City: Reading, PN
Address: 300 Chestnut St
District: Reading SD
Phone: (610)371-5934
Fax: (610)371-5934
Length of school day: 7.5
Number of instructional days: 180
School Enrollment: 730
Low income: 84.0%
Attendance rate: 89.46%
Attendance rate for male students: 89.6%
Attendance rate for female students: 89.32%
Attendance rate for Asian students: 93.93%
Attendance rate for black students: 90.07%
Attendance rate for Hispanic students: 89.16%
Attendance rate for economically disadvantaged students: 73.42%
Attendance rate for English language learners: 93.3%
Number of students entering this school: 266
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 275
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 21
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 8
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 36
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 8
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 8
Total number of teachers: 49
Full-time teachers: 40
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: 1
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 96.4%
Councelors: 2
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 2
6th grade enrollment : 254
7th grade enrollment : 239
8th grade enrollment : 237
Statistics about Southwest 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: 306
Law-enforcement incidents: 430
Library titles: 7499
Library titles checked out during school year: 12000
Computers: 210
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 86.2%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 4.3%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 18.6%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 27.1%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 50.0%
Scaled math score: 1210
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 88.5%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 3.1%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 31.6%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 32.1%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 33.2%
Scaled reading score: 1200