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Enrollment
750
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147002675
VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
275 WATERS EDGE DR, KISSIMMEE, FL 34743 · (407) 344-5040 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL750 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test 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 Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
450 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
45.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
44.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 44.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 47.3% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Florida 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 Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 750 | 60.0% | 43.9% |
| NORTH GRADE K-8 LAKE WORTH | 769 | 61.6% | 62.5% |
| VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 784 | 58.4% | 48.0% |
| MATER PALMS ACADEMY HIALEAH GARDENS | 866 | 63.0% | 55.7% |
| HECTOR A. CAFFERATA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 606 | 60.6% | 48.2% |
| REDDICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WIMAUMA | 708 | 61.6% | 36.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #1,646 of 2,136 | #26 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #1,762 of 2,149 ▼ 235 | #24 of 45 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #1,504 of 2,149 ▲ 23 | #24 of 45 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 750 | #572 of 2,267 | #26 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #1,926 of 2,077 | #38 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #1,519 of 2,108 | #34 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #912 of 2,188 | #22 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #828 of 1,374 | #18 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
750
-56 (-7%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 811
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 750 | 38 | 19.7:1 | 60% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 775 | 42 | 18.4:1 | 59% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 811 | 44 | 18.4:1 | 54% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 806 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 60% (486) |
| 2017-18 | 856 | 57 | 15.0:1 | 55% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 918 | 60 | 15.3:1 | 60% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 896 | 59 | 15.2:1 | 78% (697) |
| 2000-01 | 1,072 | 51 | 21.0:1 | 70% (750) |
| 1990-91 | 811 | 44 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by OSCEOLA in KISSIMMEE, Florida. It had 750 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 24% above average.
VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in OSCEOLA. The district has 83 schools and 75,388 students.
About 71% of the student body at VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 16% White, 9% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Osceola County, the Hispanic share is about 56%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.7:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 60% of students (450) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 19% of Florida public elementary schools.
VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.9% and a predicted 51.1%.
In Osceola County, home to about 427,415 people, median household income comes to about $72,637, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 88 public schools in the county, enrolling about 74,164, VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.2 miles from BOGGY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 806 (2020-21) to 750 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.8:1 to 19.7:1.
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Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- CELEBRATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,681 students
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in KISSIMMEE
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,882 students
- WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,496 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TAPESTRYElementary · 1,419 students
Other Ventura Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ventura Elementary. VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- VENTURA ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 577 students
Nearby schools
- BOGGY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 549
- WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 592
- PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 601
- CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 455
- STONEWYCK ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 660
- KISSIMMEE CHARTER ACADEMY2.1 mi · 752
Frequently asked questions
About VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 750 students in grades PK-05.
Is VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 16% White, 71% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by OSCEOLA in Osceola County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.