Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building

Located at 176 North Fullerton Avenue, in MONTCLAIR, New Jersey, Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building is a tiny intermediate school that teaches 203 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Montclair Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 65% leaner than typical.

Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building is one of 11 schools operated by Montclair Public School District, a district that caters to 6,193 students overall.

On demographics, Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building lists that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 18% Black, 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Essex County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.8%, the actual is 57.2%, a residual of -0.6 points.

In the area at large, Essex County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Essex County's 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building is one campus in the mix.

Montclair High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 60.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building's enrollment has decreased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 280 (now 203). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 24% to 18% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

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