Summary:
Zip code 47452 in Orleans, Indiana is served by a single elementary school: Orleans Elementary School, which serves grades PK–6 with 499 students and belongs to Orleans Community Schools. Because it is the only elementary school in the area, there are no school-to-school comparisons to make; the useful comparisons are over time and against district and state figures. About 54.71% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $10,588, and the student-teacher ratio is 14.4.
The school's clearest strength is attendance. Chronic absenteeism in 2024–25 was 7.9%, compared with 9.0% for the district and 16.7% statewide — less than half the state rate. Academics are also moving in the right direction: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, all-grade ILEARN proficiency rose 2.54 points in ELA, 7.60 points in Math, and 8.77 points in Science. The SchoolDigger rank improved to 648 of 1,015 schools (36th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–26, up from 717 of 1,005 (29th percentile, 1 star) the prior year and the best of the three years shown.
Grade-level results, however, are mostly below state averages. In 2025–26, 4th grade was the weakest area: ELA was 23.38% versus the state's 42.2%, and Math was 28.57% versus 52.0% — a gap of 23.43 points. The standout bright spot was 6th-grade Science at 44.64%, above the state's 41.2% by 3.44 points; 5th-grade Social Studies also beat the state in 2024–25 before falling below it in 2025–26, likely a different cohort of students. The school compares favorably with its district overall, which ranks 267 of 374 with 1 star and a 29th percentile placement, though both sit in the lower half of ranked Indiana schools.
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