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Duran Junior High School

Serves grades 8 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1300 Cogswell Ave
Pell City, AL 35125
Phone
(205) 338-2250
District
PELL CITY
County
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
314
Classroom Teachers
14

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

5

(10 is best)

Better than 49.5% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Duran Junior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
34%
54%
51%
13%
18%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
22
20
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 8 310 98.7%
Grade 9 4 1.3%
Total 314 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.4% 81.8% 54.3%
Black 13.7% 13.3% 32.9%
Hispanic 3.3% 3.6% 10.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 1.1% 1.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 47.5% 47.0% 48.6%
Free lunch eligible 41.4% 40.7% 43.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.1% 6.3% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 28,552 5,074,296
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 172.1 100
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.2% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.6% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.6% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 19.8% 16.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,757 1,915,979
Single Parent Households With Children 9.3% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.5% 87.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.1% 26.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.5% 10.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.7% 13.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.6% 12.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.3% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.4% 17.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.9% 15.4%
$15,000 or less 8.6% 12.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,318 $22,059,064 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $500 $2,074,000 5.2%
Staff $266 $1,103,368 2.8%
General Administration $250 $1,037,000 2.6%
School Administration $595 $2,468,060 6.2%
Operation $815 $3,380,620 8.5%
Transportation $487 $2,020,076 5.1%
Other $134 $555,832 1.4%
Total Support $3,047 $12,638,956 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,270 $5,267,960 13.2%
Total Expenditures $9,635 $39,965,980 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,852 $4,378,921,181 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $672 $503,210,801 5.9%
Staff $420 $314,426,678 3.7%
General Administration $255 $190,912,687 2.2%
School Administration $638 $477,048,287 5.6%
Operation $962 $719,909,289 8.5%
Transportation $492 $368,218,721 4.3%
Other $242 $181,267,301 2.1%
Total Support $3,682 $2,754,922,689 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,821 $1,362,666,859 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,355 $8,496,484,393 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%