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What's something FOSTER EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870000245
Foster Elementary School
1025 HIGH POINT RD, ARLINGTON, TX 76015 · (682) 867-5350 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
444 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 18.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Foster Elementary School
Foster Elementary School's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Elementary School this school | 524 | 84.7% | 33.5% |
| Dr Lynn Armstrong Elementary School MISSOURI CITY | 517 | 83.6% | 32.6% |
| Kujawa Elementary School HOUSTON | 562 | 85.2% | 28.9% |
| Joan Link Elementary School HOUSTON | 556 | 86.3% | 24.7% |
| Stephanie Cravens Early Childhood HOUSTON | 556 | 86.5% | N/A |
| Bell Elementary School HOUSTON | 539 | 87.6% | 34.9% |
Matched among Texas 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #3,313 of 4,401 | #214 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,814 of 4,466 ▼ 612 | #186 of 339 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #3,429 of 4,466 ▼ 348 | #239 of 339 ▼ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,253 of 3,998 | #170 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #2,301 of 4,938 | #154 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #810 of 4,622 | #51 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #2,619 of 4,628 | #270 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #1,579 of 4,789 | #117 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #2,052 of 2,838 | #184 of 242 |
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
524
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 524 | 40.4 | 13.0:1 | 85% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 37.9 | 13.5:1 | 89% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 37.6 | 13.8:1 | 90% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 41 | 12.4:1 | 87% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 579 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 84% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 686 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 84% (575) |
| 2010-11 | 694 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 83% (577) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 62% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 35 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foster Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (579 to 524); teachers up 6% (38 to 40.4).
About Foster Elementary School
Foster Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in ARLINGTON, Texas. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 524 students.
Foster Elementary School reports to ARLINGTON ISD, which has 75 schools and 53,394 students.
At 69%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Foster Elementary School combined. The school is also 21% Black, 4% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. The chance that two students picked at random at Foster Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
With 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Foster Elementary School was 13.0:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. Foster Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 85%. The average for public schools in Tarrant County is 63%.
Test results at Foster Elementary School are 4.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (33.5% actual, 37.5% predicted).
In the county around the school, Tarrant County, median household income is about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 639 public schools operate in Tarrant County, serving about 385,835 students.
Gunn Junior High School is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Foster Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 524 was 3% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 507.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Foster Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Other Foster Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 5 states are named Foster Elementary. Foster Elementary School is the largest of the 11.
- Foster Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 370 students
- Foster Elementary SchoolRIESEL, TX · 355 students
- Foster Elementary SchoolKINGWOOD, TX · 343 students
- Foster Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 334 students
- Foster ElementarySan Diego, CA · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Gunn Junior High School0.9 mi · 879
- Basepoint Academy - Arlington0.9 mi · 15
- Burgin Elementary School1.2 mi · 561
- Short Elementary School1.3 mi · 406
- McNutt Elementary School1.4 mi · 675
- Workman Junior High School1.4 mi · 1,162
Frequently asked questions
About Foster Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Foster Elementary School?
Foster Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Foster Elementary School serve?
Foster Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Foster Elementary School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Foster Elementary School.
How diverse is Foster Elementary School?
Foster Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 69% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Foster Elementary School?
Foster Elementary School is overseen by ARLINGTON ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.