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Enrollment
755
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEANSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 062825012011
Louise Foussat Elementary
3800 Pala Rd., Oceanside, CA 92058 · (760) 721-2200 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL755 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
24.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
577 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (131).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
29.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.1pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.7% | 19.4% | 22.6% | 48.3% |
| Math | 7.2% | 16.3% | 29.8% | 46.7% |
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 | 29.1% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 22.6% | 23.2% |
| 2022-23 | 31.8% | 20.3% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 24.5% |
| 2018-19 | 43.3% | 40.8% |
| 2017-18 | 42.1% | 37.9% |
| 2016-17 | 30.7% | 33.8% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
24.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Louise Foussat Elementary
Louise Foussat Elementary's state test result (24.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Foussat Elementary this school | 755 | 76.4% | 24.5% |
| Sequoia Elementary Manteca | 814 | 77.5% | 18.9% |
| Pachappa Elementary Riverside | 676 | 76.9% | 48.9% |
| Shasta Elementary Manteca | 726 | 78.9% | 24.1% |
| Golden Oak Elementary Visalia | 631 | 76.1% | 32.9% |
| George Washington Elementary Norco | 861 | 77.9% | 34.1% |
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 Louise Foussat Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #4,135 of 5,151 | #332 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #3,938 of 5,172 ▼ 118 | #322 of 393 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #4,065 of 5,172 ▲ 448 | #330 of 393 ▲ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #1,385 of 5,116 | #127 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 755 | #516 of 5,915 | #40 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,003 of 5,352 | #297 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #2,833 of 5,354 | #278 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #2,503 of 5,625 | #124 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.3% | #323 of 1,139 | #25 of 97 |
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
755
+235 (+45%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 759
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 755 | 31 | 24.4:1 | 76% (577) |
| 2023-24 | 788 | 32 | 24.6:1 | 79% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 22 | 23.9:1 | 80% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 61% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 28.1 | 23.1:1 | 72% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 33 | 22.2:1 | 73% (534) |
| 2010-11 | 759 | N/A | N/A | 64% (487) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Louise Foussat Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (649 to 755); teachers up 10% (28.1 to 31).
About Louise Foussat Elementary
Louise Foussat Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Oceanside, California. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 755 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Louise Foussat Elementary is among 23 schools run by Oceanside Unified, which serves 14,866 students.
By race and ethnicity, Louise Foussat Elementary is 70% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 11% White, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. That compares with about 35% Hispanic among all San Diego County residents. Louise Foussat Elementary has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Louise Foussat Elementary counts 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 24.4 students for each one. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in San Diego County is 54%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Louise Foussat Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 34.8% at Louise Foussat Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.5%.
In the county around the school, San Diego County, median household income is about $106,268, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 766 public schools operate in San Diego County, serving about 467,437 students.
Nearby, Nichols Elementary is about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Louise Foussat Elementary is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Louise Foussat Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts for Louise Foussat Elementary: 520 students in 2020-21, 755 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 24.4:1.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oceanside Unified
- El Camino HighHigh · 2,463 students
- Oceanside HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMiddle · 1,098 students
- North Terrace ElementaryElementary · 771 students
- Ivey Ranch ElementaryElementary · 698 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 621 students
Other schools in Oceanside
- El Camino HighHigh · 2,463 students
- Coastal Academy CharterCombined · 2,015 students
- Oceanside HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Mission Vista HighHigh · 1,670 students
- SIATechHigh · 1,174 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 1,158 students
Nearby schools
- Nichols Elementary0.8 mi · 522
- Scholarship Prep - Oceanside0.8 mi · 626
- Pablo Tac School of the Arts1.3 mi · 425
- El Camino High1.5 mi · 2,463
- Cesar Chavez Middle1.6 mi · 557
- Libby Elementary1.6 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About Louise Foussat ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Louise Foussat Elementary?
Louise Foussat Elementary enrolls approximately 755 students in grades KG-05.
Is Louise Foussat Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Louise Foussat Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Louise Foussat Elementary have?
Louise Foussat Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
How diverse is Louise Foussat Elementary?
Louise Foussat Elementary reports a student body of 11% White, 70% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Louise Foussat Elementary?
Louise Foussat Elementary is overseen by Oceanside Unified in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.