📍 1025 High Point Rd, Arlington, Tarrant County, 76015
Foster el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Arlington, Tarrant County. The school has 517 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jacquelyn Burden. It is part of the Arlington Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths.
Foster el enrolls 517 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Hispanic or Latino, 25% Black or African American and 5.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 331 | 64% |
| Black or African American | 130 | 25% |
| White | 28 | 5.4% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
467 of the school's 517 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 459 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Foster el 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. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 22, state house district 94.
Foster el is one of 75 schools in ARLINGTON ISD, based in ARLINGTON, Texas. The district serves 53,339 students district-wide and employs 3,860 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 517 students, Foster el is smaller than the district average of about 711 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large