Verona Area International School
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 Wisconsin public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 15 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (19).
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedWhat this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.1% | 60.7% |
| 2023-24 | 81.5% | 66.7% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like Verona Area International School
Verona Area International School's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verona Area International School this school | 113 | 5.3% | 75.0% |
| New Century School Verona | 122 | 6.6% | 79.2% |
| GBAPS Community 4K Site Green Bay | 122 | 4.9% | N/A |
| Wauwatosa Montessori School Wauwatosa | 176 | 10.2% | 79.4% |
| 4K McFarland McFarland | 138 | 15.2% | N/A |
| Wauwatosa STEM Wauwatosa | 127 | 3.1% | 93.3% |
Where Verona Area International School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #102 of 982 | #13 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #381 of 992 ▼ 82 | #34 of 74 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #20 of 992 ▲ 6 | #1 of 74 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 113 | #1,064 of 1,157 | #92 of 93 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.3% | #1,043 of 1,064 | #86 of 91 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 113 | 8 | 14.1:1 | 5% (6) |
| 2023-24 | 118 | 7.9 | 15.0:1 | 4% (5) |
| 2022-23 | 125 | 7.9 | 15.8:1 | 4% (5) |
| 2020-21 | 113 | 8 | 14.1:1 | 7% (8) |
| 2017-18 | 97 | 6.3 | 15.4:1 | 8% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 94 | 6 | 15.7:1 | 18% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 22 | 1 | 22.0:1 | 18% (4) |
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (97 to 113); teachers up 27% (6.3 to 8).
About Verona Area International School
Verona Area International School is an elementary school in Verona, Wisconsin, reachable at (608) 845-4200. Its 113 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 65% smaller than the 323 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Verona Area International School is part of a district of 12 schools: Verona Area School District, with 5,815 students.
Verona Area International School's enrollment is 50% White. Enrollment also includes 33% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. Among people living in Dane County, the White share is about 77%. The chance that two students picked at random at Verona Area International School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Its teaching staff equals 8 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.1:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 14.7:1, a similar figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 5%. That is lower than the 32% average for public schools in Dane County.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Verona Area International School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Verona Area International School's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 74.4%. Verona Area International School scores 75.0%, within a point of that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Dane County show that median household income is about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 169 public schools in Dane County, with a combined enrollment of about 78,525.
The nearest other public school, New Century School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Verona Area International School. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Verona Area International School is 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Verona Area International School as a charter school.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (113) and 2024-25 (113).
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