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Following the 2010-2011 academic year, the Diocese of Allentown under Bishop John Barres closed both Holy Name High School and Reading Central Catholic High School.The Diocese then established Berks Catholic High School, which officially opened on July 1, 2011, on the site of the former Holy Name High School.
Circa the late 1960s the number of school districts was 2,277. The state government had passed laws encouraging these districts to merge with one another, so the figure fell to 669, and then 501, in the 1970s and then in 1981. [ 1 ]
Private K–12 schools in Pennsylvania (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Private elementary schools in Pennsylvania" The following 64 pages are in this category, out of 64 total.
The school district encompasses approximately 10 square miles (26 km 2). According to 2020 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 95,112. In 2009, the Reading School District residents’ per capita income was $13,086, while the median family income was $31,067. [ 2 ]
As of the 2007-2008 school year, there were 265,545 students enrolled in private K-12 schools in Pennsylvania. [7] State students consistently do well in standardized testing. In 2007, Pennsylvania ranked 14th in mathematics, 12th in reading, and 10th in writing for 8th grade students. [8]
It was established in 1927 and is part of the Reading School District. With an enrollment of 5,213 as of the 2022-23 school year, it is the largest traditional high school in Pennsylvania and one of the largest high schools in the nation. [3]
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However, for the school's first 10 years, Judaic teachers only were hired on a part-time basis. [3] From 1951 to 1963, the school was led by Louis Newman, who was also the camp director of Camp Ramah in Wisconsin, until he was named the first director of the Melton Center for Research in Jewish Education at The Jewish Theological Seminary. [3]