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Verona Public School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
Verona Public School District runs 6 public schools with 2,195 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is about the same as the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,195
- Teachers (FTE)
- 181
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 121 Fairview Avenue, Verona, NJ 07044
- Phone
- (973)571-2029
- County
- Essex County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3416740
- State district ID
- NJ-135370
- Total staff (FTE)
- 326
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 366 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,211), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $50.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $10.4 million
- Local revenue
- $38.9 million
- Total spending
- $67.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $30,304
- Salaries
- $23.3 million34.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $54.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 2.3%
- State: 20.6%
- Local: 77.0%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$30,304
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in Verona Public School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brookdale Avenue School | Elementary | K to 4 | 134 | 13.4 |
| Forest Avenue School | Elementary | K to 4 | 230 | 17.7 |
| Frederic N. Brown Elementary School | Elementary | K to 4 | 247 | 13.0 |
| Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 702 | 11.3 |
| Laning Avenue School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 261 | 12.4 |
| Verona High School | High | 9 to 12 | 593 | 11.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Essex County
- Newark Public School District 44,199 students
- East Orange School District 9,412 students
- Irvington Public School District 8,265 students
- South Orange-Maplewood School District 7,142 students
- West Orange Public Schools 7,119 students
- North Star Academy Charter School 6,731 students
- Bloomfield Township School District 6,468 students
- Livingston Board of Education School District 6,410 students
- TEAM Academy Charter School 6,407 students
- Montclair Public School District 6,278 students
- ORANGE BOARD OF EDUCATION School District 5,967 students
- Belleville Public School District 5,071 students
- Millburn Township School District 4,577 students
- Nutley Public School District 4,356 students
- Caldwell-West School District 2,561 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.