Enrollment
392
High
DISTRICT 660 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERN DUBUQUE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193135001825
Cascade Junior-Senior High School
505 Johnson St NW, Cascade, IA 52033 · (563) 663-9640 · Dubuque County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Iowa public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
91 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 57 | 15% |
Student demographics
17%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
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
88.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 88.3% |
| 2023-24 | 87.5% | 87.8% |
% 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
84.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Junior-Senior High School
Cascade Junior-Senior High School's state test result (84.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Junior-Senior High School this school | 392 | 23.2% | 84.2% |
| Hudson High School Hudson | 371 | 23.7% | 81.2% |
| Wilton Jr-Sr High School Wilton | 447 | 23.9% | 70.2% |
| Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School Lawton | 339 | 23.9% | 86.1% |
| Central Lyon Secondary School Rock Rapids | 358 | 24.0% | 85.4% |
| West Delaware High School Manchester | 436 | 25.0% | 80.8% |
Matched among Iowa high 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 Junior-Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #23 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.3% | #7 of 314 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #138 of 314 ▼ 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #124 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #39 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.6% | #179 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #266 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.8% | #43 of 133 |
Ranked against other public high 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
392
+21 (+6%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 393
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 392 | 32.9 | 11.9:1 | 23% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 31.5 | 12.1:1 | 30% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 30.6 | 12.9:1 | 27% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 30% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 27.7 | 11.9:1 | 31% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 30% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 24% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 33 | 14.5:1 | 16% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 393 | 30 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cascade Junior-Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (330 to 392); teachers up 19% (27.7 to 32.9).
About Cascade Junior-Senior High School
Cascade Junior-Senior High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Cascade, Iowa. Students in grades 6 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 392 students.
Western Dubuque Comm School District is the district for Cascade Junior-Senior High School. It has 8 schools and 3,643 students.
The student body at Cascade Junior-Senior High School is 91% White. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 89% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is a 17% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 32.9 full-time equivalents, or about 11.9 students per teacher. On average, high schools in Iowa have 17.3:1, compared with 11.9:1 here. About 23% of students, or 91, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 39% for public schools in Dubuque County.
Cascade Junior-Senior High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of Iowa public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cascade Junior-Senior High School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (84.2%) and its predicted rate (80.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
Within Dubuque County, the median household income is $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%. In all, Dubuque County has 26 public schools and roughly 13,164 students.
The closest other public school is Cascade Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Within ten miles are 6 other public schools. On proficiency, Cascade Junior-Senior High School is ahead of the 77.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Cascade Junior-Senior High School's enrollment grew from 371 in 2020-21 to 392 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Epworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Dyersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Cascade Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
Nearby schools
- Cascade Elementary School0.6 mi · 305
- Monticello Middle School9.4 mi · 305
- Monticello High School9.4 mi · 320
- Carpenter Elementary School9.8 mi · 208
- Farley Elementary School10.0 mi · 273
- Drexler Middle School10.0 mi · 639
Frequently asked questions
About Cascade Junior-Senior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cascade Junior-Senior High School?
Cascade Junior-Senior High School enrolls approximately 392 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Cascade Junior-Senior High School serve?
Cascade Junior-Senior High School serves grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Cascade Junior-Senior High School have?
Cascade Junior-Senior High School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is Cascade Junior-Senior High School?
Cascade Junior-Senior High School reports a student body of 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Cascade Junior-Senior High School in?
Cascade Junior-Senior High School is part of Western Dubuque Comm School District.
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