RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL

RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a small middle-grades school in CORTLAND, New York, part of CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 272 students spanning grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 49% below typical.

Across the 5 schools in CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,836 students total), RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Cortland County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.3%; this one comes in at 27.4%, -22.8 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Cortland County reports that median household income runs about $70,418, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Cortland County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,381 students), RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 272 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 79% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.