VERONA HIGH

VERONA HIGH is a very small four-year high school in VERONA, Missouri, one of the schools within VERONA R-VII. The school works with 143 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 71% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

VERONA R-VII runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 295 students. VERONA HIGH is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, VERONA HIGH records that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, Lawrence County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, VERONA HIGH lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, VERONA HIGH is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.1%; VERONA HIGH posts 29.8%, -20.4 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Lawrence County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,215 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. VERONA HIGH is one of 24 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 7,271 students).

Nearest neighbor: VERONA ELEM., around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around VERONA HIGH. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VERONA HIGH ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.6%.

VERONA HIGH operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 27%: 197 students in 2018 compared to 143 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 36% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the VERONA HIGH community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.