Chestnut Ridge SHS

Chestnut Ridge SHS is a cozy four-year high school in New Paris, Pennsylvania, part of Chestnut Ridge SD. The school caters to 470 students in grades 8 through 12. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Chestnut Ridge SHS is one of 3 schools operated by Chestnut Ridge SD, a district that enrolls 1,197 students overall.

On demographics, Chestnut Ridge SHS logs that nearly all students (96%) are White. Compared to Bedford County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 58% of students at Chestnut Ridge SHS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chestnut Ridge SHS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.6%, the actual is 61.8%, a residual of +9.2 points.

Across the wider county, Bedford County reports that median household income runs about $59,992, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bedford County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,951 students), of which Chestnut Ridge SHS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Chestnut Ridge Central El Sch, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chestnut Ridge SHS at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 56.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Chestnut Ridge SHS's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 582 (now 470). Class-load math has fell: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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