📍 6550 51st St., San Diego, San Diego County, 92120
Foster Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Diego, San Diego County. The school has 482 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Gina Camacho-mcgrath. It is part of the San Diego Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
Foster Elementary enrolls 482 students across grades K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 20.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 188 | 39% |
| White | 138 | 29% |
| Two or more races | 62 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 52 | 11% |
| Asian | 38 | 7.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
281 of the school's 482 students (58%) 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 an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 175 schools in San Diego Unified, based in San Diego, California. The district serves 95,175 students district-wide and employs 4,290 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 482 students, Foster Elementary is close to the district average of about 544 students per school.