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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLFLOWER UNIFIED·NCES 060444000397
Stephen Foster Elementary
5223 East Bigelow St., Lakewood, CA 90712 · (562) 804-6518 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
20.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
332 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
56.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.5pp since 2014
Math
44.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.2% | 28.2% | 21.0% | 22.5% |
| Math | 18.0% | 26.8% | 27.2% | 28.0% |
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 | 56.5% | 44.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.3% | 50.2% |
| 2022-23 | 60.4% | 48.5% |
| 2021-22 | 57.9% | 44.6% |
| 2018-19 | 64.8% | 45.4% |
| 2017-18 | 62.2% | 47.9% |
| 2016-17 | 58.8% | 43.2% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Stephen Foster Elementary
Stephen Foster Elementary's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Foster Elementary this school | 501 | 66.3% | 52.8% |
| Toluca Lake Elementary North Hollywood | 503 | 65.4% | 54.1% |
| Nichols Elementary Oceanside | 522 | 67.2% | 33.2% |
| Leona H. Cox Community Elementary Canyon Country | 459 | 65.4% | 50.9% |
| Park Western Place Elementary San Pedro | 528 | 66.7% | 65.3% |
| Germain Academy For Academic Achievement Chatsworth | 564 | 69.0% | 43.5% |
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 Stephen Foster Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,535 of 5,151 | #349 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,940 of 5,172 ▼ 428 | #476 of 1,129 ▼ 140 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,582 of 5,172 ▼ 287 | #356 of 1,129 ▼ 67 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #1,592 of 5,116 | #276 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #2,417 of 5,915 | #488 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,299 of 5,352 | #392 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #1,276 of 5,354 | #196 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #3,159 of 5,625 | #884 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.5% | #510 of 3,837 | #222 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
501
-78 (-13%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 742
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 501 | 24.3 | 20.7:1 | 66% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 24.3 | 21.4:1 | 66% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 23.3 | 23.0:1 | 60% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 25 | 23.2:1 | 54% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 29 | 24.9:1 | 45% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 28 | 25.6:1 | 43% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | N/A | N/A | 40% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 704 | 33 | 21.3:1 | 28% (199) |
| 1990-91 | 742 | 28 | 26.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stephen Foster Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (721 to 501); teachers down 16% (29 to 24.3).
About Stephen Foster Elementary
Stephen Foster Elementary sits in Lakewood, California, and is classified as an elementary school. It had 501 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6.
Bellflower Unified serves 9,573 students across 15 schools.
Of every 100 students at Stephen Foster Elementary, about 55 are Hispanic. It is also 14% White, 11% multiracial, 11% Asian, and 7% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Stephen Foster Elementary scores 65%.
The school lists 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 66% of the student body.
Stephen Foster Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 75% of California public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Stephen Foster Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.8%; the prediction is 40.7%.
For the population of Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Los Angeles County counts 2,244 public schools with about 1,265,907 students.
Stephen Foster Elementary's nearest public school is Intensive Learning Center (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Stephen Foster Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 579 students in 2020-21 to 501 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.2:1 to 20.7:1.
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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 Bellflower Unified
- Mayfair HighHigh · 2,422 students
- Bellflower HighHigh · 1,997 students
- Intensive Learning CenterElementary · 646 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Esther Lindstrom ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Craig Williams ElementaryElementary · 478 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Mayfair HighHigh · 2,422 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 2,305 students
- Artesia HighHigh · 1,384 students
- Intensive Learning CenterElementary · 646 students
- Esther Lindstrom ElementaryElementary · 552 students
- Hoover MiddleMiddle · 505 students
Other Stephen Foster Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Stephen Foster Elementary. Stephen Foster Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- STEPHEN FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT LAUDERDALE, FL · 572 students
- STEPHEN FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGAINESVILLE, FL · 403 students
Nearby schools
- Intensive Learning Center0.3 mi · 646
- Bellflower Alternative Education Center0.5 mi · 9
- Craig Williams Elementary0.6 mi · 478
- Gompers0.7 mi · 366
- Buena Vista High1.0 mi · 180
- Odyssey STEM Academy1.0 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Stephen Foster ElementaryHow many students attend Stephen Foster Elementary?
Stephen Foster Elementary enrolls approximately 501 students in grades KG-06.
Is Stephen Foster Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stephen Foster Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Stephen Foster Elementary?
Approximately 20.7:1 students per teacher at Stephen Foster Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Stephen Foster Elementary?
Student demographics at Stephen Foster Elementary are roughly 14% White, 55% Hispanic, 7% Black, 11% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Stephen Foster Elementary in?
Stephen Foster Elementary is part of Bellflower Unified.
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