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Foster Senior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
4242 S 144th St
Tukwila, WA 98168
Phone
(206) 901-7900
District
Tukwila School District
County
KING COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
864
Classroom Teachers
42

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Washington

3

(10 is best)

Better than 26.1% of all WA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Foster Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
30%
45%
44%
61%
15%
30%
30%
45%
44%
61%
15%
30%
    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
17
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 219 25.3%
Grade 10 224 25.9%
Grade 11 204 23.6%
Grade 12 217 25.1%
Total 864 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 8.8% 11.1% 54.1%
Black 21.0% 19.6% 5.4%
Hispanic 38.6% 38.0% 27.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 26.3% 26.1% 9.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 5.2% 5.1% 3.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 79.2% 80.5% 49.5%
Free lunch eligible 68.1% 71.2% 41.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 11.1% 9.3% 7.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 20,773 7,785,786
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,822.9 115
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.8% 18.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 44.6% 35.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.0% 24.6%
65 OR OLDER 10.8% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,857 2,979,272
Single Parent Households With Children 9.0% 7.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 82.3% 92.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.7% 38.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.5% 26.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.6% 19.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.7% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.9% 15.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.5% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.3% 8.1%
$15,000 or less 8.4% 6.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,601 $28,781,000 50.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,891 $5,134,000 9.0%
Staff $992 $2,693,000 4.7%
General Administration $273 $740,000 1.3%
School Administration $969 $2,631,000 4.6%
Operation $1,506 $4,088,000 7.2%
Transportation $312 $846,000 1.5%
Other $1,016 $2,758,000 4.8%
Total Support $6,958 $18,890,000 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,434 $9,322,000 16.4%
Total Expenditures $20,992 $56,993,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,304 $10,161,875,000 47.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,229 $1,341,985,000 6.3%
Staff $1,102 $1,203,327,000 5.7%
General Administration $151 $165,353,000 0.8%
School Administration $933 $1,019,191,000 4.8%
Operation $1,211 $1,322,944,000 6.2%
Transportation $451 $492,914,000 2.3%
Other $727 $794,490,000 3.7%
Total Support $5,805 $6,340,204,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,311 $4,708,244,000 22.2%
Total Expenditures $19,419 $21,210,323,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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