Summary:
Verona, Wisconsin has 10 schools enrolling 5,533 students: eight elementary or K-8 schools, one middle school, and one high school, spread across three districts — Verona Area School District (eight schools), Madison Metropolitan School District (Olson Elementary), and Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District (West Middleton Elementary).
The city's top academic performers are its smaller schools. Verona Area International School ranks 83rd of 1,039 schools (92nd percentile, 5 stars), with the highest 2025-26 test average in the city, including 100% ELA in grades 3 and 4, though it enrolls only 113 students. Core Knowledge Charter School (80th percentile, 4 stars) has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the city (5.3%), the lowest per-student spending ($15,398), and the highest student-teacher ratio (18.1). West Middleton Elementary (89th percentile, 4 stars) has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 10.7, and New Century School (86th percentile, 4 stars) has very low free/reduced lunch (6.56%) and the highest per-student spending ($21,693). All four pair low absenteeism with strong results.
Verona Area High, the largest school at 1,820 students, rose from the 54th to the 85th percentile, improved in every listed subject, and posts a 94.5% graduation rate and 0.5% dropout rate — both better than the state — but its chronic absenteeism of 24.4% is the highest in the city. Badger Ridge Middle improved to the 69th percentile, and Olson Elementary (70th percentile, 3 stars) outperforms its district in most subjects. Glacier Edge Elementary (47th percentile, 2 stars) is the lowest-ranked school and has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (32.03%), while Country View Elementary slipped from 4 stars to 3 stars. Eight of the 10 schools have absenteeism below the state's 17.3%.
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