Verona Area High

Verona Area High is a sizable senior high in Verona, Wisconsin, part of Verona Area School District. The school instructs 1,820 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 283% bigger than the state mean of about 475.

Verona Area School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 5,815 students. Verona Area High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Verona Area High logs that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Verona Area High has 120 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Verona Area High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.3%; this one delivers 49.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Dane County) records that median household income runs about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Dane County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), of which Verona Area High is one.

The closest other public school is Badger Ridge Middle, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Verona Area High at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 68.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 18%: 1,548 students in 2018 compared to 1,820 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 57% across the same window.

On this page, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.