Durant Junior/Senior High School

Located at 408 7th St, in Durant, Iowa, Durant Junior/Senior High School is a modestly sized high school that educates 340 students (grades 7 through 12), run under Durant Comm School District. That puts it 27% below the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Within Durant Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 682 students, Durant Junior/Senior High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Durant Junior/Senior High School reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Cedar County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Durant Junior/Senior High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 78.8%; actual is 65.6%, a gap of -13.2 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cedar County) shows that median household income runs about $80,602, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cedar County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,030 students), Durant Junior/Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Durant Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Durant Junior/Senior High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 69.9%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 63%: 209 students in 2018 compared to 340 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 96% to 91% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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