FOSTER EL

Set in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, FOSTER EL is a small primary school, one of the schools within SAN ANTONIO ISD. It teaches 370 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so FOSTER EL sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

SAN ANTONIO ISD comprises 100 schools with combined enrollment of 47,623 students; FOSTER EL is among them.

Demographically, FOSTER EL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). Beyond that, the school lists 10% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FOSTER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.9%; this one delivers 25.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Bexar County shows median household earnings sit near $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), FOSTER EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SCHENCK EL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FOSTER EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.4%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. FOSTER EL's enrollment has edged down 43% since 2018, when it stood at 644 (now 370).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.