Ventspils Izglītības pārvalde is an educational government which looks after all the educational facilities in the Ventspils city.
There are eight general education schools in Ventspils (one gymnasium, three high schools, three elementary schools and one primary school) and seven kindergartens.
In 2025/2026 school year 1345 children started studying in Ventspils city kindergartens, and 3877 children started studies in Ventspils general education schools, including 298 first class pupils and 236 pupils who started studying in the first high school class
Stimulating studies in the natural sciences
Ventspils has set the following goals to create better educational environment:
- Encourage young people to study natural sciences, math and technology;
- Promote the high quality education in above mentioned subjects;
- Increase the number of students in natural science and technology programs;
- Attract more specialists to the sectors that are vital for the economy of the Ventspils city.
The local government modernizes classrooms, purchases new furniture, training aids and other equipment to make the educational environment more efficient and pleasant to the children by attracting co-finances from the European Union funds.