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Schools in Orleans

Orleans’s public schools

Southern Valley Schools 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?1/2schools above Nebraska’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Nebraska’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
62%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$22.0K
▲ 41% vs NE $15.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.1
NE 13.8 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
397 students on the public path
In brief

Orleans’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Orleans’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s 882 public schools. So Valley Elementary School places highest (better than 81%); Southern Valley Jr./Sr. High lowest (45%). 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–6So Valley Elementary Schoolin OxfordA−
7–12Southern Valley Jr./Sr. Highin OxfordB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Southern Valley Schools.

The district

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

Southern Valley SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 397 students, up 7% since 2020–21 · 10.1 per teacher (NE 13.8)
$21,960NE $15,602 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 47.1% · 161 students tested
Math62%
State average 46% · 161 students tested

Orleans vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Orleans—Southern Valley Schools

Every school in Orleans

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

Also serving Orleansin other towns
So Valley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Oxford
A−
252 students11:1Rate it →
Southern Valley Jr./Sr. High
High · Grades 7–12 · Oxford
B−
145 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Orleans’s schools

Are Orleans’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Orleans. Southern Valley Schools 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, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Nebraska’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Orleans in?

Southern Valley Schools.

Where do Orleans kids go to high school?

Southern Valley Jr./Sr. High.

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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.