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Enrollment
532
Middle
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURANT·NCES 401035002112
Durant Intermediate Elementary School
1314 Waco Street, Durant, OK 74701 · (580) 924-1397 · Bryan County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
354 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 68%
Community
1
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 5 | 269 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 263 | 49% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 73% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DURANT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.9%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
25.4%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma'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 Durant Intermediate Elementary School
Durant Intermediate Elementary School's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durant Intermediate Elementary School this school | 532 | 66.5% | 26.9% |
| Sapulpa Middle School Sapulpa | 500 | 65.0% | 19.5% |
| Randy Hughes Middle School McAlester | 447 | 69.1% | 25.3% |
| Parker Intermediate Center McAlester | 437 | 68.9% | 34.3% |
| Durant Middle School Durant | 614 | 62.5% | 27.6% |
| Guthrie Junior High School Guthrie | 500 | 64.4% | 32.6% |
Matched among Oklahoma 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 Durant Intermediate Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #144 of 222 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #124 of 223 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #79 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #96 of 356 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #20 of 237 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #82 of 237 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #160 of 308 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.9% | #9 of 113 |
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
532
-248 (-32%) vs 2020
+17% since 2000-01, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 532 | 41.1 | 13.0:1 | 67% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 40.1 | 13.9:1 | 66% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 41.3 | 14.9:1 | 60% (369) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 52 | 15.0:1 | 63% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 770 | 47.1 | 16.3:1 | 68% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 72% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 711 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 65% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 59% (271) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Durant Intermediate Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (770 to 532); teachers down 13% (47.1 to 41.1).
About Durant Intermediate Elementary School
Students in Durant, Oklahoma, attend Durant Intermediate Elementary School, a mid-sized middle school. The school serves grades 5 through 6. Enrollment is 532 students. By comparison, middle schools in Oklahoma enroll about 388 students on average.
DURANT is the local district for Durant Intermediate Elementary School. It runs 7 schools with 3,844 students.
The largest group at Durant Intermediate Elementary School is White students, at 49%. After that, the student body is 17% Native American, 16% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Census figures show Bryan County is about 70% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Durant Intermediate Elementary School scores 68%.
Durant Intermediate Elementary School has 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.0:1. The school's 13.0:1 compares with an average of 15.7:1 for middle schools in Oklahoma. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 67%. That is in line with the 68% average for public schools in Bryan County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Durant Intermediate Elementary School is 5.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 26.9%. Predicted: 32.8%.
Bryan County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $57,225 a year, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Durant Intermediate Elementary School shares Bryan County with 24 other public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Northwest Heights Elementary School, is the closest to Durant Intermediate Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. Durant Intermediate Elementary School comes in 5th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 32%, from 780 to 532. By 2024-25, the school had 13.0 students per teacher, compared with 15.0 in 2020-21.
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Bryan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,253
Census ACS
Median income
$57,225
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
8,443 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DURANT
- Durant High SchoolHigh · 1,036 students
- Durant Middle SchoolMiddle · 614 students
- Northwest Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Washington Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Robert E Lee Early ChildhoodElementary · 212 students
Other schools in Durant
- Durant High SchoolHigh · 1,036 students
- Durant Middle SchoolMiddle · 614 students
- Northwest Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Washington Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Silo Early Childhood CenterElementary · 400 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Heights Elementary School0.3 mi · 514
- Durant Middle School0.6 mi · 614
- Washington Irving Elementary School0.7 mi · 436
- Robert E Lee Early Childhood1.3 mi · 212
- Durant High School1.5 mi · 1,036
- George Washington Elementary School1.6 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Durant Intermediate Elementary SchoolHow large is Durant Intermediate Elementary School?
Durant Intermediate Elementary School enrolls approximately 532 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Durant Intermediate Elementary School serve?
Durant Intermediate Elementary School serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Durant Intermediate Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Durant Intermediate Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Durant Intermediate Elementary School?
At Durant Intermediate Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Durant Intermediate Elementary School in?
Durant Intermediate Elementary School is part of DURANT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.