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Foster City Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
461 Beach Park Blvd.
Foster City, CA 94404
Phone
(650) 312-7522
District
SAN MATEO-FOSTER CITY
County
SAN MATEO COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
759
Classroom Teachers
36

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.1% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Foster City Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
82%
43%
80%
42%
84%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
84%
42%
82%
44%
85%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
80%
40%
80%
47%
80%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
21
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 126 16.6%
Grade 1 128 16.9%
Grade 2 107 14.1%
Grade 3 133 17.5%
Grade 4 107 14.1%
Grade 5 158 20.8%
Total 759 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 23.0% 21.5% 22.7%
Black 0.9% 0.8% 5.4%
Hispanic 10.6% 43.5% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 64.9% 32.0% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 2.2% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 6.7% 28.4% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 6.6% 26.7% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.1% 1.6% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 139,731 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 7,821.8 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.4% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.8% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.3% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 16.0% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 52,728 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 5.4% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.9% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 61.2% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 48.6% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.9% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.0% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.5% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.9% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.7% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 4.4% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,415 $97,218,495 44.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $776 $8,965,128 4.1%
Staff $520 $6,007,560 2.7%
General Administration $189 $2,183,517 1.0%
School Administration $895 $10,339,935 4.7%
Operation $1,044 $12,061,332 5.5%
Transportation $268 $3,096,204 1.4%
Other $607 $7,012,671 3.2%
Total Support $4,297 $49,643,241 22.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,215 $71,801,895 32.8%
Total Expenditures $18,928 $218,675,184 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%