Durand Elem School

Durand Elem School, a tight-knit K-5 school in Durand, Illinois, one of the schools within Durand CUSD 322, educates 281 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 26% leaner than typical.

Durand CUSD 322 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 509 students. Durand Elem School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Durand Elem School lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at Durand Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Winnebago County's rate of about 61%.

With demographic context factored in, Durand Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 44.0%; actual is 59.3%, +15.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Winnebago County shows median household earnings sit near $65,837, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Winnebago County's 94 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,103 students), Durand Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Durand High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Durand Elem School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Durand Elem School's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 309 (now 281). The White share of enrollment declined from 91% to 84% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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