Randall Elementary School
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Randall Elementary School
Randall Elementary School operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in Madison, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Madison Metropolitan School District. Current enrollment sits at 320 students spanning grades 3 through 5.
Madison Metropolitan School District runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 25,155 students. Randall Elementary School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Randall Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Randall Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.0%.
In the area at large, Dane County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,975, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Dane County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), of which Randall Elementary School is one.
The closest other public school is West High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Randall Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 54.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Over the past 7-year window. Randall Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 359 (now 320). The White share of enrollment decreased from 69% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.
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