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Schools in Orleans

Orleans’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?3/3schools 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
79%
2021–22
Math proficiency
80%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.2K
▼ 11% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.1
IA 14.1 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,319 students on the public path
In brief

Orleans’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Orleans’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Spirit Lake High School places highest (better than 91%); Spirit Lake Elementary School lowest (63%). 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 Orleans, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Spirit Lake Elementary Schoolin Spirit LakeB
5–8Spirit Lake Middle Schoolin Spirit LakeB+
9–12Spirit Lake High Schoolin Spirit LakeA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Spirit Lake 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.

Spirit Lake Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,319 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 15.1 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$12,162IA $13,713 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading79%
State average 69.7% · 814 students tested
Math80%
State average 63.8% · 812 students tested

Orleans vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Orleans—Spirit Lake
Spirit LakeB+Spirit Lake

Every school in Orleans

3 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).

Also serving Orleansin other towns
Spirit Lake Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Spirit Lake
B
547 students14:1Rate it →
Spirit Lake Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Spirit Lake
B+
379 students16:1Rate it →
Spirit Lake High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Spirit Lake
A
393 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Orleans’s schools

Are Orleans’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Orleans. Spirit Lake Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Orleans. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Orleans in?

Spirit Lake Community School District.

Where do Orleans kids go to high school?

Spirit Lake High School.

Parents talk

What Orleans 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.