Frederic N. Brown Elementary School

Located at 125 GROVE AVE, in VERONA, New Jersey, Frederic N. Brown Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary school that serves 247 students (grades K through 4), run under Verona Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Frederic N. Brown Elementary School sits 39% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Verona Public School District, which oversees 6 schools and 2,167 students, Frederic N. Brown Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Frederic N. Brown Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 30% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Frederic N. Brown Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 1% of students at Frederic N. Brown Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Frederic N. Brown Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.5%, the actual is 55.7%, a residual of -9.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Essex County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Frederic N. Brown Elementary School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Verona High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Frederic N. Brown Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Frederic N. Brown Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 3% since 2018, when it stood at 240 (now 247).

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