Julia Randall Elementary School

Julia Randall Elementary School serves 503 students in grades 2–5 in the Payson community and is part of the Payson Unified District. In the latest results, students were proficient at rates of 32% in English language arts (ELA) and 26% in math. The most important takeaway is that both results were below state averages, though slightly above district rates.

Math is the school’s stronger subject relative to the state and nearby comparison: its 26% proficiency rate was 7 points below the state and 3 points above the district. ELA proficiency was 32%, 9 points below the state and 1 point above the district, making ELA the weaker comparison. Both subjects were below all-grades results at Pine Strawberry Elementary School: by 16 points in math and 24 in ELA. Grade 4 was Julia Randall’s strongest reported grade, while grade 3 was weakest, especially in math; results matched the district in each reported grade and subject. Pine Strawberry serves a broader grade span, and its same-grade results are suppressed, so these are not like-for-like comparisons.

Grade 5 science proficiency declined from 29% in 2022–23 to 25% in 2024–25, while the state remained at 34%; the district matched Julia Randall each year. SchoolDigger gives the school a 1-star rating and ranks it 694th of 900 schools, at the 23rd percentile—11 points below its percentile the prior year and 33 below its earlier peak. SchoolDigger’s statewide subgroup rankings show a notable concern: the school ranks at the 0th percentile for White students and 4th for students with low socioeconomic status, compared with 23rd overall; the latter ranking fell 19 points since 2023–24. Julia Randall is the largest of the three listed schools, with 503 students and a 2024–25 student-teacher ratio of 15.9, compared with 430 students and 14.5 at Payson Elementary School and 97 students and 5.1 at Pine Strawberry. Its reported free/reduced-lunch rate was 58% in 2022–23; no nearby-school rates are provided.