VENTURA ELEMENTARY

VENTURA ELEMENTARY is an average-sized elementary-level community in ORLANDO, Florida, overseen by ORANGE. The school enrolls 577 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, VENTURA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, VENTURA ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 12% Black, 6% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, VENTURA ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 41.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Orange County) records that median household income runs about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which VENTURA ELEMENTARY is one.

THREE POINTS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, VENTURA ELEMENTARY comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.7%.

VENTURA ELEMENTARY operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 717 students in 2018 compared to 577 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.