 17000
Computers: 250
CD-ROM titles: 5
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 94.7%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 6.8%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 23.6%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 25.6%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 44.0%
Scaled math score: 1230
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 94.7%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 7.2%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 32.4%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 31.6%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 28.8%
Scaled reading score: 1230