Verona Elementary School

As a modestly sized elementary-level community in VERONA, Mississippi, Verona Elementary School teaches 364 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by Lee County.

Verona Elementary School is one of 13 schools operated by Lee County, a district that instructs 6,343 students overall.

On demographics, Verona Elementary School logs that Black students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder reads as 10% multiracial, 10% White, 9% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Lee County's rate of about 66%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lee County put median household income runs about $67,863, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Lee County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,808 students), Verona Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lawndale Elementary School, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Verona Elementary School has decreased 15%, going from 429 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 84% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Verona Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.