Summary
Orion High School in Orion, Illinois, serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 285 students, with several nearby schools providing useful comparisons. In 2025–26, the school exceeded state proficiency rates in seven of nine reported grade-and-subject results, and its SchoolDigger standing was strong overall. The most important finding for families is that this strength is not consistent across grades: 10th-grade ELA and science were below state rates.
Orion stands out most in mathematics. Its 11th graders reached 62% proficiency, 22 points above the state and the highest among nearby schools with reported results; Geneseo High School was next at 50%. Ninth-grade math was also a strength: 59% at Orion, compared with 56% at Geneseo. In 11th-grade ELA and science, Orion ranked second among nearby schools with results, and its rates were 9 and 17 points above the state, respectively. By contrast, 10th-grade ELA was 52%, 2 points below the state, and science was 42%, 6 points below. Orion’s reported 11th-grade scores matched those of Orion CUSD 223, a 0-point gap.
Results have shifted by grade and year: 10th-grade ELA fell 25 points, from 77% in 2024–25 to 52% in 2025–26, while 10th-grade math fell 12 points, from 54% to 42%. In contrast, 11th-grade ACT math rose 6 points over the two comparable years, from 56% to 62%. SchoolDigger placed Orion in the 78th statewide percentile in 2025–26, with four stars and a rank of 139 out of 620; its percentile has declined 11 points from 89 in 2023–24, though it remains second among nearby ranked schools. Attendance is a positive: chronic absenteeism was 11%, below the state’s 24% and the lowest among nearby schools shown. Orion’s student-teacher ratio was 14.6 in 2024–25. That year, 18% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the lowest share among nearby schools reporting the same measure. SchoolDigger’s Female Students subgroup percentile was 66, compared with 78 overall, and fell 28 points from 94 in 2023–24.
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