CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL

As a close-knit secondary school in CHESTER, New York, CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL teaches 538 students from grades 6 through 12, operated by CHESTER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 2 schools in CHESTER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (931 students total), CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% White, 15% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL records 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.5%, the actual is 54.4%, a residual of -5.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $97,178 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one of 82 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students).

The closest other public school is CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.3%.

CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 643 (now 538). The White share of enrollment shrank from 53% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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