Local Reviews: Schools and Districts
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Berks County Schools and Districts
There are 18 different Public school districts in Berks County. The following is a place for reviews of school district performance and individual schools. We would like to share this information so that new parents or new parents to the area can make a decision on where to by a house or to send their children to school based on the experiences of other local moms. Thank you to all who have contributed to this project. We all appraite the experience that you are passing on.
Public school districts are listed here in alphabetical order (this is not a ranking), with subsets for each of the individual school buildings in that district. Parochial and Private schools are listed following the public. Please comment as to the experience you have received as a parent in your distirct, including academics, exrtracoricular activities, staff, building maintainence and so on (refrain from opinions on schools your children do not attend or commenting on individual staff by name).
If you would like to contribute, please email your review to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 1. Antietam A) Mount Penn Elementary School (Reading, PA) (2-6 grade)Enrollment: 405 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Mount Penn Primary Center (Reading, PA) (K and 1st grade) Enrollment: 160 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Antietam Middle-Senior High School (Reading, PA) (7-12 grade) Enrollment: 551 Student/Teacher Ratio: 13 to 1 --- Reviews ---
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2. Boyertown A) Boyertown Elementary (Boyertown, PA)Enrollment: 668 Student/Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Colebrookdale Elementary (Boyertown, PA) Enrollment: 287 Student/Teacher Ratio: 13 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Earl Elementary (Boyertown, PA) Enrollment: 293 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) Gilbertsville Elementary (Gilbertsville, PA) Enrollment: 690 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 --- Reviews --- E) New Hanover - Upper Frederick Elementary (Frederick, PA) Enrollment: 721 Student/Teacher Ratio: 17 to 1 --- Reviews --- "Three of my girls successfully completed this school and they were fantastic educators. Very concerned about personal development, critical thinking and achievement. They provided a warm environment and equal environment for children to learn. Highly recommend for anyone moving into the area." --- Anonymous Parent F) Pine Forge Elementary (Boyertown, PA) Enrollment: 281 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 --- Reviews --- G) Washington Elementary (Barto, PA) Enrollment: 671 Student/Teacher Ratio: 19 to 1 --- Reviews --- H) Boyertown Area Junior High East (Gilbertsville, PA) Enrollment: 904 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- I) Boyertown Area Junior High West (Boyertown, PA) Enrollment: 871 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- J) Boyertown Area Senior High School (Boyertown, PA) Enrollment: 1652 Student/Teacher Ratio: 17 to 1 --- Reviews ---
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3. Brandywine Heights A) District - Topton Elementary Center (Topton, PA) Enrollment: 421 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Longswamp Elementary (Merztown, PA) Enrollment: 117 Student/Teacher Ratio: 23 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Rockland Elementary (Fleetwood, PA) Enrollment: 110 Student/Teacher Ratio: 22 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) Brandywine Heights Area Middle School (Topton, PA) Enrollment: 608 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- E) Brandywine Heights Area High School (Merztown, PA) Enrollment: 687 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: "It's disgusting... I live in Brandywine Acres, less than 2 miles from the high school. The kids that ride a late evening bus on Walnut Drive think that is their personal trash can. Any night after the bus goes by (after 8:30 or later), one can find burger king bags, wrappers, soda cups, half eaten sandwiches, candy wrappers and any other kind of trash thrown on the ground and on the street. The kids are really taught good community relations and respect for other peoples' property. Makes me proud to live in one of the highest taxed school districts in Berks County! What a joke." --- Anonymous Community Member
