Summary:
Middle schools in Durand CUSD 322 consist of one school, Durand Junior High School, serving grades 7–8 with 58 students. Its 2025–2026 results show a clear subject split: English language arts (ELA) is the school’s strongest area, while math and science trail state results.
Because there is only one middle school in the district, there is no school-to-school leader or trailer; the clearest comparisons are with the state. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grades ELA proficiency was 66%, compared with 56% statewide, or 9 percentage points higher. Math was 26%, versus 40% statewide, or 14 points lower; grade 8 science was 36%, against 52% statewide, or 16 points lower. ELA was above the state in both grades tested: grade 7 was 63% versus 58%, and grade 8 was 69% versus 63%. Grade 7 math was 26% versus 40%; grade 8 math results were suppressed. Chronic absenteeism was 15% in 2025–2026, above the district’s 12% but below the state’s 24%.
Results changed in different directions over the two years provided: ELA rose 16 percentage points from 2024–2025, moving from below to above the state, while math rose 5 points but remained below it. The notable exception is grade 8 science, which fell 15 points, from 50% to 36%, as the state result rose from 45% to 52%. SchoolDigger’s school ranking also declined overall, from the 75th percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024 to the 41st percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026. As context, in 2024–2025 the school had a 7.9:1 student-teacher ratio, 48% free/reduced lunch eligible, and $23,777 in spending per student; these figures describe the school but do not establish why its results differ by subject.
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