📍 13900 Foster Ave., Baldwin Park, Los Angeles County, 91706
Foster Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Baldwin Park, Los Angeles County. The school has 425 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Wendy Enriquez. It is part of the Baldwin Park Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
Foster Elementary enrolls 425 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 5.6% Asian and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 399 | 94% |
| Asian | 24 | 5.6% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
361 of the school's 425 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Foster Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Foster Elementary is one of 18 schools in Baldwin Park Unified, based in Baldwin Park, California. The district serves 9,346 students district-wide and employs 496 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 425 students, Foster Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 519 students per school.