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Foothills High ranks 552 nd of 2123 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Foothills High?

In the 2021-22 school year, 188 students attended Foothills High.

What is the racial makeup of Foothills High?

Students at Foothills High are 40% Hispanic, 33% White, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 4% American Indian.

Foothills High School in San Marcos CA

Performance Trends

Compare Details Foothills High ranks better than 74% of high schools in California. It also ranks 3^rd among 4 ranked high schools in the San Marcos Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 68.88. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Foothills High has the smallest high school student body size in the San Marcos Unified School District. Student population at Foothills High is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (40.4%), White (33%), Asian (13.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 43.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the San Marcos Unified School District. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Foothills High is 34.7, which is the highest among 4 high schools in the San Marcos Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Foothills High employs 5.4 full-time teachers.

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Schooldigger 2022 Rankings:

Foothills High:

SchoolDigger ranks Foothills High 552^nd of 2123 California public high schools. (See Foothills High in the ranking list.)

San Marcos Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Marcos Unified 380^th of 1535 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Foothills High

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Rank History for all students at Foothills High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	35.12	805^th	1653	51.3%
2005	47.78	635^th	1901	66.6%
2006	31.40	1053^rd	1968	46.5%
2007	35.11	1014^th	2063	50.8%
2008	29.63	1179^th	2117	44.3%
2009	43.88	911^th	2238	59.3%
2010	45.16	890^th	2281	61.0%
2011	66.21	371^st	2367	84.3%
2012	40.27	1044^th	2354	55.6%
2013	38.68	1087^th	2426	55.2%
2015	41.68	1143^rd	1994	42.7%
2016	43.54	1133^rd	2039	44.4%
2017	20.81	1495^th	2021	26.0%
2018	22.05	1475^th	2017	26.9%
2019	37.26	1283^rd	2133	39.8%
2022	68.88	552^nd	2123	74.0%

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Foothills High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	47.89	990^th	1937	48.9%

Rank History for Female students at Foothills High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.06	1378^th	1760	21.7%
2019	34.88	1174^th	1833	36.0%
2022	61.56	591^st	1858	68.2%

Rank History for Male students at Foothills High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	44.28	993^rd	1880	47.2%

Rank History for Hispanic students at Foothills High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	50.77	851^st	1814	53.1%

Rank History for White students at Foothills High

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	24.28	948^th	1222	22.4%

Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Foothills High

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1990	99	0	0	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	124
1991	118	2	1	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	159
1992	112	3	3	62	2	n/a	n/a	0	182
1993	150	3	3	72	0	n/a	n/a	0	228
1994	163	5	4	68	1	n/a	n/a	0	241
1995	183	5	6	85	1	n/a	n/a	0	280
1996	183	5	6	85	1	n/a	n/a	0	280
1997	69	7	6	82	0	n/a	n/a	0	164
1998	64	4	4	80	3	n/a	n/a	0	155
1999	70	5	1	65	1	n/a	n/a	0	142
2000	76	5	6	61	0	n/a	n/a	0	148
2001	66	3	4	77	1	n/a	n/a	0	151
2002	61	3	8	51	0	n/a	n/a	0	123
2003	61	3	8	51	0	n/a	n/a	0	123
2004	50	6	4	65	1	n/a	n/a	0	126
2005	45	4	6	75	2	n/a	n/a	0	132
2006	51	2	8	60	3	n/a	n/a	0	124
2007	29	2	2	66	1	n/a	n/a	1	101
2008	23	1	1	72	1	n/a	n/a	0	98
2009	24	2	4	82	2	0	0	0	114
2010	14	0	4	70	0	1	0	0	89
2011	25	1	2	73	0	0	3	0	104
2012	35	4	0	71	0	1	2	0	113
2013	34	2	3	74	1	1	5	0	120
2014	28	7	1	64	1	0	1	0	102
2015	26	1	0	57	2	0	3	0	89
2016	19	3	0	45	2	0	0	0	69
2017	15	2	0	35	1	0	0	0	53
2018	16	3	0	33	2	0	0	0	54
2019	51	4	5	52	6	0	0	0	118
2020	41	2	3	72	2	0	2	0	122
2021	18	0	0	27	0	0	2	0	47
2022	62	1	26	76	8	0	14	1	188

