Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERN DUBUQUE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193135001824
Cascade Elementary School
110 Harrison St SE, Cascade, IA 52033 · (563) 663-9639 · Dubuque County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
113 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 41%
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 | 36 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 48% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
86.6%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 86.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.6% | 86.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
78.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 (78.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Elementary School this school | 305 | 37.0% | 78.2% |
| Rock Run Elementary Iowa Falls | 292 | 40.1% | 80.0% |
| Akron Westfield Elementary School Akron | 258 | 35.3% | 85.8% |
| Pineview Elementary Iowa Falls | 281 | 40.2% | N/A |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School Council Bluffs | 271 | 33.9% | 68.0% |
| South O'Brien Elem School - Primghar Center Primghar | 328 | 38.1% | 73.4% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Iowa | In Dubuque County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #164 of 564 | #5 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #87 of 564 ▼ 7 | #2 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #334 of 564 ▼ 82 | #8 of 16 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #366 of 705 | #10 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #299 of 561 | #11 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #391 of 561 | #12 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #404 of 666 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #342 of 359 | #7 of 7 |
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
305
+17 (+6%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 199
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 305 | 22.5 | 13.6:1 | 37% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 22.4 | 13.3:1 | 34% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 21.4 | 13.2:1 | 28% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 35% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 25.5 | 12.2:1 | 41% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 265 | 19 | 13.9:1 | 42% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 214 | 13 | 16.5:1 | 40% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 189 | 11 | 17.2:1 | 26% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 199 | 8 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cascade Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (311 to 305); teachers down 12% (25.5 to 22.5).
About Cascade Elementary School
Cascade Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Western Dubuque Comm School District, located in Cascade, Iowa. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 305 students.
The district, Western Dubuque Comm School District, has 3,643 students enrolled across 8 schools.
The share of students at Cascade Elementary School who are White is 87%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic. Dubuque County residents are about 89% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cascade Elementary School is 13.6:1, based on 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 37%. The average for public schools in Dubuque County is similar, at 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, Cascade Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Cascade Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.2% and a predicted 73.4%.
The county, Dubuque County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $77,630, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 26, with about 13,164 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Cascade Elementary School from the closest public school, Cascade Junior-Senior High School. The ten-mile area around Cascade Elementary School holds 5 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Cascade Elementary School at 4th of 8.
NCES assigns Cascade Elementary School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's enrollment rose 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dubuque County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,030
Census ACS
Median income
$77,630
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Western Dubuque Comm School District
- Western Dubuque High SchoolHigh · 927 students
- Drexler Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Peosta Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Cascade Junior-Senior High SchoolHigh · 392 students
- Epworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Dyersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
Other Cascade Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Cascade Elementary. Cascade Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 9.
- Cascade ElementaryWartrace, TN · 621 students
- Cascade ElementaryEast Wenatchee, WA · 568 students
- Cascade Elementary SchoolKENNEWICK, WA · 509 students
- Cascade Elementary SchoolRenton, WA · 434 students
- Cascade ElementaryMarysville, WA · 382 students
Nearby schools
- Cascade Junior-Senior High School0.6 mi · 392
- Monticello Middle School9.9 mi · 305
- Monticello High School9.9 mi · 320
- Farley Elementary School10.0 mi · 273
- Drexler Middle School10.0 mi · 639
- Carpenter Elementary School10.3 mi · 208
Frequently asked questions
About Cascade Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cascade Elementary School?
Cascade Elementary School enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cascade Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cascade Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cascade Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cascade Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cascade Elementary School?
At Cascade Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Cascade Elementary School public or private?
Cascade Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Western Dubuque Comm School District.
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