The main campus of Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School was built in 1954, and is centrally located between the towns of Vernon, Verona, and the city of Sherrill at the intersection of New York State Route 31 and Beacon Light Road. Facilities include a theater, two gymnasiums, fitness center, cafeteria, and a maple syrup factory operated by the Future Farmers of America program. The High School building and Middle School building are linked together and share some facilities such as the library and sports fields. U.S. News & World Report's Education website reported in 2016-17 that the school's students scored 84% proficiency in English and 85% proficiency in Math on state exit exams along with a 93% graduation rate in that same year. In 2017, there were a total of 597 students enrolled at VVS, which included 3% minorities and 30% economically disadvantaged students. The school employed 43 full-time teachers in 2017.
Academics
VVS offers a local diploma and the New York State Regents diploma. Students can also take Advanced Placement courses in a number of subjects and receive vocational training at the local Madison-Oneida county BOCES.
Demographics
According to the NYSED's Student Information Repository System the school is 53% male and 47% female with percentage by grades goes as follows: 9-10 grades - 24% enrollment, 11th grade - 25% and 12th grade - 27%.
Extra-curricular activities
Student organizations include a drama club, weight training club, walking club, technology club, math club, interact club, history club, art/photography club, foreign language club, ecology club, ski and snow board club, and chemistry club. Co-curricular activities and service groups include The Red Zone, The Red Press, peer mediation, National Honor Society, Youth Court, yearbook, Future Business Leaders of America, Future Teachers of America, Future Farmers of America, LEAD USA, Student Council, athletic recreation association, Boys’ State, Girls’ State, Global Nexus, student tutors, reading buddies, office workers, and Colgate Seminar. Student performing groups in the arts include musical theatre, marching band, chorus, orchestra, stage band, pep band, jazz band, and a trash can band.
Clifford Luyk - Former basketball player and coach, who played professionally in Spain and Europe
Philip Markoff -"The Craigslist Killer," an American medical student who was charged with the armed robbery and murder of Julissa Brisman in a Boston hotel on April 14, 2009, and two other armed robberies.
