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New Paris, Pennsylvania (15405001624)Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Schools in New Paris

New Paris’s public schools

Chestnut Ridge School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Paris. Each school below is shown with its own results.

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

Tests spring 2022, when 100% 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
66%
2021–22
Math proficiency
46%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.3K
▼ 20% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.9
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,197 students on the public path
In brief

New Paris’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of New Paris’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Chestnut Ridge SHS places highest (better than 67%); Chestnut Ridge MS lowest (57%). 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 New Paris, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Chestnut Ridge Central El SchChestnut Ridge School DistrictNo scores
3–7Chestnut Ridge MSin FishertownB
8–12Chestnut Ridge SHSChestnut Ridge School DistrictB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Chestnut Ridge 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.

Chestnut Ridge School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,197 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$17,331PA $21,758 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading66%
State average 55.1% · 609 students tested
Math46%
State average 36.1% · 581 students tested

New Paris vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share New Paris’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
New Paris—Chestnut Ridge

Every school in New Paris

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 New Parisin other towns
Chestnut Ridge Central El Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–2
303 students13:1Rate it →
Chestnut Ridge MS
Middle · Grades 3–7 · Fishertown
B
424 students13:1Rate it →
Chestnut Ridge SHS
High · Grades 8–12
B+
470 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about New Paris’s schools

Are New Paris’s schools good?

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

What school district is New Paris in?

Chestnut Ridge School District.

Where do New Paris kids go to high school?

Chestnut Ridge SHS.

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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.