Orange, Massachusetts
The Orange Schools by the Numbers
Orange runs its own elementary district and sends older students to a regional high school. Detailed figures come from the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).
District Snapshot
Sources: Massachusetts DESE, school and district profiles.
High needs is a state count, not a score. It includes every student who is from a low income household, learning English, or receiving special education services, and counts each one only once. The median across all 396 Massachusetts districts is 46.7 percent.
The Orange Elementary District
| District | Orange (Elementary) |
| Enrollment | 496 |
| Grades | PreK to 6 |
| School | Fisher Hill Elementary |
| English learners | 3.6% |
| High needs | 70.8% |
| Per-pupil spending (in-district) | $21,807.69 |
After Sixth Grade: Ralph C. Mahar Regional
Orange students continue at Ralph C. Mahar Regional, the grades 7 to 12 district Orange shares with New Salem, Wendell, and Petersham. Mahar enrolls about 548 students and reported a four-year graduation rate of 80.7 percent (DESE, FY2024). Because Mahar is its own regional district, it has its own DESE profile and its own school committee.
- Orange Elementary profile: DESE, code 02230000.
- Ralph C. Mahar Regional profile: DESE, code 07550505.
Academic Performance & Context
MCAS results, graduation rates, and accountability data are published and updated each year by DESE. Because these change annually, this guide links to the live state profiles rather than reprinting numbers that quickly go stale.