E. P. Foster Elementary

As a cozy elementary campus in Ventura, California, E. P. Foster Elementary teaches 299 students from grades K through 5, part of Ventura Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 36% below the state mean of about 465.

Ventura Unified runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 14,346 students. E. P. Foster Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, E. P. Foster Elementary records that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 9% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

In terms of school funding signals, E. P. Foster Elementary shows 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at E. P. Foster Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ventura County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, E. P. Foster Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.6%.

Around the school, census data for Ventura County shows median household earnings sit near $109,797, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), E. P. Foster Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around E. P. Foster Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts E. P. Foster Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at E. P. Foster Elementary has decreased 27%, going from 411 students in 2018 to 299 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 26.0:1 in 2025.

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