Summary:
Schools in the city of Orleans, Massachusetts are listed under two districts — Orleans and Nauset — and include just two schools: one elementary school (grades K–5) and one middle school (grades 6–8), serving 604 students combined, with no high school or alternative school in this data set.
Orleans Elementary is the standout. It ranks 85th of 351 districts (76th percentile, 4 stars) and 223rd of 899 schools (75th percentile, 4 stars) for 2025–2026. It beat the state in every all-grade subject: ELA 53.85% vs 40.03%, math 53.85% vs 41.11%, and science 64.00% vs 40.98%, with science as its strongest relative subject. Its 2025–2026 results sit below its 2024–2025 highs, when science reached 86.36%, but the school remains well above state averages.
Nauset Regional Middle is solid but more uneven. It ranks 154th of 351 districts (56th percentile, 3 stars) and 161st of 478 schools (66th percentile, 3 stars). It is above the state in ELA (46.90% vs 40.03%), science (50.00% vs 40.98%), and 8th-grade civics (50.39% vs 39.77%), but math is a weakness at 38.55% versus the state's 41.11%, with 7th-grade math lowest at 33.33%. Comparing the two, Orleans Elementary's all-grade results are higher in ELA, math, and science, though the schools serve different grade spans and the comparison is not apples-to-apples. Orleans Elementary also spends more per student ($32,396 vs $23,037, 2020–2021) and has a lower student-teacher ratio (7.2 vs 8.6). Free/reduced-lunch data are not reported for either school.
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