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Chestnut Ridge School District

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Chestnut Ridge School District is located in southwest Pennsylvania. Chestnut Ridge School District has 223.48 square miles of land area and 1.16 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Chestnut Ridge School District population is 10,688. Chestnut Ridge School District median household income is $42,268 in 2006-2010. Chestnut Ridge School District median house value is $114,200 in 2006-2010. On average, Chestnut Ridge School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (298 out of 496, bottom 40%) Elementary/Middle School: (280 out of 498, bottom 44%)* Rank: #442
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	10,688 (2010), rank #348
Population Growth	-1.85% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	47.58/sq mi, rank #457
Median Household Income:	$42,268 at 2006-2010—1.22% increase since 2005-2009, rank #343
Median House Price:	$114,200 at 2006-2010—0.44% increase since 2005-2009, rank #296
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	223.48 sq mi, rank #46
Water Area:	1.16 sq mi (0.52%), rank #135
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Bedford County
City:	Alum Bank, New Paris, Osterburg, Schellsburg, Saint Clairsville, Pleasantville Borough, Portage, Claysburg, Imler, Bedford, Manns Choice, Buffalo Mills, Fishertown
Zip:	15521, 15554, 16667, 15559, 15946, 16625, 16655, 15522, 15550, 15534, 15539
Area:	Johnstown, PA;Altoona, PA

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Chestnut Ridge School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

3281 Valley Rd

Fishertown PA, 15539, Bedford County

Phone: 814-839-4195

Students and Teachers

	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,676	1,747	1,752
English Language Learner Students:	4	1	1
Total Teachers:	117.66	117.20	116.10
Prekindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.00
Kindergarten:	6.00	6.00	5.00
Elementary:	49.03	51.60	51.50
Secondary:	55.09	53.80	51.80
Ungraded:	4.54	2.80	4.80
Total Other Staff:	105.56	107.90	98.90
Instructional Aides:	23.00	24.00	17.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.37	1.40	1.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.57	3.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	4.50	4.50	3.00
District Administrative Support:	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrators:	4.90	5.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	12.00	12.00	12.00
Student Support Services:	2.22	2.00	1.50
Other Support Services:	45.00	46.00	47.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.24	14.91	15.09

Schools

Chestnut Ridge Central Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	2534 Quaker Valley Rd, New Paris PA 15554
Chestnut Ridge Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	3281 Valley Rd, Fishertown PA 15539
Chestnut Ridge Shs	Grade 9 to Grade 12	2588 Quaker Valley Rd, New Paris PA 15554
New Paris Center Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 4	4401 Cortland Rd, New Paris PA 15554

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.9%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	48%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	57.6%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.7%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.9%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55.9%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	65%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.9%	60.3%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.7%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.7%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.5%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.6%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70%	69.1%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	42.5%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	48.8%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	52.9%	40.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.8%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	96%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	92.4%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.6%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.4%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	93%	84.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.1%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.2%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	83.5%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.7%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.7%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	77.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.9%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	85.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	66.7%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.6%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73.3%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	63.2%	73.3%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	92.3%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	82.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	59.4%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.6%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.8%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83.4%	76.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.7%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.7%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.3%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	74%	67.3%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	26.7%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	37.2%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.2%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	47.9%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.3%	67.1%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.7%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	75.2%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.9%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.8%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.1%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.5%	78.8%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.6%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56.8%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.9%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	66.4%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.1%	69.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.9%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.6%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79.7%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.6%	78.6%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.8%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.2%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79.4%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	62%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.1%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	76.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.2%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.2%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	81.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.3%	58.3%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	88%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	73.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2009			2008			2007
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$20,638,000	$11,813		$21,281,000	$12,147		$18,302,000	$10,352
Federal:	$1,169,000	$669	5.7%	$1,455,000	$830	6.8%	$1,450,000	$820	7.9%
State:	$13,304,000	$7,615	64.5%	$13,953,000	$7,964	65.6%	$11,343,000	$6,416	62.0%
Local:	$6,165,000	$3,529	29.9%	$5,873,000	$3,352	27.6%	$5,509,000	$3,116	30.1%
Total Expenditures:	$19,187,000	$10,983		$21,652,000	$12,358		$27,275,000	$15,427
Total Current Expenditures:	$16,670,000	$9,542		$16,615,000	$9,483		$15,609,000	$8,829
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,731,000	$5,570	58.4%	$9,515,000	$5,431	57.3%	$8,881,000	$5,023	56.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,174,000	$672	7.0%	$1,022,000	$583	6.2%	$970,000	$549	6.2%
Administration:	$1,735,000	$993	10.4%	$2,047,000	$1,168	12.3%	$1,859,000	$1,051	11.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,030,000	$2,307	24.2%	$4,031,000	$2,301	24.3%	$3,899,000	$2,205	25.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$222,000	$127		$3,106,000	$1,773		$10,081,000	$5,702
Construction:	$157,000	$90		$2,885,000	$1,647		$10,024,000	$5,670
Total Other:	$350,000	$200		$5,000	$3		$8,000	$5
Interest on Debt:	$1,222,000	$699		$1,015,000	$579		$894,000	$506

Total Salary:	$9,353,000	$5,354		$8,939,000	$5,102		$8,397,000	$4,749
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,664,000	$3,815	71.2%	$6,351,000	$3,625	71.0%	$5,966,000	$3,374	71.0%
Other Salary:	$2,689,000	$1,539	28.8%	$2,588,000	$1,477	29.0%	$2,431,000	$1,375	29.0%
Total Benefit:	$2,838,000	$1,624		$3,043,000	$1,737		$2,912,000	$1,647
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,928,000	$1,104	67.9%	$2,116,000	$1,208	69.5%	$1,972,000	$1,115	67.7%
Other Benefit:	$910,000	$521	32.1%	$927,000	$529	30.5%	$940,000	$532	32.3%

* Chestnut Ridge School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.