Enrollment
299
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VENTURA UNIFIED·NCES 064098006751
E. P. Foster Elementary
20 Pleasant Pl., Ventura, CA 93001 · (805) 641-5420 · Ventura County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
270 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
21.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -17.2pp since 2014
Math
21.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.0% | 14.7% | 19.9% | 58.3% |
| Math | 8.2% | 13.3% | 25.3% | 53.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.8% | 21.5% |
| 2023-24 | 21.9% | 17.1% |
| 2022-23 | 21.3% | 20.7% |
| 2021-22 | 28.8% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.8% | 19.2% |
| 2018-19 | 39.9% | 31.6% |
| 2017-18 | 39.5% | 43.3% |
| 2016-17 | 49.3% | 45.1% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 37.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like E. P. Foster Elementary
E. P. Foster Elementary's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. P. Foster Elementary this school | 299 | 90.3% | 20.7% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary Santa Rosa | 305 | 92.1% | 7.3% |
| Pacific Union Elementary Fresno | 328 | 89.9% | 37.3% |
| Washington Elementary Reedley | 288 | 92.0% | 50.3% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary Selma | 335 | 91.3% | 23.8% |
| El Capitan Elementary Delhi | 289 | 91.0% | 30.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where E. P. Foster Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Ventura County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #4,520 of 5,151 | #112 of 121 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #4,156 of 5,172 ▲ 337 | #99 of 122 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #4,739 of 5,172 ▼ 162 | #114 of 122 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.7pp | #817 of 5,116 | #21 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #4,774 of 5,915 | #109 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.0:1 | #4,863 of 5,352 | #118 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #4,337 of 5,354 | #88 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #1,067 of 5,625 | #14 of 127 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #742 of 3,837 | #17 of 99 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
299
-82 (-22%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
26.0:1
was 25.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 299 | 11.5 | 26.0:1 | 90% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 12 | 25.7:1 | 91% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 13 | 25.1:1 | 87% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 15 | 25.4:1 | 88% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 17 | 24.2:1 | 93% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 17 | 25.2:1 | 83% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | N/A | N/A | 98% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 27 | 19.8:1 | 76% (405) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 19 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for E. P. Foster Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (411 to 299); teachers down 32% (17 to 11.5).
About E. P. Foster Elementary
E. P. Foster Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Ventura, California. In all, 299 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That is 36% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
The district, Ventura Unified, has 14,346 students enrolled across 27 schools.
Roughly 88% of students at E. P. Foster Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups make up 9% White. County-wide, 44% of Ventura County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for E. P. Foster Elementary is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 26.0:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 59% for public schools in Ventura County.
Among California public elementary schools, E. P. Foster Elementary outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
E. P. Foster Elementary scores 20.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 26.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Ventura County show that median household income comes to about $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 238, with about 147,841 students.
The closest school to E. P. Foster Elementary is Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education, located about 0.5 miles away. E. P. Foster Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 38.0% on proficiency, and E. P. Foster Elementary is below that at 20.7%.
Federal data place E. P. Foster Elementary in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 381 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 299 by 2024-25.
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Ventura County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
837,469
Census ACS
Median income
$109,797
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
238
147,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ventura Unified
- Ventura HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Buena HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Foothill Technology HighHigh · 951 students
- Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 936 students
- Balboa MiddleMiddle · 845 students
- Anacapa MiddleMiddle · 592 students
Other schools in Ventura
- Ventura HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Buena HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Foothill Technology HighHigh · 951 students
- Cabrillo MiddleMiddle · 936 students
- Balboa MiddleMiddle · 845 students
- Anacapa MiddleMiddle · 592 students
Nearby schools
- Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education0.5 mi · 455
- De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts0.5 mi · 577
- Sheridan Way Elementary0.7 mi · 325
- Lincoln Elementary1.4 mi · 202
- Cabrillo Middle1.6 mi · 936
- Ventura High2.1 mi · 1,939
Frequently asked questions
About E. P. Foster ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at E. P. Foster Elementary?
E. P. Foster Elementary enrolls approximately 299 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does E. P. Foster Elementary serve?
E. P. Foster Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at E. P. Foster Elementary?
Approximately 26.0:1 students per teacher at E. P. Foster Elementary.
How diverse is E. P. Foster Elementary?
E. P. Foster Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees E. P. Foster Elementary?
E. P. Foster Elementary is overseen by Ventura Unified in Ventura County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.