Summary:
Schools in zip code 61273 include three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: C R Hanna Elementary, Orion Middle and Orion High. Their enrollment ranges from 244 to 434 students. The overall picture is encouraging: elementary and middle school results are above state figures in every listed grade and subject, and the high school’s 11th-grade ACT results are above state figures in all three subjects. The main exception—and the most important result to watch—is the sharp decline in the high school’s 10th-grade PreACT scores, which fell below state results in ELA and science.
Orion Middle stands out in all-grades IAR ELA, with 80% proficient compared with 56% statewide, an advantage of 24 points; its math result is 53%, 14 points above the state. C R Hanna Elementary is also strong in both subjects: its ELA result is 73%, 17 points above the state, and math is 57%, 17 points above. At Orion High, 11th-grade ACT math leads the subjects, 22 points above the state; science is 17 points above and ELA 9 points above. The high school’s 10th-grade PreACT ELA and science results are the lowest state-relative results: 2 and 6 points below the state, respectively.
Recent trends are mixed. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the high school’s 10th-grade ELA proficiency fell 25 points, to 52%, and science fell 19 points, to 42%; math declined 12 points but remained above the state. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rose at Orion Middle, from 75 to 82 over three years, while Orion High fell from 89 to 78; C R Hanna Elementary ended at 78, one point above its starting percentile. Student-teacher ratios are similar, from 13.7 to 14.6. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 23% at Hanna, 19% at Middle and 18% at High; these are background measures, not explanations for test results. Schools serve different grades and assessments, so results are most useful when compared with state figures for the same grade and test.
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