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Foothills 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
158 Cassou Rd.
San Marcos, CA 92069
Phone
(760) 290-2544
District
San Marcos Unified
County
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
107
Classroom Teachers
5

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

5

(10 is best)

Better than 48.3% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Foothills High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
33%
41%
59%
55%
7%
27%
33%
41%
59%
55%
7%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
21
24
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 1 1 0.9%
Grade 3 3 2.8%
Grade 5 3 2.8%
Grade 6 2 1.9%
Grade 7 4 3.7%
Grade 8 9 8.4%
Grade 9 7 6.5%
Grade 10 19 17.8%
Grade 11 26 24.3%
Grade 12 33 30.8%
Total 107 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 41.6% 41.4% 23.2%
Black 1.0% 0.0% 5.1%
Hispanic 47.5% 48.4% 57.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.9% 8.5% 13.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 4.0% 1.7% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 42.1% 37.0% 59.8%
Free lunch eligible 41.1% 36.4% 52.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.9% 0.7% 7.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 126,823 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,045.7 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.0% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.2% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.8% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.5% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 42,445 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 8.0% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.0% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 43.1% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 33.2% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.1% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.3% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.0% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.1% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.7% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 6.5% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,565 $167,288,000 57.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $757 $14,785,000 5.1%
Staff $408 $7,963,000 2.8%
General Administration $149 $2,902,000 1.0%
School Administration $741 $14,478,000 5.0%
Operation $1,233 $24,076,000 8.3%
Transportation $246 $4,796,000 1.7%
Other $509 $9,939,000 3.4%
Total Support $4,042 $78,939,000 27.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,206 $43,097,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $14,813 $289,324,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,891 $52,040,046,000 48.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $997 $5,835,934,000 5.4%
Staff $932 $5,455,332,000 5.1%
General Administration $247 $1,445,763,000 1.4%
School Administration $991 $5,801,460,000 5.4%
Operation $1,401 $8,201,416,000 7.7%
Transportation $246 $1,439,454,000 1.3%
Other $846 $4,952,067,000 4.6%
Total Support $5,661 $33,131,426,000 30.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,746 $21,924,446,000 20.5%
Total Expenditures $18,298 $107,095,918,000 100.0%
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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