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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Randolph Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
959
Middle
DISTRICT 704 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341365004494
Randolph Middle School
507 MILLBROOK AVENUE, RANDOLPH, NJ 07869 · (973) 366-8700 · Morris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL959 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of New Jersey public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
141 students
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 41%
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 6 | 323 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 335 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 301 | 31% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 71% · 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
Randolph Middle School→Randolph High School
Based on grade levels within Randolph Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
70.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
58.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.6% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 52.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
53.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 Randolph Middle School
Randolph Middle School's state test result (53.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph Middle School this school | 959 | 14.7% | 53.7% |
| Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School SUMMIT | 871 | 15.5% | 69.8% |
| Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School COLUMBUS | 735 | 16.7% | 49.8% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School FAIR LAWN | 1,100 | 16.6% | 68.4% |
| Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School Manalapan | 1,207 | 15.0% | 61.3% |
| Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School SCOTCH PLAINS | 913 | 7.8% | 53.3% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 Randolph Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #146 of 433 | #20 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #119 of 437 ▲ 20 | #16 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #136 of 437 ▼ 9 | #17 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 959 | #44 of 445 | #3 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #216 of 417 | #26 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #183 of 419 | #11 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.7% | #323 of 436 | #15 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #84 of 282 | #8 of 21 |
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
959
-50 (-5%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 959 | 88.2 | 10.9:1 | 15% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 944 | 88.2 | 10.7:1 | 10% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 922 | 87.9 | 10.5:1 | 10% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 1,009 | 89 | 11.3:1 | 9% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 1,139 | 98.7 | 11.5:1 | 9% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 1,236 | 104 | 11.9:1 | 8% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 1,230 | 91 | 13.5:1 | 6% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 1,210 | 81 | 14.9:1 | 4% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 42 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Randolph Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,139 to 959); teachers down 11% (98.7 to 88.2).
About Randolph Middle School
Randolph Middle School is a middle-grades school in RANDOLPH, New Jersey, according to federal school records. Its 959 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students.
The 6 schools in Randolph Township School District enroll 4,223 students altogether, Randolph Middle School among them.
White students account for 60% of enrollment at Randolph Middle School. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 8 points below the 68% share among Morris County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Randolph Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Its teaching staff equals 88.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.9:1. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 10.9:1, a similar figure. Around 15% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Randolph Middle School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Randolph Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (53.7%) and its predicted rate (58.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Census estimates describe Morris County this way: median household income is about $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Morris County number 156 and enroll about 72,239.
The shortest distance from Randolph Middle School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Randolph High School. The five-mile area around Randolph Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 46.7% proficiency; Randolph Middle School posts 53.7%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Randolph Middle School saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Randolph Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Randolph Township School District
- Randolph High SchoolHigh · 1,275 students
- Center Grove SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Ironia SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Shongum SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Fernbrook SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other schools in RANDOLPH
- Randolph High SchoolHigh · 1,275 students
- Center Grove SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Ironia SchoolElementary · 491 students
- Shongum SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Fernbrook SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other Randolph Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Randolph Middle. Randolph Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Randolph MiddleCharlotte, NC · 1,215 students
- Randolph Middle SchoolRANDOLPH A F B, TX · 336 students
- Randolph Middle SchoolRandolph, WI · 117 students
- Randolph MiddleRandolph, KS · 44 students
Nearby schools
- Randolph High School0.1 mi · 1,275
- Center Grove School0.4 mi · 542
- Fernbrook School1.3 mi · 474
- Shongum School1.6 mi · 482
- Academy Street Elementary School2.2 mi · 509
- Ironia School2.7 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About Randolph Middle SchoolHow large is Randolph Middle School?
Randolph Middle School enrolls approximately 959 students in grades 06-08.
Is Randolph Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Randolph Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Randolph Middle School have?
Randolph Middle School employs 88 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Randolph Middle School?
Student demographics at Randolph Middle School are roughly 60% White, 20% Hispanic, 5% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Randolph Middle School in?
Randolph Middle School is part of Randolph Township School District.
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