Verona High School (New Jersey)
Verona High School is a four-year public high school, serving students in 9th through 12th grade in Verona, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Verona Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1947.
As of the 2010-11 school year, the school had an enrollment of 609 students and 43.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.16:1. There were no students eligible for free lunch or reduced-cost lunch.
The school mascot is the Verona Hillbilly, which was originally pictured with a bottle of whiskey and a shotgun, but was revised to be with a dog and a fishing pole, due to concerns of school violence and under-age drinking.
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