Orleans Elementary

Located at 46 Eldredge Pkwy, in Orleans, Massachusetts, Orleans Elementary is a very small elementary campus that works with 149 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Orleans. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Operationally, Orleans Elementary answers to Orleans, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Orleans Elementary shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Barnstable County reports that median household earnings sit near $95,241, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Barnstable County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,212 students), Orleans Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nauset Regional Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Orleans Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orleans Elementary has declined 33%, going from 223 students in 2018 to 149 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 87% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 today.

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