Best Public Schools in Durand, IL

Durand has three schools serving grades PK–12 in Durand CUSD 322, with 509 students across Durand Elementary School (281), Durand Junior High School (58), and Durand High School (170). Results show a clear divide by subject: elementary and junior high are close in IAR ELA, but their math results differ sharply, with elementary ahead by 27 percentage points.

Durand Elementary stands out in overall IAR results: its 68% ELA proficiency was 12 points above Illinois, and its 53% math result was 13 points above. Its strongest grade-level showing was 3rd grade, where 91% were proficient in both ELA and math. Durand High also compares favorably with state results, exceeding them in eight of nine reported grade-and-subject comparisons; its exception was 10th-grade math, 32% versus 36% statewide. Durand Junior High has a mixed profile: ELA was 66%, 9 points above the state, while math was 26%, 14 points below, and 8th-grade science was 36%, 16 points below.

Recent trends are mixed. Elementary ELA held at 68% from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but math fell 8 points, from 61% to 53%; junior-high ELA rose 16 points, while math increased 5 points but remained well below the state. High-school 11th-grade ACT ELA rose 7 points, while ACT math fell 8 points. SchoolDigger’s current ratings are 3 stars for elementary, 2 for junior high, and 4 for high school; its rankings moved from the 72nd to the 62nd percentile for elementary, 75th to 41st for junior high, and 23rd to 81st for high school between 2023–24 and 2025–26. As context, the 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 48% at elementary, 48% at junior high, and 32% at high school; student-teacher ratios ranged from 7.9:1 to 11.2:1. These context figures do not explain achievement differences.