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What's one thing DURANT MS gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
614
Middle
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 388
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURANT·NCES 401035000457
Durant Middle School
802 West Walnut Street, Durant, OK 74701 · (580) 924-1321 · Bryan County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
384 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 7 | 302 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 312 | 51% |
Student demographics
70%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
Durant Middle School→Durant High School
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
20.4%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
22.4%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Middle School
Durant Middle School's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durant Middle School this school | 614 | 62.5% | 27.6% |
| Durant Intermediate Elementary School Durant | 532 | 66.5% | 26.9% |
| Ada Junior High School Ada | 581 | 59.0% | 24.0% |
| Sapulpa Middle School Sapulpa | 500 | 65.0% | 19.5% |
| Dewitt Waller Middle School Enid | 735 | 67.5% | 25.8% |
| Will Rogers Junior High School Claremore | 792 | 59.6% | 22.6% |
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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #140 of 222 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #147 of 223 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #168 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #78 of 356 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #155 of 237 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #65 of 237 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #186 of 308 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.5% | #24 of 89 |
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
614
+107 (+21%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 614 | 36.3 | 16.9:1 | 63% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 31.5 | 19.3:1 | 63% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 34.5 | 17.1:1 | 58% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 65% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 31.3 | 15.8:1 | 62% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 73% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 64% (309) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 52% (238) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | 38 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Durant Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (493 to 614); teachers up 16% (31.3 to 36.3).
About Durant Middle School
Durant Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school based in Durant, Oklahoma. It reports enrollment of 614 students in grades 7 through 8. The school is 58% bigger than the average for middle schools in Oklahoma.
The district, DURANT, has 3,844 students enrolled across 7 schools.
The largest group at Durant Middle School is White students, at 46%. After that, the student body is 18% Hispanic, 18% Native American, 14% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census figures show Bryan County is about 70% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
Durant Middle School reports a ratio of 16.9 students per teacher, from 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Oklahoma, the average ratio is 15.7:1. Lunch program data show 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Compared with Oklahoma schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Durant Middle School's results are 6.6 points below predicted: 27.6% against 34.2%.
Looking at the county, Bryan County, median household income comes to about $57,225, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 25, with about 8,443 students.
Washington Irving Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Durant Middle School ranks 4th in a group of 5 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 614, up from 507 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 16.9 students per teacher, compared with 14.1 in 2020-21.
Durant Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Intermediate Elementary SchoolMiddle · 532 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 Intermediate Elementary SchoolMiddle · 532 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
- Washington Irving Elementary School0.2 mi · 436
- Durant Intermediate Elementary School0.6 mi · 532
- Northwest Heights Elementary School0.7 mi · 514
- Robert E Lee Early Childhood0.9 mi · 212
- Durant High School1.8 mi · 1,036
- George Washington Elementary School1.8 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Durant Middle SchoolHow many students attend Durant Middle School?
Durant Middle School enrolls approximately 614 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Durant Middle School serve?
Durant Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Durant Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Durant Middle School is approximately 16.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Durant Middle School?
Durant Middle School reports a student body of 46% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Durant Middle School?
Durant Middle School is overseen by DURANT in Bryan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.