📍 3919 Ward St, Houston, Harris County, 77021
Foster el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Houston, Harris County. The school has 380 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Felicia James. It is part of the Houston Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Foster el enrolls 380 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Black or African American, 9.7% Hispanic or Latino and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 338 | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 37 | 9.7% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
379 of the school's 380 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 378 qualify for free lunch and 1 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 13, state house district 146.
Foster el is one of 274 schools in HOUSTON ISD, based in HOUSTON, Texas. The district serves 176,727 students district-wide and employs 10,993 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 380 students, Foster el is smaller than the district average of about 645 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large