Durand Jr High School

Durand Jr High School operates as a minimally staffed 6-8 campus in Durand, Illinois, overseen by Durand CUSD 322. Current enrollment sits at 58 students spanning grades 7 through 8. That puts it 87% below the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Within Durand CUSD 322, which oversees 3 schools and 509 students, Durand Jr High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Durand Jr High School records that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Winnebago County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Durand Jr High School reports 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Winnebago County's rate of about 61%.

After controlling for student poverty, Durand Jr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.6%, the actual is 43.9%, a residual of +0.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Winnebago County) shows that median household income runs about $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 Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

Durand High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Durand Jr High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Durand Jr High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.3%.

Durand Jr High School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Durand Jr High School's enrollment has edged down 39% since 2018, when it stood at 95 (now 58). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.