4. Conrad Weiser Area A) Conrad Weiser East Elementary (Wernersville, PA) Enrollment: 565 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Conrad Weiser West Elementary (Womelsdorf, PA) Enrollment: 432 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Conrad Weiser Middle School (Robesonia, PA) Enrollment: 948 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) Conrad Weiser High School (Robesonia, PA) Enrollment: 1032 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: "District is fair at best. School district administration seems more focused on their own agendas than on the well being of the students. Communication between the school and parents seems to be non existent. Guidance staff is poor at best, direting students toward programs and then reneging on the schools promises. School administration is mediocore at best. District Administration fails to follow procedures and due diligence resulting in failure to secure grant money due them from the state and other sources. As a result, it is the students who suffer. On the plus side, the school has a nationally known ag program." --- Anonymous Parent
5. Daniel Boone Area A) Amity Primary Center (Douglassville, PA) (K-2) Enrollment: 502 Student/Teacher Ratio: 17 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Amity Intermediate Center (Douglassville, PA) (2-5) Enrollment: 609 Student/Teacher Ratio:16 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Birdsboro Elementary Center (Birdsboro, PA) (1-5) Enrollment: 583 Student/Teacher Ratio: 13 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) Monocacy Kindergarten Center (Birdsboro, PA) (KG) Enrollment: 112 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 --- Reviews --- E) Daniel Boone Area Middle School (Douglassville, PA) (6-8) Enrollment: 919 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 --- Reviews --- F) Daniel Boone Area High School (Birdsboro, PA) Enrollment: 1157 Student/Teacher Ratio: 17 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: "great staff and district came from pottstown and have been very impressed thus far." --- Anonymous Parent
6. Exeter Township A) Lorane Elementary (Reading, PA) (K-4) Enrollment: 510 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Martin Luther Laush Elementary (Reading, PA) (K-6) Enrollment: 374 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Jacksonwald Elementary (Reading, PA) (K-4) Enrollment: 692 Student/Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) Reiffton School (Reading, PA) (5-6) Enrollment: 659 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- E) Exeter Township Junior High School (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 609 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- F) Exeter Township Senior High School (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 1343 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: 7. Fleetwood Area A) Andrew Maier Elementary School (Blandon, PA) (K-4) Enrollment: 522 Student/Teacher Ratio:17 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Fleetwood Elementary (Fleetwood, PA) (K-4) Enrollment: 213 Stdent/Teacher Ratio: 10 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Richmond Elementary (Fleetwood, PA) (K-5) Enrollment: 215 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) Fleetwood Area Middle School (Fleetwood, PA) (5-8) Enrollment: 838 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 --- Reviews --- E) Fleetwood Area High School (Fleetwood, PA) (9-12) Enrollment: 906 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: 8. Governor Mifflin A) Cumru Elementary Building (Shillington, PA) Enrollment: 604 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Brecknock Elementary Building (Shillington, PA) Enrollment: 529 Student/Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Governor Mifflin Intermediate School (Shillington, PA) Enrollment: 932 Student/Teacher Ratio: 17 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) Governor Mifflin Middle School (Shillington, PA) Enrollment: 782 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 --- Reviews --- Enrollment: 1434 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: 9. Hamburg Area A) Tilden Elementary (Hamburg, PA) Enrollment: 285 Student/Teacher Ratio: 17 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Hamburg Elementary (Hamburg, PA) Enrollment: 318 Student/Teacher Ratio: 17 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Perry Elementary (Shoemakersville, PA) Enrollment: 319 Student/Teacher Ratio: 13 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Hamburg Area Middle School (Hamburg, PA) Enrollment: 838 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) Hamburg Area High School (Hamburg, PA) Enrollment: 866 Student/Teacher Ratio: 17 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: 10. Kutztown Area A) Albany Elementary (Kempton, PA) Enrollment: 92 Student/Teacher Ratio: 12 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Greenwich-Lenhartsville Elementary (Lenhartsville, PA) Enrollment: 119 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Kutztown Elementary (Kutztown, PA) Enrollment: 314 