Randolph Middle School, Randolph NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Randolph Middle School

Randolph Middle School serves grades six through eight as the sole intermediate school in the Randolph Township School District, located on Millbrook Avenue in a predominantly residential section of the township. The school draws from four elementary schools spread across Randolph’s neighborhoods and feeds into Randolph High School.

The student body is large for a middle school and is predominantly white, with a substantial Asian enrollment and smaller but noticeable shares of Hispanic and Black students. About one in ten students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a low rate that reflects the community’s overall affluence. Randolph itself is a roughly twenty-one-square-mile township designated as half rural and half suburban, with a population that has plateaued after modest growth. Housing values in the area rank among the higher tier in Morris County, and rents follow suit. The township’s built environment is car-dependent and lacks a traditional downtown; commercial activity concentrates along Route 10, and civic institutions such as the municipal campus and the County College of Morris sit on separate, spread-out sites. For families, this is a community where driving is the norm and neighborhood schools are distributed rather than clustered.

Academically, the school’s performance pattern is uneven across subjects and grade levels. On the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment, English language arts results are notably strong. In sixth grade, roughly three-quarters of students met the proficient or above benchmark, and eighth grade posted a similar level. Seventh grade ELA came in at about two-thirds proficient. These figures point to a solid literacy foundation across the middle grades.

Math results are more mixed. Sixth and seventh grades each landed just shy of three-fifths proficient, which is adequate but not outstanding. Eighth grade math, however, presents a clear soft spot, with a proficiency rate that is sharply lower. A parent may want to ask the school how eighth grade math is structured and what supports are available. The eighth grade science assessment, which tests a different set of standards, also shows a low proficiency rate. Taken together, the school’s overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint when compared with other districts in Morris County, a result driven primarily by the math and science numbers; the ELA performance is a relative strength.

No information is available about course offerings, special education identification, or English learner populations, so a parent interested in those areas would need to contact the school directly. As a middle school, measures such as a graduation rate and chronic absenteeism data do not apply here. The school is a regular public school and is not a charter or magnet; it operates under the Randolph Township School District, which has no notable recent changes publicly reported.

For a family weighing this school, the takeaway is a middle school that produces solid literacy results but struggles with math and science proficiency, particularly by eighth grade. The student body is economically advantaged on the whole, and the surrounding community is an expensive, auto-oriented suburb with a reputation for good schools. The academic profile suggests that a student who needs strong math or science support may find gaps, while one whose strengths lie in reading and writing is likely to be well served. The school’s size means a range of peer interactions, and the township’s distributed layout means most families drive to school and to activities.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 659%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 759%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 25 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

even with state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 675%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 766%

School 66% · District 66%

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 872%

School 72% · District 72%

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Science

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 26%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

This schoolRandolph Township School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income46%Higher-income79%34 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income44%Higher-income69%25 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income38%Higher-income79%41 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income25%Higher-income65%40 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income36%Higher-income63%27 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income15%Higher-income19%3 pp gap