Summary:
Zip code 73092 has two schools: Verden Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8, and Verden High School, serving grades 9–12. Enrollment is 228 at the elementary school and 138 at the high school, and both report a student–teacher ratio of 18. The most important finding is that academic results differ sharply between the two schools: the elementary school leads in the shared tested subjects, while the high school trails the state in three of them.
Verden Elementary stands out in 2025–26, scoring 29% in ELA I, 48% in math and 58% in science—respectively 3, 23 and 28 percentage points above the state. Verden High scored 14% in ELA I, 4% in math and 18% in science, below the state by 12, 21 and 12 points. The school-to-school gaps were largest in math (44 points) and science (40 points). Grade-level results support the contrast: elementary students scored above state results in ELA I and math in both grades 4 and 7, while the high school was below state results in grade 11 in ELA I, math and science. U.S. History is a high-school bright spot: its 53% was 12 points above the state.
Recent changes show different trends within the area. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, elementary math and science each rose 15 points, while high-school ELA I fell 20 points; the high school’s U.S. History score also declined from 57% to 53%, but remained above the state. Other high-school measures are stronger: its 2024–25 graduation rate was 100%, compared with 78% statewide, and its 2025–26 chronic absenteeism rate was 10%, versus 16% statewide. SchoolDigger’s high-school ranking percentile fell from 60 in 2023–24 to 37 in 2025–26. As context, both schools report a ratio of 18; in 2024–25, 66% of elementary students and 54% of high-school students were free/reduced lunch eligible. These measures describe school context, not the cause of the differences.
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