Summary:
Verona Public School District has one middle school, Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School, serving grades 5–8 with 702 students. In 2025–2026, the school’s proficiency rate was higher than New Jersey’s in all 10 reported grade-level ELA, math, and science tests—the most important overall finding for families comparing its results with statewide performance.
Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School’s strongest grade-level result was seventh-grade ELA: 80% proficient, compared with 56% statewide, a 24-point advantage. Its largest math lead was in seventh grade, at 60% versus 38%, or 22 points higher. Eighth-grade math was the clearest weak spot: 28% proficient, only 5 points above the state’s 23%, and far below the school’s sixth- and seventh-grade math results. Algebra I results were also high, but the comparisons differ: the end-of-course result was 88% versus 40% statewide, while the eighth-grade measure was 88% versus 75%.
Results declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 on average: ELA fell 5 points, math 6, and science 6, while the school remained above the state in every reported grade-level test. The school’s average lead over the state narrowed in all three subjects, most notably in math, from 21 points to 15. SchoolDigger ranked it 127th of 743 schools, in the 83rd percentile, with 4 stars in 2025–2026; in 2024–2025 it ranked 112th of 752, in the 85th percentile, also with 4 stars. Context measures include an 11.3 student–teacher ratio and 2% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 6%, compared with 8% districtwide and 14% statewide. Since the district has only one middle school, there are no local school-to-school comparisons.
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