Enrollment
58
Middle
DISTRICT 170 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURAND CUSD 322·NCES 171281004614
Durand Jr High School
200 W South St, Durand, IL 61024 · (815) 248-2171 · Winnebago County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL58 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Illinois public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
28 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 32 | 55% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 45% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Durand Jr High School→Durand High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Durand CUSD 322. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
50.0%
IL avg 51.0% . -16.1pp since 2023
Math
20.4%
IL avg 37.9% . -8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 66.1% | 28.8% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Durand Jr High School
Durand Jr High School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durand Jr High School this school | 58 | 48.3% | 43.9% |
| Clay City Jr High School Clay City | 60 | 46.7% | 22.7% |
| Brownstown Jr High School Brownstown | 61 | 54.1% | 40.9% |
| Williamsfield Middle School Williamsfield | 83 | 50.6% | 50.8% |
| Cuba Middle School Cuba | 80 | 51.3% | 29.7% |
| St Elmo Jr High School Saint Elmo | 55 | 54.5% | 36.8% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Durand Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 58 | #673 of 691 | #16 of 16 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
58
-27 (-32%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 101
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58 | 7.3 | 7.9:1 | 48% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 61 | 7.7 | 8.0:1 | 43% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 79 | 7.3 | 10.9:1 | 35% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 85 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 95 | 8.2 | 11.7:1 | 37% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 93 | 5 | 18.6:1 | 24% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 124 | 7 | 17.7:1 | 20% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 124 | 7 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 101 | 4 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Durand Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (95 to 58); teachers down 10% (8.2 to 7.3).
About Durand Jr High School
Durand Jr High School is a very small middle-grades school in Durand, Illinois, (ZIP code 61024). Students in grades 7 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 58 students. Middle schools in Illinois have about 462 students on average; enrollment here is 87% lower.
Durand Jr High School is a school in Durand CUSD 322. The district has 3 schools and 509 students.
Durand Jr High School is 90% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Winnebago County's population at about 66%. The diversity index for Durand Jr High School is 19%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Durand Jr High School, there are about 7.9 students; the school has 7.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Illinois average 13.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 48%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Winnebago County is 61%.
Among Illinois public middle schools, Durand Jr High School outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Illinois with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 43.6%. Durand Jr High School scores 43.9%.
The school is in Winnebago County, where median household income comes to about $65,837, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Winnebago County counts 94 public schools with about 44,103 students.
Durand Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Durand Jr High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Durand Jr High School is 7th on average proficiency.
Durand Jr High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
The school's student count decreased 32% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Winnebago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
283,292
Census ACS
Median income
$65,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
44,103 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Durand CUSD 322
- Durand Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Durand High SchoolHigh · 170 students
- Dolan Center Maryville Farm CampusCombined
Other schools in Durand
- Durand Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Durand High SchoolHigh · 170 students
- Dolan Center Maryville Farm CampusCombined
Nearby schools
- Durand Elementary School0.0 mi · 281
- Durand High School0.0 mi · 170
- Shirland C C School7.1 mi · 99
- Pecatonica Elementary School8.6 mi · 307
- Pecatonica Comm Middle School8.9 mi · 269
- Pecatonica High School9.1 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Durand Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Durand Jr High School?
Durand Jr High School enrolls approximately 58 students in grades 07-08.
Is Durand Jr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Durand Jr High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Durand Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Durand Jr High School is approximately 7.9:1 (7 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Durand Jr High School?
Durand Jr High School reports a student body of 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is Durand Jr High School in?
Durand Jr High School is part of Durand CUSD 322.
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