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Verona Public School District

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At a glance

169^thof 607 New Jersey districts▼ 26

Better than 72% of New Jersey districts

Elementary 4 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

121 Fairview Avenue
Verona, NJ 07044·(973) 571-2029·All New Jersey district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 72.2% of districts

Schools

2,167

Students

Top rankedBrookdale Avenue School205^th of 1,331 New Jersey elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Forest Avenue School up 108 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Verona High School 11 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

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Summary:

The six schools in Verona Public School District serve students from elementary grades through high school and enroll 2,167 students: 872 at four elementary schools, 702 at the middle school and 593 at the high school. In 2025–2026, 14 of 16 elementary grade-and-subject results were above state results, and Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School was above the state in every reported result; however, elementary math and high-school results show notable exceptions. The clearest takeaway is that strong overall comparisons do not mean results are equally strong at every school or in every subject.

Forest Avenue School led grade 3 ELA at 74%, 2 points ahead of Laning Avenue School and 26 points above the state. Brookdale Avenue School led grade 4 ELA at 83%, 11 points ahead of the next school, and led both elementary math grades with 67% in grade 3 and 70% in grade 4. At the other end, Frederic N. Brown Elementary School had the lowest math results: 46% in grade 3 and 42% in grade 4, respectively 3 and 5 points below the state. Whitehorne’s strongest state comparison was grade 7 math, 60% versus 38%. At Verona High School, 11th-grade NJGPA ELA was 88%, 13 points above the state, while Algebra I end-of-course was 33%, 7 points below.

Recent changes were mixed: the elementary average fell 2 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while the state average fell 1 point. Forest’s four-result average rose 3 points, but Brookdale’s fell 9 and it still led three of four latest elementary comparisons. Whitehorne’s average across grades 5–8 fell 6 points, compared with a 1-point state decline. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking rose from 69 to 83 for Forest and from 84 to 85 for Brookdale, which had reached 94 in 2024–2025. As context, Laning and Brown each reported 1% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, with student–teacher ratios of 11.9 and 12.5; these figures do not explain their differing results.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2026)	NJGPA Mathematics (2026)	NJSLA-S Science (2026)			NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)							NJSLA Mathematics (2026)						NJSLA Algebra I (2026)				NJSLA Geometry (2026)		NJSLA Algebra II (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Verona High School	Public	9-12	151 Fairview Ave	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 571-6750	593	54	11.0	0.5%	470 (79.3%)	12 (2.0%)	68 (11.5%)	22 (3.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.2%)	67.2	105^th of 434 public high schools	75.8%		70.9	91^st of 434 public high schools	79.0%	14	88.4	76.7			31.8							64.6								33.8		33.3	50.9	50.9			$19,624	$136	$19,488
Brookdale Avenue School	Public	K-4	14 Brookdale Court	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 571-6752	134	11	12.2	—	112 (83.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (8.2%)	4 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.2%)	84.9	205^th of 1331 public elementary schools	84.6%		91.9	80^th of 1347 public elementary schools	94.1%	125						66.6	82.6						66.7	69.5													$15,446	$125	$15,321
Frederic N. Brown Elementary School	Public	K-4	125 Grove Ave	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 571-6753	247	20	12.5	1.2%	189 (76.5%)	5 (2.0%)	40 (16.2%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.0%)	59.7	558^th of 1331 public elementary schools	58.1%		60.8	525^th of 1347 public elementary schools	61.0%	33						67.8	55.6						46.4	42.2													$20,631	$128	$20,503
Forest Avenue School	Public	K-4	118 Forest Ave	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 571-6754	230	14	16.8	—	196 (85.2%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.5%)	9 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.9%)	82.8	232^nd of 1331 public elementary schools	82.6%		76	340^th of 1347 public elementary schools	74.8%	108						74.3	71.4						58.9	69.3													$15,614	$126	$15,488
Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School	Public	5-8	600 Bloomfield Ave	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 571-6751	702	62	11.3	1.9%	584 (83.2%)	13 (1.9%)	53 (7.5%)	27 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	21 (3.0%)	79	127^th of 743 public middle schools	82.9%		81.8	112^th of 752 public middle schools	85.1%	15			40.1	28.2				61.1	70.6	79.9	62.5				56.2	61.0	60.4	27.8	88.1			88.1					$15,681	$128	$15,553
Laning Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-4	18 Lanning Rd	Verona	07044	Essex County	Verona Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 571-6755	261	22	11.9	1.1%	196 (75.1%)	9 (3.4%)	30 (11.5%)	12 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	12 (4.6%)	70.8	411^th of 1331 public elementary schools	69.1%		72.7	384^th of 1347 public elementary schools	71.5%	27						72.1	58.3						60.5	50.0													$18,693	$117	$18,576

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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