📍 200 N Williams St, Riesel, McLennan County, 76682
Foster el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Riesel, McLennan County. The school has 329 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brittni Summers. It is part of the Riesel Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Foster el enrolls 329 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 236 | 72% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 68 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 5.5% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
190 of the school's 329 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 167 qualify for free lunch and 23 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 a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 56.
Foster el is one of 2 schools in RIESEL ISD, based in RIESEL, Texas. The district serves 689 students district-wide and employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 329 students, Foster el is close to the district average of about 345 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant