Chestnut Ridge School District

What Chestnut Ridge School District does

Chestnut Ridge School District is a public K-12 school district headquartered in Fishertown, Pennsylvania, serving students across Bedford County. The district operates three schools — Chestnut Ridge High School (grades 9-12, New Paris), Chestnut Ridge Middle School (grades 5-8, Fishertown), and Chestnut Ridge Central Elementary School (Pre-K through grade 4, New Paris) — with an average class size of 20 and approximately 300 elementary students. The district has served its community since 1952, currently employing 51-100 staff under a non-profit, government state entity structure funded through Pennsylvania state appropriations, federal allocations, and local property taxes.

The district's core service offering is free public education from Pre-K through 12th grade, with supplementary programs including a PA Pre-K Counts certified Pre-K program (serving 34 four-year-olds annually since 2007), Title I schoolwide reading intervention, gifted education K-12, special education, a Student Support Team for academic and behavioral intervention, a 21st Century After School Program, and a Virtual Academy. The technology stack is built entirely on third-party SaaS platforms: PowerSchool for student information and parent portal, Moodle for learning management, Edlio for website CMS, Nutrislice for cafeteria menus, Google Classroom for instruction delivery, and Seesaw for early childhood communication. No proprietary technology is developed in-house.

The business model is non-commercial: as a public school district, Chestnut Ridge provides free K-12 education to district residents, with Pre-K Counts also free to income-eligible families. Revenue is derived from state basic education funding, federal Title I and program-specific grants, and local property taxes, governed by an elected school board. There are no commercial customers, no private equity or corporate ownership, and no expansion into fee-based services. The district's primary strategic initiative is the 2026 groundbreaking of a new elementary school building, representing a significant capital infrastructure investment.

Name

Chestnut Ridge School District

Legal name

Chestnut Ridge School District

Website

https://crlions.org

Company type

Public

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Chestnut Ridge School District is a Pennsylvania public K-12 school district serving Bedford County residents across three schools (Pre-K through grade 12), funded by state and federal allocations plus local taxes, and operating with an average class size of 20.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA), Head Start & Public Pre-K Programs (EDACABAK)

Keywords

• K-12 public education
• Pre-kindergarten programs
• Title I reading intervention
• Special education services
• Student support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Fishertown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Chestnut Ridge School District provides free public K-12 education services across three schools—Central Elementary (Pre-K through grade 4), Middle School (grades 5-8), and High School (grades 9-12)—to district residents in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Core offerings include academic instruction, a state-funded PA Pre-K Counts program for 34 four-year-olds annually, Title I reading intervention, special education, gifted support, counseling, athletics, and extracurricular clubs. The district also operates a 21st Century After School Program and a Virtual Academy for alternative learning pathways.

Product overview

Chestnut Ridge School District is a K-12 public school district operating three schools: High School (grades 9-12), Middle School (grades 5-8), and Central Elementary (Pre-K through grade 4). The district offers educational programs including a PA Pre-K Counts certified Pre-K program, Title I reading intervention, Student Support Team services, and 21st Century After School programming. The district utilizes PowerSchool for student information management and Moodle for learning management. Construction of a new elementary school building is currently underway as a significant infrastructure project.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CR Lions: The mascot and athletic/activity brand identity for Chestnut Ridge School District athletic teams and activities

Quantifiable outcome

• Pre-K program rated Exemplary (Perfect) for 9 consecutive years (2016-2025)
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Pennsylvania Pre-K CountscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPA Pre-K Counts is established by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, bringing quality pre-kindergarten to 3 and 4 year olds across the Commonwealth. Chestnut Ridge was one of the original programs selected for this initiative, funded through the state's $73 million Pre-K Counts program. The partnership enables free high-quality Pre-K education for eligible families.
• Bedford County Assistance Office / Center for Community ActionminorOthersReferral partnership for families in need of food, medical assistance, housing, rent, childcare, and other support services. The district provides information about these resources through its counseling office.
• Mental Health and Counseling Service ProvidersminorOthersNetwork of mental health providers including Bedford-Somerset DBHS, SWiTCH Mental Health Counseling, Nulton Diagnostic & Treatment Center, ACRP Bedford, and others providing school-based and community counseling services to students.
• Healthcare ProvidersminorOthersPartnership with local healthcare providers including Pediatric Care Specialists, UPMC Children's Community Pediatrics, New Paris Rural Health Clinic, Hyndman Health, and State Health Center for student health referrals and wellness support.
• PowerSchoolcoreTechnology or IntegrationDistrict uses PowerSchool as its student information system for enrollment, grades, attendance, and parent portal access. PowerSchool Enrollment Express used for Pre-K enrollment process.
• Pennsylvania Department of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState education agency establishing standards, funding programs including Pre-K Counts, and providing oversight for public school districts across Pennsylvania.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Claysburg-Kimmel School District: Small rural Blair County PA public school district comparable in size and rural Appalachian setting; useful reference for Title I, special education, and Pre-K Counts program scaling benchmarks.
• PowerSchool: SIS vendor whose PowerSchool Enrollment Express and Parent Portal are core operational platforms for Chestnut Ridge's enrollment and family-communication workflows. Relevant ecosystem peer for technology procurement benchmarking.
• Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE): State oversight body that sets standards, allocates Pre-K Counts and Title I funding, and authorizes charter/cyber charter competition. Functions as the primary regulator and largest funding-counterparty for Chestnut Ridge.

Regional players

• Berlin Brothersvalley School District: Somerset County, PA public school district of comparable small-rural scale to Chestnut Ridge. Shares the same athletic conference footprint and similar rural Appalachian district characteristics for funding and demographic comparison.
• Everett Area School District: Adjacent Bedford County, PA public school district serving a similar rural community footprint with comparable K-12 grade configuration and student demographics. Directly comparable as a same-county public school competitor for student enrollment.
• Windber Area School District: Adjacent Somerset County PA district of similar small size band serving a rural Appalachian community, overlapping athletic conference and competing for the same regional student demographic and state funding allocation pool.
• Tussey Mountain School District: Neighboring small rural PA school district in adjacent county with similar enrollment scale, athletic conference overlap (PIAA district 5/6), and comparable Title I / Pre-K Counts programmatic profile.

Direct peers

• Northern Bedford County School District: Public school district operating within Bedford County, PA alongside Chestnut Ridge. Similar small-rural size band, K-12 structure, and reliance on PA Department of Education funding streams - the most natural geographic peer for enrollment and funding competition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CR_Lions
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCI_2ZnfVzi-Qs1Nm7LEdOpQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/CRLionsSD

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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