Enrollment
149
Massachusetts · 2024-25 NCES data
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
👥 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
District: Orleans · Massachusetts
NCES ID 250921001477 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
20.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
7.5:1
vs 12.3:1 Massachusetts avg
-39% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Orleans Elementary compares with Massachusetts and U.S. medians
What stands out at Orleans Elementary
Orleans Elementary is a small elementary school in Orleans, Massachusetts, enrolling 149 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 7.5:1, Orleans Elementary is leaner than roughly 96% of Massachusetts schools and 39% under the state's 12.3:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 91% of Massachusetts schools, with 149 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 1,831 scored Massachusetts schools.
Its student body is predominantly White (81% of enrollment) (diversity index 33/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 149 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 26.8% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Orleans spends $38,482 per pupil, 71% above the Massachusetts average, a better-resourced district than most.
Its district draws 20.8% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Orleans operates only this one school, so Orleans Elementary has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 149 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Massachusetts's single-school districts.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Orleans Elementary compares
Orleans Elementary on the metrics families compare, against 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 (what these measure)
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
$38,482
per pupil, district-wide
- above Massachusetts avg of $22,458
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.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
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
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Orleans, which includes Orleans Elementary.
$38,482
Per student
+71%
vs Massachusetts
Avg $22,458
+132%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 1.0%
State 78.2%
Federal 20.8%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar elementary schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Massachusetts, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~149 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~7.5:1)
Next steps
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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.
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, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Orleans Elementary a good school?
Orleans Elementary earns 51/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 96% of Massachusetts schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Orleans?
None reported; Orleans operates only Orleans Elementary as a public school district in NCES's records.
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