Cascade Locks School

Located at 300 Wa-na-pa St, in Cascade Locks, Oregon, Cascade Locks School is a rural-scale primary school that serves 65 students (grades K through 5), part of Hood River County SD. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 80% below typical.

Hood River County SD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,602 students; Cascade Locks School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cascade Locks School logs that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 32% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Hood River County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Cascade Locks School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.1%, the actual is 31.8%, a residual of -3.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Hood River County shows median household earnings sit near $88,947, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cascade Locks School is one of 8 public schools in Hood River County (combined enrollment of about 3,602 students).

The closest other public school is Stevenson Elementary, roughly 2.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Cascade Locks School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cascade Locks School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cascade Locks School has shrank 6%, going from 69 students in 2018 to 65 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 in 2025.

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