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What do students at Foster Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPTON UNIFIED·NCES 060962000982
Foster Elementary
1620 North Pannes St., Compton, CA 90221 · (310) 898-6180 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
24.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
338 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
2
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 | 92 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
65.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +43.8pp since 2014
Math
63.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +43.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 44 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 44 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.3% | 22.5% | 16.6% | 17.6% |
| Math | 28.9% | 34.8% | 17.6% | 18.7% |
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 | 65.8% | 63.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.2% | 47.7% |
| 2022-23 | 32.2% | 29.3% |
| 2021-22 | 28.2% | 19.4% |
| 2018-19 | 32.0% | 29.6% |
| 2017-18 | 33.3% | 28.6% |
| 2016-17 | 34.2% | 23.2% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in California's top 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 Foster Elementary
Foster Elementary's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Elementary this school | 398 | 84.9% | 56.5% |
| Juniper Elementary Fontana | 446 | 84.8% | 20.0% |
| Cienega Elementary Los Angeles | 370 | 88.6% | 34.5% |
| Washington Elementary STEM Magnet Pasadena | 428 | 86.0% | 26.1% |
| Jurupa Vista Elementary Fontana | 388 | 82.0% | 25.0% |
| A. H. Morgan Elementary Rialto | 487 | 85.6% | 33.2% |
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 Foster Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,314 of 5,151 | #299 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #893 of 5,172 ▲ 761 | #199 of 1,129 ▲ 175 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #973 of 5,172 ▲ 1,052 | #214 of 1,129 ▲ 246 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +40.9pp | #2 of 5,116 | #1 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #3,716 of 5,915 | #794 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #4,367 of 5,352 | #988 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #4,366 of 5,354 | #851 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.9% | #1,675 of 5,625 | #600 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.1% | #63 of 3,837 | #32 of 947 |
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
398
-48 (-11%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 398 | 16 | 24.9:1 | 85% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 17 | 23.5:1 | 93% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 17 | 24.5:1 | 68% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 18 | 24.8:1 | 89% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 26 | 28.4:1 | 87% (640) |
| 2015-16 | 794 | 31 | 25.6:1 | 77% (613) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | N/A | N/A | 90% (532) |
| 2000-01 | 946 | 43 | 22.0:1 | 96% (904) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 24 | 28.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foster Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 46% (738 to 398); teachers down 38% (26 to 16).
About Foster Elementary
Foster Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Compton, California, (ZIP code 90221). It teaches 398 students in kindergarten through 5.
Compton Unified has 36 schools; together they serve 16,304 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Foster Elementary is Hispanic, at 88%. The school is also 11% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Foster Elementary scores 21%.
On staff are 16 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.9:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 85% of students at Foster Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Los Angeles County is 70%.
Among California public elementary schools, Foster Elementary outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Foster Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.5%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 29.8%, so the school is 26.7 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Los Angeles County show that the median household earns about $90,112 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Los Angeles County, 2,244 public schools serve about 1,265,907 students.
The closest school to Foster Elementary is Roosevelt Elementary, located about 0.4 miles away. Foster Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 34.0% on proficiency, and Foster Elementary is above that at 56.5%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Compton Unified
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
- Kelly ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- Dickison ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Compton
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- KIPP Compton CommunityElementary · 783 students
- Lifeline Education CharterCombined · 698 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
Other Foster Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 5 states are named Foster Elementary. Foster Elementary is the 5th largest of the 11.
- Foster ElementarySan Diego, CA · 518 students
- Foster ElementaryBaldwin Park, CA · 430 students
- Foster Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 524 students
- FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 428 students
- Foster Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 370 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary0.4 mi · 534
- Mark Twain Elementary0.5 mi · 542
- Helen Keller Elementary0.6 mi · 407
- Mayo Elementary0.7 mi · 440
- Lynwood High0.7 mi · 1,858
- Soleil Academy Charter0.7 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Foster ElementaryHow large is Foster Elementary?
Foster Elementary enrolls approximately 398 students in grades KG-05.
Is Foster Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Foster Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Foster Elementary have?
Foster Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Foster Elementary?
Student demographics at Foster Elementary are roughly 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 11% Black.
What district is Foster Elementary in?
Foster Elementary is part of Compton Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.