Winterfield Venture Academy

Located at 305 Wenz Rd, in Toledo, Ohio, Winterfield Venture Academy is a moderately sized K-5 school that teaches 376 students (grades K through 8), one of the schools within Winterfield Venture Academy.

Winterfield Venture Academy is the operating authority for Winterfield Venture Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Winterfield Venture Academy lists that 74% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 16% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% White. By comparison, Lucas County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, census data for Lucas County shows median household income runs about $62,224, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lucas County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,839 students), of which Winterfield Venture Academy is one.

Keyser Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Winterfield Venture Academy.

The school occupies a high-density site. Winterfield Venture Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Winterfield Venture Academy's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 376). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 83% to 74% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Winterfield Venture Academy typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.