Orleans Elementary School

Orleans Elementary School is a primary school of tight-knit scale in Orleans, Vermont, part of Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District, instructing 132 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Vermont's public schools average about 213 students each, so Orleans Elementary School sits 38% below that benchmark.

Lake Region Union Elementary Middle School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 644 students; Orleans Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Orleans Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school lists 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at Orleans Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Orleans County's rate of about 66%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Orleans County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,103 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Orleans County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,662 students), Orleans Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lake Region Union High School, roughly 2.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.