Louise Foussat Elementary

Louise Foussat Elementary is one of the heavily attended elementary-level communitys in Oceanside, California, run under Oceanside Unified, with 755 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 62% larger than typical.

Within Oceanside Unified, which oversees 23 schools and 14,866 students, Louise Foussat Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Louise Foussat Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 11% White, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Louise Foussat Elementary logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at Louise Foussat Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Louise Foussat Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.0%, the actual is 22.7%, a residual of -11.3 points.

Around the school, census data for San Diego County shows the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Louise Foussat Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nichols Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Louise Foussat Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Louise Foussat Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Louise Foussat Elementary's enrollment has grew 16% since 2018, when it stood at 649 (now 755). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 59% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.