Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 02653

ZIP code 02653 has just one elementary school: Orleans Elementary, a K–5 school at 46 Eldredge Pkwy in Orleans, MA, serving 149 students in the Orleans district. Because there is only one school in this ZIP code, there are no in-town comparisons to make, but the school stands out on its own. Its district ranks 85 of 351 districts statewide — the 76th percentile — and holds a 4-star rating. In every MCAS row in this data set, the district score equals the school score, so those district figures are not an independent benchmark; they essentially reflect Orleans Elementary's own students.

Academically, the school performs above the state level in most areas. In 2025–2026, all-grade ELA proficiency was 53.85% versus the state's 40.03%, and math was 53.85% versus 41.11%. Science is the clearest strength: 64% proficient at all grades versus the state's 40.98%, and 64% in 5th grade versus 43.07%. In 2024–2025, science reached 86.36% versus the state's 41.51%, with ELA at 68.83% and math at 62.34%. Grade-level highlights in 2025–2026 include 4th-grade math at 61.11% (state 43.2%), 4th-grade ELA at 55.56% (state 37.43%), and 5th-grade math at 52% (state 39.5%). The one near-state result is 3rd-grade math, at 41.18% versus 42.19% — essentially at the state level. The school ranked in the top quartile every year with a 4-star rating: 75th percentile in 2025–2026, 90th in 2024–2025, and 83rd in 2023–2024.

Scores did soften year over year: all-grade ELA fell from 68.83% to 53.85%, math from 62.34% to 53.85%, and science from 86.36% to 64%, while state scores moved only slightly. Rank percentile also dropped from 90 to 75, though it stayed 4-star and top-quartile. Resources are notable — a student-teacher ratio of 7.2 in 2024–2025 and per-student spending of $32,396 in 2020–2021, though that spending figure is from an older year. Free/reduced lunch data is not populated in this extract, so it can't be used to describe the school's socioeconomic profile. Overall, this is a small, well-resourced, 4-star school with above-state results in ELA, math, and especially science.