Verona Mills School

Verona Mills School is one of the micro-enrollment elementary campuss in BAD AXE, Michigan, part of Verona Township S/D #1F, with 27 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 93% smaller than the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 369 students.

Operationally, Verona Mills School answers to Verona Township S/D #1F, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Verona Mills School logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 7% Native American, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Verona Mills School has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Verona Mills School higher than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Huron County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,870 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Huron County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,235 students), Verona Mills School is one campus in the mix.

Adams Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 69%: 16 students in 2018 compared to 27 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 25% to 0% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 8.7:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.