Summary:
The three middle schools in Orland School District 135 serve grades 6–8. Their clearest shared strength is English language arts (ELA): the schools averaged 79% proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 56% statewide.
Orland Junior High School stands out in math and science, with 48% proficient in all-grades math and 67% in grade 8 science; its science result was 6 percentage points above Century Junior High School’s 61%. Orland also led ELA in grades 7 and 8. Jerling Junior High School led all-grades ELA at 81%, about 5 points above Century’s 75%, but had the lowest all-grades math result at 40%, compared with Orland’s 48%. Overall, ELA results were relatively close across schools, while math differences were larger: all-grades ranges were 5 points in ELA and 7 in math.
ELA improved at all three schools from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the group average rose 7 points, led by Orland’s 12-point gain. Math was essentially flat at an average of 45%, while the state result increased by about 1 point; grade 8 science rose by 6 points on average, although Century fell 7 points as Orland gained 17. SchoolDigger gives all three schools four stars; its statewide percentile rankings are 77 for Orland, 72 for Century and 71 for Jerling. Ratios range from 13.0 students per teacher at Century to 14.5 at Jerling. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2021–2022 were 13% at Century, 14% at Orland and 19% at Jerling; these figures are context, not an explanation for results, and are from an earlier year than the test scores.
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