Orleans

Orleans, Massachusetts is served by a single public school — Orleans Elementary — an elementary school covering grades K–5 with 149 students, and its results roll up into the Orleans district, so district-level scores are identical to school-level scores in every reported metric.

Because there is only one school here, families should focus on how it performs compared with the rest of Massachusetts. Orleans Elementary is a 4-star school, and the Orleans district ranks 85th of 351 districts, in the 76th percentile. The school has stayed in the top quartile of Massachusetts schools for three straight years: 223rd of 899 (75th percentile) in 2025–2026, 93rd of 906 (90th percentile) in 2024–2025, and 157th of 916 (83rd percentile) in 2023–2024. In both reported years, proficiency was above the state average in every all-grade subject. Science is the standout: 64% proficient in 2025–2026 versus 40.98% statewide, and 86.36% in 2024–2025 versus 41.51% statewide. ELA and math were also well above state in both years.

Grade-level results show ELA above state in grades 3, 4 and 5, with the biggest edge in 4th grade (55.56 vs. 37.43). Math was above state in grades 4 and 5, while 3rd grade math was the only reported comparison slightly below state (41.18 vs. 42.19). All-grade scores did decline year over year — ELA from 68.83 to 53.85, math from 62.34 to 53.85, and science from 86.36 to 64 — and rank percentile dropped from 90th to 75th, though the school remains top quartile. With 149 students, such swings can reflect small cohorts. The student-teacher ratio is a low 7.2, and per-student spending was reported at $32,396 in 2020–2021. Free/reduced lunch data is not populated in this extract and should be treated as unknown, not 0%.