Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000092
Cascade Elementary School
1654 S Alvarado Terrace SW, Atlanta, GA 30311 · (404) 802-8100 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
314 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
19.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.7pp since 2021
Math
19.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.4% | 19.5% |
| 2023-24 | 15.8% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 9.4% | 16.9% |
| 2021-22 | 12.7% | 18.1% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cascade Elementary School
Cascade Elementary School's state test result (18.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Elementary School this school | 314 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
| Jenkins-White Elementary School Augusta | 336 | 100.0% | 11.1% |
| Robert Shaw Theme School Scottdale | 307 | 100.0% | 73.0% |
| West Town Elementary School Albany | 309 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| Randolph County Elementary School Cuthbert | 294 | 100.0% | 26.2% |
| Barack and Michelle Obama Academy Atlanta | 297 | 100.0% | 27.2% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cascade Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #1,079 of 1,208 | #97 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #1,076 of 1,215 ▼ 57 | #98 of 113 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #1,027 of 1,215 ▲ 94 | #89 of 113 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #444 of 1,183 | #62 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,229 of 1,324 | #105 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #6 of 1,301 | #3 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.4% | #1,277 of 1,301 | #108 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #14 of 1,312 | #12 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #133 of 854 | #22 of 92 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
314
-50 (-14%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 11.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 314 | 38.3 | 8.2:1 | 100% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 32.9 | 8.9:1 | 99% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 33.4 | 10.4:1 | 100% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 33 | 11.0:1 | 100% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 35.9 | 11.9:1 | 100% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 99% (454) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 95% (390) |
| 2000-01 | 428 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 99% (425) |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 21 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cascade Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (426 to 314); teachers up 7% (35.9 to 38.3).
About Cascade Elementary School
Cascade Elementary School is a small elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia, (ZIP code 30311). It serves 314 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 48% smaller than that.
Cascade Elementary School is one of 87 schools in Atlanta Public Schools, which enrolls 49,945 students in total.
At Cascade Elementary School, Black students make up 95% of the student body. The school is also 3% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 43%. Cascade Elementary School has a diversity index of 10%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 8.2:1 comes from the school's 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 62% average for public schools in Fulton County, the school's rate is higher.
Cascade Elementary School is 6.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (18.8% versus 25.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
In the county around the school, Fulton County, median household income is about $95,292, roughly 59% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Cascade Elementary School is among the 205 public schools in Fulton County.
The nearest public school is Beecher Hills Elementary School, at about 1.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Cascade Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Cascade Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was 364 in 2020-21 and 314 in 2024-25, a decrease of 50 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.0:1 to 8.2:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
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8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Cascade Elementary. Cascade Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 9.
- Cascade ElementaryWartrace, TN · 621 students
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- Cascade Elementary SchoolRenton, WA · 434 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Cascade Elementary SchoolHow large is Cascade Elementary School?
Cascade Elementary School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cascade Elementary School serve?
Cascade Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cascade Elementary School have?
Cascade Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cascade Elementary School?
At Cascade Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Cascade Elementary School public or private?
Cascade Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
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