Elementary school (grades K-5) · Orleans, MA

Orleans Elementary

Federal NCES profile for Orleans Elementary, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 51/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 250921001477
0/100100/10051/100
👥 S:T ratio
70
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
70
📋 Attendance
33
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Orleans Elementary earns 51/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 96% of Massachusetts schools.

51
Resource Index · Higher
7.5:1
small classes for Massachusetts
149
students enrolled

Orleans Elementary has class sizes smaller than 96% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

School address

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

-3 students YoY

Orleans Elementary held near 142 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-3 headcount).

Teacher FTE added 20.9 → 21.3 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

-3 students YoY 250921001477 · Orleans, MA Elementary · SMALL · TRAD

149 enr · 7.5:1 · RII 51

Nearest enrollment peer: Mokelumne Hill Elementary (149 students)

Orleans Elementary held near 142 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-3 headcount). Teacher FTE added 20.9 → 21.3 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Massachusetts schools → · Find another →

How Orleans Elementary compares

Orleans Elementary held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Massachusetts and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Massachusetts Massachusetts avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 7.5:1 ▼ 39% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 149 top 91% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

7.5:1
Leaner classes than 96% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
149
Bigger than 15% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
7.5:1
students per teacher - 39% below state mean
Top 4% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 96% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
26.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$44,600
per pupil, district-wide - above Massachusetts avg of $23,695
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 149 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 81.2%
Hispanic or Latino 8.7%
Two or More 4.0%
Asian 2.7%
African American 2.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.3%

Largest group: White at 81.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 33.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 33.0, Orleans Elementary is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

District finance for Orleans reports $44,600 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide elementary schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Orleans Elementary

How many students attend Orleans Elementary?

Orleans Elementary has 149 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Orleans, MA. CCD year-over-year: 145 (2022-23) → 142 (2023-24), nearly flat (-3).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Orleans Elementary?

The student-teacher ratio at Orleans Elementary is 7.5:1, which is 39% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 52% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Orleans Elementary?

The largest demographic group at Orleans Elementary is White at 81.2% of enrollment, in Orleans, MA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Orleans Elementary?

Orleans Elementary has a Resource Investment Index of 51/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Orleans?

None reported; Orleans operates only Orleans Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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