Enrollment
247
Elementary
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERONA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341674002452
Frederic N. Brown Elementary School
125 GROVE AVE, VERONA, NJ 07044 · (973) 571-6753 · Essex County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 14% larger than its 4th grade class (44).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Verona Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
61.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
48.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 48.3% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 51.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Frederic N. Brown Elementary School
Frederic N. Brown Elementary School's state test result (55.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederic N. Brown Elementary School this school | 247 | 1.2% | 55.7% |
| Laning Avenue School VERONA | 261 | 1.1% | 60.6% |
| Bloomingdale Avenue School CRANFORD | 226 | 1.3% | N/A |
| Tewksbury Elementary School CALIFON | 253 | 4.3% | 63.4% |
| Woodside Avenue School Franklin Lakes | 264 | 1.5% | 70.3% |
| Lafayette Township School LAFAYETTE | 232 | 6.0% | 41.1% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Frederic N. Brown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #416 of 1,290 | #40 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #619 of 1,319 ▼ 97 | #52 of 141 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #451 of 1,319 ▲ 4 | #49 of 141 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #1,300 of 1,562 | #135 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,001 of 1,390 | #54 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #1,078 of 1,392 | #94 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.2% | #1,445 of 1,481 | #135 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #451 of 545 | #51 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
247
-27 (-10%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 241
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 247 | 19.7 | 12.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 20.9 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 19.9 | 13.2:1 | 2% (4) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 22 | 12.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 20.8 | 11.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 194 | 11 | 17.6:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 12 | 20.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 16 | 16.2:1 | 1% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 241 | 15 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frederic N. Brown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (240 to 247); teachers down 5% (20.8 to 19.7).
About Frederic N. Brown Elementary School
Frederic N. Brown Elementary School is a small elementary school in VERONA, New Jersey, administered by Verona Public School District. There are 247 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 4. That puts enrollment 39% below the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Frederic N. Brown Elementary School is a school in Verona Public School District. The district has 6 schools and 2,167 students.
Of every 100 students at Frederic N. Brown Elementary School, about 77 are White. It is also 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Essex County's residents are about 30% White, 47 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
The school's 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1, 1.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 1% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in Essex County.
Frederic N. Brown Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 43% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Frederic N. Brown Elementary School is 9.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
In Essex County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 249 public schools in the county, enrolling about 145,473, Frederic N. Brown Elementary School among them.
Verona High School sits about 0.2 miles from Frederic N. Brown Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Frederic N. Brown Elementary School places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Frederic N. Brown Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 274 to 247, a 10% decline.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Verona Public School District
- Henry B. Whitehorne Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Verona High SchoolHigh · 593 students
- Laning Avenue SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Forest Avenue SchoolElementary · 230 students
- Brookdale Avenue SchoolElementary · 134 students
Other schools in VERONA
- Henry B. Whitehorne Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Verona High SchoolHigh · 593 students
- Laning Avenue SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Forest Avenue SchoolElementary · 230 students
- Brookdale Avenue SchoolElementary · 134 students
Nearby schools
- Verona High School0.2 mi · 593
- Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School0.4 mi · 702
- South End Elementary School0.6 mi · 349
- Laning Avenue School0.8 mi · 261
- Brookdale Avenue School0.9 mi · 134
- Forest Avenue School1.0 mi · 230
Frequently asked questions
About Frederic N. Brown Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Frederic N. Brown Elementary School?
Frederic N. Brown Elementary School enrolls approximately 247 students in grades KG-04.
Is Frederic N. Brown Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frederic N. Brown Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Frederic N. Brown Elementary School have?
Frederic N. Brown Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Frederic N. Brown Elementary School?
Student demographics at Frederic N. Brown Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Frederic N. Brown Elementary School in?
Frederic N. Brown Elementary School is part of Verona Public School District.
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