📍 1800 Trailwood Village Dr, Kingwood, Harris County, 77339
Foster el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kingwood, Harris County. The school has 559 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brandy Heckman. It is part of the Humble Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Foster el enrolls 559 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 38% Hispanic or Latino and 9.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 246 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 211 | 38% |
| Black or African American | 53 | 9.5% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 22 | 3.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
282 of the school's 559 students (50%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 248 qualify for free lunch and 34 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. 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-20, state senate district 4, state house district 127.
Foster el is one of 50 schools in HUMBLE ISD, based in HUMBLE, Texas. The district serves 48,502 students district-wide and employs 3,344 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 559 students, Foster el is smaller than the district average of about 970 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large