DURANT MS

DURANT MS operates as a large middle-grades school in Durant, Oklahoma, overseen by DURANT. Current enrollment sits at 614 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 58% bigger than the state mean of about 388.

Across the 7 schools in DURANT (3,844 students total), DURANT MS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, DURANT MS shows that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 18% Hispanic, 18% Native American, 14% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.7:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DURANT MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.2%, the actual is 27.6%, a residual of -6.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bryan County) logs that median household income runs about $57,225, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. DURANT MS is one of 25 public schools in Bryan County (combined enrollment of about 8,443 students).

The closest other public school is WASHINGTON IRVING ES, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DURANT MS comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. DURANT MS's enrollment has expanded 25% since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 614). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 14% to 18%. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.