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Foothills High

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	124	1.0	124.0	n/a
1991	159	3.0	53.0	n/a
1992	182	3.0	60.6	n/a
1993	228	4.0	57.0	0
1994	241	4.0	60.3	0
1995	280	3.0	93.3	0
1996	280	3.0	93.3	0
1997	164	3.0	54.7	36.6
1998	155	3.0	51.7	23.9
1999	142	3.0	47.3	19.7
2000	148	4.0	37.0	7.4
2001	151	4.0	37.8	32.5
2002	123	2.5	49.2	36.6
2003	123	2.5	49.2	36.6
2004	126	2.5	50.4	32.5
2005	132	3.5	37.7	33.3
2006	124	3.5	35.4	21
2007	101	3.5	28.9	40
2008	98	0.5	196.0	51
2009	114	3.8	29.2	97.4
2010	89	4.4	19.8	60.7
2011	104	n/a	n/a	65.4
2012	113	4.4	25.2	97.3
2013	120	5.4	21.9	52.5
2014	102	4.4	22.8	53.9
2015	89	4.0	22.2	50.6
2016	69	4.0	17.2	49.3
2017	53	3.2	16.5	60.4
2018	54	1.5	36.0	68.5
2019	118	n/a	n/a	44.1
2020	122	n/a	n/a	41.8
2021	47	2.5	18.8	40.4
2022	188	5.4	34.7	43.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch

For information about the National School Lunch Program, see the USDA Website

Student/Teacher Ratio Foothills High

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	124	1.0	124.0	n/a
1991	159	3.0	53.0	n/a
1992	182	3.0	60.6	n/a
1993	228	4.0	57.0	0
1994	241	4.0	60.3	0
1995	280	3.0	93.3	0
1996	280	3.0	93.3	0
1997	164	3.0	54.7	36.6
1998	155	3.0	51.7	23.9
1999	142	3.0	47.3	19.7
2000	148	4.0	37.0	7.4
2001	151	4.0	37.8	32.5
2002	123	2.5	49.2	36.6
2003	123	2.5	49.2	36.6
2004	126	2.5	50.4	32.5
2005	132	3.5	37.7	33.3
2006	124	3.5	35.4	21
2007	101	3.5	28.9	40
2008	98	0.5	196.0	51
2009	114	3.8	29.2	97.4
2010	89	4.4	19.8	60.7
2011	104	n/a	n/a	65.4
2012	113	4.4	25.2	97.3
2013	120	5.4	21.9	52.5
2014	102	4.4	22.8	53.9
2015	89	4.0	22.2	50.6
2016	69	4.0	17.2	49.3
2017	53	3.2	16.5	60.4
2018	54	1.5	36.0	68.5
2019	118	n/a	n/a	44.1
2020	122	n/a	n/a	41.8
2021	47	2.5	18.8	40.4
2022	188	5.4	34.7	43.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Foothills High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Rank Pandemic (2021-2022)	Change (%)
Ranks 1283^rd of 2133 High schools	Ranks 552^nd of 2123 High schools	34.1%

Test Scores

	% proficient Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	% proficient Pandemic (2021-2022)	Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Foothills High)	43.3	68.8	25.4%
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (San Marcos Unified)	64.4	59.8	4.6%
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)	57.3	54.8	2.5%
11th Grade Mathematics (Foothills High)	8.3	21.4	13.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (San Marcos Unified)	37.5	30.4	7.2%
11th Grade Mathematics (California)	32.2	27	5.3%

Student Body

	Number of students Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Number of students Pandemic (2020-2021)	Change (%)
Total Students	118	47	60.2%
African American	4	0	100%
American Indian	6	0	100%
Asian	5	0	100%
Hispanic	52	27	48.1%
Pacific Islander	0	0
White	51	18	64.7%
Two or More Races	0	2
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	44.1%	40.4%	3.6%

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Foothills High

Student/Teacher Ratio Foothills High

Impact of COVID-19 on Foothills High

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