Summary
Chestnut Ridge Elementary School is a K–8 school in Berlin, OH, serving 217 students as part of the East Holmes Local district. Though labeled an elementary school, it serves kindergarten through 8th grade, so it reports upper-grade results that many nearby K–6 schools do not.
Chestnut Ridge is a standout both locally and statewide. In 2025–2026 it ranked 21st of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools — the 99th percentile, with 5 stars — far ahead of every nearby school in the comparison set. The next closest, Walnut Creek Elementary School, ranked 87th, followed by Dundee Elementary School at 166th; most other nearby schools ranked between 299th and 476th. It also outperforms its own district, East Holmes Local, which ranks 88th of 773 districts statewide. Achievement is broad: across the 14 listed 2025–2026 test cells, Chestnut Ridge averaged about 91.9% proficient, versus roughly 80.6% for the district and 60.1% for the state, scoring above both in every listed grade and subject. Walnut Creek has a few higher individual scores, such as 5th grade science (94.1% vs. 86.7%), but Chestnut Ridge leads in 5th grade math (100% vs. 76.5%), 6th grade math (95.2% vs. 77.8%), and 6th grade ELA (95.2% vs. 81.5%).
Excellence here is sustained rather than a one-year spike: the school has earned 5 stars in every listed year since 2015–2016, with percentile ranks between 94 and 100. It also serves student groups unusually well, ranking 4th of 1,467 for male students, 31st of 1,452 for female students, and 1st of 318 for English Language Learner students in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism is generally low — 4.2% in 2025–2026 versus 10.5% for the district — though 2022–2023 was an exception at 13.2%. The student-teacher ratio was 14.7 in 2024–2025, more favorable than many nearby schools. Because the school is small, individual grade cohorts are small and yearly percentages can swing; the multi-year consistency suggests the results are not simply noise.
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