As of January 2017 the school had students from 51 nations, speaking 44 different languages at home.

English was the most common home language, at approximately 42%, followed by Spanish (16%) Vietnamese (7%), Nepali (5%), Somali (5%) and Burmese (5%).

The Second Chance breakfast program was initially introduced in December 2017 as a pilot program, and won the United States Department of Agriculture Breakfast Champions Food Service Award for Innovation in March 2018.

[6] Washington State school districts with 70% or more of their students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs must implement an alternate breakfast program by the 2019 school year.

[6] Nearly 75% of Foster High School students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches in 2015–16.