Ventura Elementary School

Ventura Elementary School in Kissimmee, FL, serves 750 students from Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade and is part of the Osceola school district, which is ranked in the bottom half of Florida districts.

Ventura’s standout strength is its 5th Grade Math program. In the 2025-2026 school year, 62% of students were proficient in this subject, which is 13 points above the district average and matches the state average. This performance is notably higher than nearby Osceola schools like Boggy Creek Elementary School (64%), Mill Creek Elementary School (30%), and Victory Charter School K-5 (29%), and even outperforms some Orange County schools like Wyndham Lakes Elementary (60%) in this specific metric. However, the school’s performance is uneven across other subjects. For example, 5th Grade Science proficiency is 45%, which is 15 points below the state average, and 4th Grade Math proficiency drops to 55% from 62% in 3rd grade. This suggests that while the school has excellent teaching in upper-grade math, it lacks a consistent, school-wide strategy for improvement.

On a positive note, Ventura has made significant progress in reducing chronic absenteeism, which dropped from 34.3% in 2022-2023 to 28.7% in 2023-2024. This rate is now below both the district average (34.9%) and the state average (31.4%), and is much better than nearby schools like Mill Creek Elementary School (37.3%) and Victory Charter School K-5 (50.7%). The school also has a relatively low student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1 compared to other Osceola schools, which may allow for more individualized attention. While Ventura’s per-student spending of $11,852 is higher than some high-performing Orange County schools, it appears to be getting a better return on investment than the nearby Cypress Elementary School, which spends more but ranks lower. Overall, Ventura shows clear potential, especially in math and attendance, but needs to replicate its successes across all subjects.