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Schools in Orient

Orient’s public schools

Orient-Macksburg Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Orient. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Iowa’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Iowa’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
52%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
75%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.6K
▲ 43% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.4
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
2
108 students on the public path
In brief

Orient’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Orient’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Orient Elementary School places highest (better than 18%); Orient-Macksburg Senior High School lowest (12%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Orient, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Orient Elementary SchoolOrient-Macksburg Community School DistrictC−
7–12Orient-Macksburg Senior High SchoolOrient-Macksburg Community School DistrictD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Orient-Macksburg Community School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Orient-Macksburg Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 108 students, down 34% since 2020–21 · 8.4 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$19,550IA $13,713 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 69.7% · 104 students tested
Math47%
State average 63.8% · 104 students tested

Orient vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Iowa towns that share Orient’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Orient—Orient-Macksburg

Every school in Orient

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Iowa’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Orientby address
Orient Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
58 students8:1Rate it →
Orient-Macksburg Senior High School
High · Grades 7–12
D
50 studentsRate it →

Questions about Orient’s schools

Are Orient’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Orient. Orient-Macksburg Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Orient. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Orient in?

Orient-Macksburg Community School District.

Where do Orient kids go to high school?

Orient-Macksburg Senior High School.

Parents talk

What Orient families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.