Enrollment
304
Middle
DISTRICT 302 · STATE 502
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURAND AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 261233004935
Durand Middle School
9550 E LANSING RD, DURAND, MI 48429 · (989) 288-3435 · Shiawassee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Michigan public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Michigan public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
153 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55%
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 6 | 113 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 90 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 33% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 56% · 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 Middle School→Durand Area High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Durand Area Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
17.3%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
15.8%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Middle School
Durand Middle School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durand Middle School this school | 304 | 50.3% | 27.4% |
| Jonesville Middle School JONESVILLE | 297 | 51.9% | 36.6% |
| Marine City Middle School MARINE CITY | 330 | 47.6% | 35.1% |
| Manton Consolidated Middle School MANTON | 305 | 49.5% | 41.7% |
| OvidElsie Middle School ELSIE | 293 | 50.2% | 47.8% |
| Washington Middle School CALUMET | 275 | 46.2% | 53.5% |
Matched among Michigan 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #365 of 397 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #371 of 380 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #375 of 377 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #372 of 491 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #316 of 436 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #419 of 437 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #209 of 477 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #212 of 339 |
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
304
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 304 | 16.4 | 18.6:1 | 50% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 16.6 | 16.4:1 | 63% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 276 | 15 | 18.5:1 | 55% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 15 | 19.8:1 | 58% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 18.8 | 18.0:1 | 55% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 17 | 20.3:1 | 46% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 18 | 21.8:1 | 52% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 28% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Durand Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (338 to 304); teachers down 13% (18.8 to 16.4).
About Durand Middle School
Families in DURAND, Michigan, are served by Durand Middle School, a low-enrollment middle-grades school. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 304 students enrolled. That is 39% below the average of about 502 students for middle schools in Michigan.
Within Durand Area Schools, Durand Middle School is one of 4 schools. The district enrolls 1,208 students.
The share of students at Durand Middle School who are White is 94%. Other students are 4% multiracial. Shiawassee County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 11% means there is an 11% chance two randomly chosen students at Durand Middle School are from different groups.
With 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.6:1. The average for middle schools in Michigan is 17.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Durand Middle School, 50% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Durand Middle School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of Michigan public middle schools.
Durand Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Michigan schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.0%. The school's actual rate is 27.4%, 16.6 points lower.
Census data for Shiawassee County show median household income comes to about $67,404, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 31 public schools in the county, enrolling about 10,105, Durand Middle School among them.
Durand Area High School is about 0.3 miles from Durand Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 4.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (297) to 2024-25 (304). By 2024-25, the school had 18.6 students per teacher, compared with 19.8 in 2020-21.
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Shiawassee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,991
Census ACS
Median income
$67,404
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
10,105 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Durand Area Schools
- Durand Area High SchoolHigh · 385 students
- Robert Kerr SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Bertha Neal SchoolElementary · 158 students
Other schools in DURAND
- Durand Area High SchoolHigh · 385 students
- Robert Kerr SchoolElementary · 361 students
- Bertha Neal SchoolElementary · 158 students
Nearby schools
- Durand Area High School0.3 mi · 385
- Robert Kerr School0.3 mi · 361
- Bertha Neal School1.4 mi · 158
- Gaines Elementary School5.0 mi · 93
- Syring Elementary School6.6 mi · 354
- Byron Area Middle School6.8 mi · 142
Frequently asked questions
About Durand Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Durand Middle School?
Durand Middle School enrolls approximately 304 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Durand Middle School serve?
Durand Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Durand Middle School have?
Durand Middle School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Durand Middle School?
Student demographics at Durand Middle School are roughly 94% White, 0% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Durand Middle School?
Durand Middle School is overseen by Durand Area Schools in Shiawassee County.
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