Enrollment
272
Middle
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360846000650
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
31 RANDALL ST, CORTLAND, NY 13045 · (607) 758-4170 · Cortland County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
183 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 5 | 140 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 132 | 49% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 72% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 30.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #735 of 766 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #704 of 768 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #666 of 768 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #611 of 796 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #103 of 683 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #600 of 688 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #399 of 524 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
272
-18 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 10.7:1
% White
89%
was 79%
% Hispanic
4%
was 7%
% Black
3%
was 4%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 272 | 30.9 | 8.8:1 | 67% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 26 | 10.1:1 | 66% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 23 | 11.4:1 | 59% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 290 | 27 | 10.7:1 | 70% (202) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in CORTLAND, New York. The school runs grades 5 through 6 and enrolls 272 students. By comparison, middle schools in New York enroll about 531 students on average.
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is among 5 schools run by CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 1,836 students.
White students account for 89% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among Cortland County residents, the White share is about 90%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
The school has 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 8.8 students per teacher. Middle schools in New York have an average ratio of 10.3:1. The school reported 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Cortland County.
In New York, RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.4% compared with a predicted 50.3%.
The county, Cortland County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $70,418 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, Cortland County has 17 public schools.
CORTLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 272, from 290 in 2017-18. The White share was 79% in 2017-18 and 89% in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 8.8 students per teacher, compared with 10.7 in 2017-18.
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cortland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,246
Census ACS
Median income
$70,418
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,381 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CORTLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 582 students
- FRANKLYN S BARRY PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 291 students
- CORTLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 274 students
Other schools in CORTLAND
- CORTLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 582 students
- FRANKLYN S BARRY PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 291 students
- CORTLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 274 students
Nearby schools
- CORTLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 274
- CORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 582
- FRANKLYN S BARRY PRIMARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 417
- FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 291
- HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 558
- HOMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 272 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
How many teachers does RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.8:1.
How diverse is RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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