Summary:
ZIP code 47452 is a small, rural two-school community in southern Indiana, where both public schools belong to the Orleans Community Schools district: Orleans Elementary School serves grades PK–6 with 499 students, and Orleans Junior-Senior High School serves grades 7–12 with 388 students. Together they enroll 887 students. There is no standalone middle school and no alternative school in the ZIP, so students move straight from the elementary into the combined junior-senior high. The district overall ranks 267 of 374 in Indiana (29th percentile, 1 star), yet both schools earned 2 stars in 2025–2026 — a notable gap between the district summary and school-level results.
Orleans Elementary School is the strongest performer in the area. Its all-grade proficiency beats district averages in ELA (31.06% vs 28.42%) and math (31.82% vs 27.65%), and it improved year over year in ELA, math, and science. Chronic absenteeism is just 7.9%, lower than the district's 9.0% and far below the state's 16.7%. Its 6th grade science score of 44.64% also tops the state's 41.2%. Its rank rose from 29th percentile and 1 star to 36th percentile and 2 stars.
Orleans Junior-Senior High School shows a mix of strengths and challenges. Its 88.7% graduation rate is close to the state's 89.7%, and its 10.5% chronic absenteeism is well below the state's 16.7%. However, all-grade ELA (22.76%) and math (18.70%) trail district averages, and SAT math is 12.77% versus the state's 25.6%. SAT reading and writing slipped from 55.38% to 46.81%. The high school spends more per student ($12,847 vs $10,588) and has smaller classes (12.7 vs 14.4 students per teacher) than the elementary, yet reports lower proficiency — a resource-to-outcome mismatch worth watching, though not proof of cause.
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