Venice High School was built in the late 1940s in Nokomis, a short distance north of Venice. The high school (grades 6–8) opened in 1956 with John E. Davis as its first principal. Venice Junior High (grades 7–9) opened sometime in 1959 when the student body outgrew the high school. Guy Rose served as the first Vice Principal under Davis and was in charge of the Junior High. The original buildings remained mostly unchanged until 2012 when the high school and junior high were demolished (the original gymnasium and Powell–Davis Stadium remained) to build the facility that exists today. The campus was completed in 2014 including a new music suite housing the chorus and band and a city-mandated performing arts center.