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) Maxatawny Elementary (Kutztown, PA) Enrollment: 109 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- "Max WAS a great school..all the teachers knew all the children and visa versa..and all the parents knew all the teachers. Just a small wonderful school. Now they shut it down...thats ok though cause my kids are now getting homeschooled!" --- Anonymous Parent E) Kutztown Area Middle School (Kutztown, PA) --- Reviews --- F) Kutztown Area Senior High School (Kutztown, PA) Enrollment: 632 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: 11. Muhlenburg A) Muhlenburg Elementary (Laureldale, PA) (K-4) Enrollment: 946 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Cole Intermediate School (Laureldale, PA) (5-6) Enrollment: 378 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Muhlenburg Middle School (Laureldale, PA) (7-8) Enrollment: 836 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) Muhlenburg Senior High School (Laureldale, PA) (9-12) Enrollment: 1144 Student/Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: 12. Oley Valley A) Oley Valley Elementary (Oley, PA) (K-5) Enrollment: 863 Student/Teacher Ratio:16 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Oley Valley Middle School (Oley, PA) (6-8) Enrollment: 553 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Oley Valley High School (Oley, PA) (9-12) Enrollment: 684 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: 13. Reading A) 10th and Green Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 821 Student/Teacher Ratio:25 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) 10th and Penn Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 532 Student/Teacher Ratio:19 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) 12th and Marion Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 515 Student/Teacher Ratio:19 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) 13th and Green Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 532 Student/Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1 --- Reviews --- E) 13th and Union Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 930 Student/Teacher Ratio: 21 to 1 --- Reviews --- F) 16th and Park Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 628 Student/Teacher Ratio: 21 to 1 --- Reviews --- G) Amanda E. Stout Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 690 Student/Teacher Ratio:18 to 1 --- Reviews --- H) Glenside Elementar (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 372 Student/Teacher Ratio:18 to 1 --- Reviews --- I) Lauer's Park Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 761 Student/Teacher Ratio:18 to 1 --- Reviews --- J) Northwest Area Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 837 Student/Teacher Ratio: 20 to 1 --- Reviews --- K) Riverside Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 846 Student/Teacher Ratio:20 to 1 --- Reviews --- L) Thomas Ford Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 540 Student/Teacher Ratio:19 to 1 --- Reviews --- M) Tyson-Schoener Elementary (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 695 Student/Teacher Ratio:18 to 1 --- Reviews --- N) Northeast Middle School (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 1229 Student/Teacher Ratio: 17 to 1 --- Reviews --- O) Northwest Middle School (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 1167 Student/Teacher Ratio:19 to 1 --- Reviews --- P) Southern Middle School (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 935 Student/Teacher Ratio:18 to 1 --- Reviews --- Q) Southwest Middle School (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 775 Student/Teacher Ratio:16 to 1 --- Reviews --- R) Reading High School (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 4399 Student/Teacher Ratio: 20 to 1 --- Reviews --- S) Gateway School for Performing Arts (Reading, PA) Enrollment: 260 Student/Teacher Ratio: ? --- Reviews --- T) Gateway School for Communication and Technology (Reading, PA) Enrollment: ? Student/Teacher Ratio: ? --- Reviews --- U) Gateway School for Agriculture, Science, and Ecology (Reading, PA) Enrollment: ? Student/Teacher Ratio: ? --- Reviews --- V) Gateway School for International Business and World Language (Reading, PA) Enrollment: ? Student/Teacher Ratio: ? --- Reviews --- District Reviews: 14. Schuylkill Valley A) Schuylkill Valley Elementary School (Leesport, PA) Enrollment: 847 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Schuylkill Valley Middle School (Leesport, PA) Enrollment: 495 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Schuylkill Valley High School (Leesport, PA) Enrollment: 651 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- District Reviews: 15. Tulpehocken Area A) Penn Bernville Elementary (Bernville, PA) (K-6) Enrollment: 404 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Bethel