Randolph Middle

Randolph Middle, a sizable intermediate school in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the schools within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, hosts 1,215 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 101% bigger than the state mean of about 605.

Randolph Middle is one of 186 schools operated by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, a district that serves 145,014 students overall.

On demographics, Randolph Middle reports that the largest single group is Black at 31%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 28% Hispanic, 26% White, 12% Asian, 3% multiracial. Compared to Mecklenburg County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Randolph Middle has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at Randolph Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Mecklenburg County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, Randolph Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.1%, the actual is 68.0%, a residual of +3.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Mecklenburg County indicate median household income runs about $87,005, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Mecklenburg County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students), of which Randolph Middle is one.

Cotswold Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Randolph Middle. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Randolph Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.7%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Randolph Middle has grew 7%, going from 1,133 students in 2018 to 1,215 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 34% to 26% over that span.

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