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What advice would you give to incoming students at CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
637
Middle
DISTRICT 716 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)·NCES 362781003781
CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
892 NY-45, CHESTNUT RIDGE, NY 10977 · (845) 577-6300 · Rockland County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of New York public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
554 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 305 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 293 | 46% |
| Ungraded | 39 | 6% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
19.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
14.2%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 14.2% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 12.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 637 | 87.0% | 31.1% |
| JHS 383 PHILIPPA SCHUYLER BROOKLYN | 651 | 87.4% | 45.8% |
| POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL SUFFERN | 689 | 85.6% | 33.2% |
| FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ELMHURST | 561 | 89.8% | 65.8% |
| KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING VALLEY | 822 | 92.6% | 37.4% |
| WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 906 | 82.2% | 36.9% |
Matched among New York middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #713 of 766 | #14 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #758 of 768 ▲ 1 | #14 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #751 of 768 ▼ 8 | #14 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #248 of 796 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #630 of 683 | #13 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #443 of 688 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #172 of 773 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.9% | #34 of 168 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
637
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 637 | 47.6 | 13.4:1 | 87% (554) |
| 2023-24 | 630 | 44.6 | 14.1:1 | 84% (528) |
| 2022-23 | 646 | 46.4 | 13.9:1 | 83% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 55 | 11.3:1 | 88% (551) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 48 | 11.3:1 | 90% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 43 | 13.3:1 | 75% (429) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 64% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 46 | 13.1:1 | 61% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 45 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public middle school in CHESTNUT RIDGE, New York. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 637 students.
CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY), where 14 schools serve 10,424 students.
Of every 100 students at CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 74 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Black, 5% White, and 2% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 21%. The diversity index for CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is 41%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL totals 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. Compared with the 10.3:1 average for middle schools in New York, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 87% of students (554) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Rockland County is 48%.
CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of New York public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 43.0% at CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.1%.
In the wider Rockland County area, median household income comes to about $109,959, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rockland County's 66 public schools enroll about 41,335 students and include CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL's nearest public school is FLEETWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 0.4 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 623 students in 2020-21 and 637 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.3:1 to 13.4:1 over the same years.
People who know CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)
- RAMAPO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,694 students
- SPRING VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,501 students
- KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 822 students
- POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 689 students
- SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 659 students
- FLEETWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
Other schools in CHESTNUT RIDGE
- FLEETWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
- ELDORADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 598 students
Other Chestnut Ridge Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Chestnut Ridge Middle. CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Chestnut Ridge Middle SchoolSEWELL, NJ · 613 students
- Chestnut Ridge Middle SchoolFishertown, PA · 424 students
Nearby schools
- FLEETWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 609
- ELDORADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 598
- MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 579
- Fieldstone Middle School1.8 mi · 443
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 190
- SPRING VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,501
Frequently asked questions
About CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 637 students in grades 07-08.
Is CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 74% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian.
Is CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.