Elementary (Bethel, PA) (K-6) Enrollment: 440 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Tulpehocken Junior/Senior High School (New Schaefferstown, PA) (7-12) Enrollment: 855 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: "I attended Tulpehocken School District growing up (from 4th to 12th grades - at Penn Bernville Elem. and Tulpehocken High School). Tulpehocken is a small school district. It does not have many of the amenities you will find at other school districts. It also has very few businesses located within the district inorder to receive revenue. BUT, that being said, parents should not avoid Tulpehocken. As a smaller school district, children receive a level of personal attention that is rare in school distrcits today. Staff members teach individaul children on the junior high and high school level, for several consecutives years and get to know them well. I believe that Tulpehocken students receive a better than average amount of attention because of this. Teachers are able to work with students learning difficulties and strengths. Teachers can also recognize changes in behavior that might signal budding problems. The student body also seems to have much less social conflict than at larger schools because of it's smaller size. Parents in this district should cultivate and enjoy this close knit environment (get to know the teachers and staff) and get involved in your child's ciriculum. The areas in which this district may be lacking at the high school level can be fixed by being attentive to your child's ciriculum and enrolling your child in cooperative classes at RACC, activities at the Google Works, or football programs at a larger district. The pro-active Parent in this district can provide for a their child and safe and secure environment AND an education that is challenging and diverse." - --- Berks Mom
16. Twin Valley A) Honey Brook Elementary Center (Honey Brook, PA) Enrollement: 540 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 --- Reviews --- --- "My husband and I think this is an excellent school!" -Anonymous Parent B) Robeson Elementary Center (Birdsboro, PA) Enrollement: 451 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Twin Valley Elementary Elementary Center (Elverson, PA) Enrollement: 484 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- D) Twin Valley Middle School (Elverson, PA) Enrollement: 747 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- E) Twin Valley High School (Elverson, PA) Enrollement: 1109 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: 17. Wilson A) Cornwall Terrace Elementary School (Sinking Spring, PA) Enrollment: 645 Student/Teacher Ratio: 19 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Green Valley Elementary School (Sinking Spring, PA) Enrollment: 466 Student/Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1 C) Lincoln Park Elementary School (West Lawn, PA) Enrollment: 151 Student/Teacher Ratio: 22 to 1 D) Shiloh Hills Elementary School (Sinking Spring, PA) Enrollment: 488 Student/Teacher Ratio: 18 to 1 E) Spring Ridge Elementary School (Wyomissing, PA) Enrollment: 551 Student/Teacher Ratio: 20 to 1 F) West Wyomissing Elementary School (West Lawn, PA) Enrollment: 214 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 G) Whitfield Elementary School (West Lawn, PA) Enrollment: 655 Student/Teacher Ratio: 20 to 1 H) Wilson Central Junior High School (West Lawn, PA) Enrollment: 734 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 I) Wilson Southern Junior High School (Sinking Spring, PA) Enrollment: 680 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 J) Wilson Senior High School (West Lawn, PA) Enrollment: 1348 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews ---
District Reviews: 18. Wyomissing Area A) West Reading Elementary Center (West Reading, PA) Enrollment: 652 Student/Teacher Ratio: 15 to 1 --- Reviews --- B) Wyomissing Hills Elementary School (Wyomissing, PA) Enrollment: 318 Student/Teacher Ratio: 14 to 1 --- Reviews --- C) Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School (Wyomissing, PA) Enrollemnt: 935 Student/Teacher Ratio: 13 to 1 --- Reviews ---
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Totals: Largest Enrollment: School - Reading High School (Reading, PA) 4,399 students District - Reading School District (Reading, PA) 16,769+ students Smallest Enrollment: School - Albany Elementary (Kempton, PA) 92 students District - Antietam School District (Reading, PA) 1,116 students Largest Student/Teacher Ratio: School - 10th and Green Elementary School (Reading, PA) 25: 1 District - Reading School District (Reading, PA) AND Wilson School District (West Lawn, PA) 19:1 Smallest Student/Teacher Ratio: School - Fleetwood Elementary (Fleetwood, PA) 10:1 District - Fleetwood School District (Fleetwood, PA) 13:1 |