Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERONA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341674002458
Laning Avenue School
18 LANNING RD, VERONA, NJ 07044 · (973) 571-6755 · Essex County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
11.9:1
22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 14% larger than its 4th grade class (42).
Student demographics
42%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.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
59.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.5% | 59.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 57.5% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Laning Avenue School
Laning Avenue School's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laning Avenue School this school | 261 | 1.1% | 60.6% |
| Woodside Avenue School Franklin Lakes | 264 | 1.5% | 70.3% |
| Tewksbury Elementary School CALIFON | 253 | 4.3% | 63.4% |
| Torey J. Sabatini School MADISON | 281 | 3.2% | 81.2% |
| Frederic N. Brown Elementary School VERONA | 247 | 1.2% | 55.7% |
| Salem Drive School WHIPPANY | 245 | 2.4% | 65.9% |
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 Laning Avenue School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #324 of 1,290 | #34 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #413 of 1,319 ▲ 7 | #42 of 141 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #374 of 1,319 ▲ 82 | #45 of 141 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #1,249 of 1,562 | #128 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #859 of 1,390 | #42 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #1,009 of 1,392 | #80 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.1% | #1,448 of 1,481 | #136 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #375 of 545 | #39 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
261
+28 (+12%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 208
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 261 | 21.9 | 11.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 20.9 | 11.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 243 | 17.3 | 14.0:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 233 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 20 | 13.2:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 302 | 14 | 21.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 191 | 11 | 17.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 208 | 11 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laning Avenue School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (248 to 261); teachers up 22% (18 to 21.9).
About Laning Avenue School
Among the schools in VERONA, New Jersey, is Laning Avenue School, a small elementary school. It enrolls 261 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 4. That puts enrollment 36% below the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Verona Public School District has 2,167 students in 6 schools, and Laning Avenue School is one of those schools.
About 75% of the student body at Laning Avenue School is White. Other students are 11% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Essex County residents are about 30% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 21.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.9:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 11.4:1. Roughly 1% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 54% average for public schools in Essex County is 53 points higher.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Laning Avenue School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Laning Avenue School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.6%, compared with a predicted 65.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Essex County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $80,789 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Laning Avenue School, Essex County has 249 public schools.
Brookdale Avenue School is about 0.3 miles from Laning Avenue School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 60.6% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Laning Avenue School as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Laning Avenue School enrolled 233 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 261.
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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
- Frederic N. Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 247 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
- Frederic N. Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 247 students
- Forest Avenue SchoolElementary · 230 students
- Brookdale Avenue SchoolElementary · 134 students
Nearby schools
- Brookdale Avenue School0.3 mi · 134
- Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School0.6 mi · 702
- South End Elementary School0.7 mi · 349
- Frederic N. Brown Elementary School0.8 mi · 247
- Edgemont Elementary School1.0 mi · 251
- Verona High School1.0 mi · 593
Frequently asked questions
About Laning Avenue SchoolHow many students attend Laning Avenue School?
Laning Avenue School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Laning Avenue School serve?
Laning Avenue School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Laning Avenue School have?
Laning Avenue School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Laning Avenue School?
At Laning Avenue School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Laning Avenue School public or private?
Laning Avenue School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Verona Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.