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Schools in Chest Township

Chest Township’s public schools

Cambria Heights School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chest Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
65%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.3K
▼ 16% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.4
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,223 students on the public path
In brief

Chest Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Chest Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Cambria Heights SHS places highest (better than 89%); Cambria Heights MS lowest (33%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Chest Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Cambria Heights El Schin CarrolltownB−
6–8Cambria Heights MSin PattonC
9–12Cambria Heights SHSin PattonA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cambria Heights School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Cambria Heights School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,223 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 11.4 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$18,255PA $21,758 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading65%
State average 55.1% · 578 students tested
Math32%
State average 36.1% · 617 students tested

Chest Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Chest Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Chest Township—Cambria Heights
ElderB+Cambria Heights
PattonB+Cambria Heights
White—Glendale

2 of the 3 neighbors share Cambria Heights with Chest Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Chest Township

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Chest Townshipin other towns
Cambria Heights El Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Carrolltown
B−
533 students12:1Rate it →
Cambria Heights MS
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Patton
C
271 students10:1Rate it →
Cambria Heights SHS
High · Grades 9–12 · Patton
A
419 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Chest Township’s schools

Are Chest Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Chest Township. Cambria Heights School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chest Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Chest Township in?

Cambria Heights School District.

Where do Chest Township kids go to high school?

Cambria Heights SHS.

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What Chest Township families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.