NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools WI

Best-Resourced Schools in Verona, WI

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12 public K-12 schools in Verona from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
5,841
Students
36.2/100
Avg Resource Index
16.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Verona has more public-school enrollment than 62% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Verona's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

6 of Verona's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Governance mix is central to a fair comparison

3 of 12 listed Verona campuses are reported as charters, so district-run and charter records occupy substantial shares of the same city view. They may follow different governance, enrollment, and program structures even when their mailing city matches. The 35-point gap between Olson Elementary and Verona Area K4 should be read within that context, not as a single-system league table. Check charter status and district affiliation before comparing two nearby schools, and verify current admissions rules with the operator.

City enrollment
Top 38%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
30th percentile
Teacher staffing
42nd percentile

Verona Area High accounts for 31.2% of all Verona public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Verona-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Verona school enrollment varies 114× across entities

Verona school enrollment ranges from 16 students (lowest) to 1,820 students (highest), a spread of 1,804 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Verona student-teacher ratio is 16.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Verona is typically wider than the Verona-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

3 of Verona's 12 listed schools are charters

25% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Olson Elementary 50
2. Verona Area International School 45
3. New Century School 42
4. Sugar Creek Elementary 40
5. Verona Area High 38
6. West Middleton Elementary 37
7. Core Knowledge Charter School 35
8. Badger Ridge Middle 34
9. Glacier Edge Elementary 33
10. Early Childhood 33
11. Country View Elementary 32
12. Verona Area K4 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Verona

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Olson Elementary 66.5/100
  2. 2 Country View Elementary 61.9/100
  3. 3 Verona Area International School 61.4/100
  4. 4 Verona Area High 59.9/100
  5. 5 Sugar Creek Elementary 57.3/100

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Which Verona school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Olson Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Verona schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Verona, WI? ▼

Verona has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,841 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.