Foster Elementary School

Located at 5526 Poplar, in Foster, Oregon, Foster Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community that serves 277 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Sweet Home SD 55.

Within Sweet Home SD 55, which oversees 7 schools and 2,249 students, Foster Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Foster Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Linn County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Foster Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 30.7%, a residual of -2.7 points.

In the broader community, Linn County reports that median household income runs about $76,329, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Linn County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), Foster Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hawthorne Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Foster Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Foster Elementary School has declined 16%, going from 328 students in 2018 to 277 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 4% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

On allk12, 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.