Summary:
Orleans Junior-Senior High School is the only high school in Orleans Community Schools, serving grades 7–12 to about 388 students in the small community of Orleans, Indiana.
Attendance and graduation are the strongest points. Chronic absenteeism is 10.5%, well below the state's 16.7%, though a bit above the district's 9.0%. The graduation rate of 88.7% is just 1.0 point below the state average of 89.7%, a strong result given that test scores in several subjects trail the state. Reading and writing look better than math: SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing was 55.38% in 2024–2025, slightly above the state's 54.5%, but fell to 46.81% in 2025–2026, below the state's 51.9%. Math is the clear weak spot — SAT Math is 12.77% versus 25.6% statewide, less than half the state rate, and 7th grade math is 14.81% versus 35.9%. Middle-school reading is also below state: 24.07% in 7th grade and 21.74% in 8th grade, compared with 41.7% and 44% statewide. All Grades ILEARN results trail the district as well, by 5.66 points in ELA and 8.95 points in math, while math ILEARN All Grades and Biology EOC both improved year over year.
The school's state rank has been uneven: it rose from 29th percentile with 1 star in 2023–2024 to 46th percentile with 2 stars in 2024–2025, then slipped to 38th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026 — still better than two years earlier. The district overall ranks 267th of 374 (29th percentile, 1 star), below the school's latest standing. Context matters: with roughly 65 students per grade, percentages can shift noticeably from year to year; the school reports 46.39% free/reduced lunch, a 12.7 student-teacher ratio, and $12,847 per-student spending in 2023–2024.
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