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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Cascade High School this year?
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Enrollment
1,651
High
DISTRICT 831 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVERETT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530267000391
Cascade High School
801 E. Casino Rd., Everett, WA 98203 · (425) 385-6000 · Snohomish County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,651 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
1,010 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 9 | 356 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 431 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 448 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 416 | 25% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +39.4pp since 2014
Math
29.9%
WA avg 51.2% . +15.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 39 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 29.9% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 30.7% |
| 2022-23 | 65.1% | 28.4% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 32.2% |
| 2018-19 | 70.6% | 35.7% |
| 2017-18 | 71.4% | 35.7% |
| 2016-17 | 26.4% | 14.0% |
| 2015-16 | 16.8% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.4% | 14.9% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 High School
Cascade High School's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade High School this school | 1,651 | 61.2% | 46.1% |
| Auburn Mountainview High School Auburn | 1,560 | 58.5% | 37.5% |
| Auburn Senior High School AUBURN | 1,918 | 63.2% | 29.5% |
| Franklin Pierce High School TACOMA | 977 | 64.4% | 36.8% |
| Lynnwood High School BOTHELL | 1,335 | 52.1% | 44.4% |
| Mariner High School Everett | 2,106 | 62.5% | 40.5% |
Matched among Washington 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #114 of 271 | #14 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #153 of 321 ▼ 18 | #15 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #131 of 327 ▲ 26 | #11 of 26 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #137 of 259 | #12 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,651 | #56 of 570 | #6 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #231 of 311 | #11 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.7% | #38 of 316 | #3 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #112 of 386 | #7 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #87 of 164 | #7 of 12 |
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
1,651
-181 (-10%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 2,001
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 1,651 | 73.8 | 22.4:1 | 61% (1,010) |
| 2023-24 | 1,702 | 77.9 | 21.9:1 | 60% (1,016) |
| 2022-23 | 1,793 | 83.5 | 21.5:1 | 53% (947) |
| 2020-21 | 1,832 | 84 | 21.8:1 | 52% (944) |
| 2017-18 | 1,790 | 83.4 | 21.5:1 | 38% (681) |
| 2015-16 | 1,835 | 78 | 23.5:1 | 45% (822) |
| 2010-11 | 1,878 | 77 | 24.4:1 | 37% (701) |
| 2000-01 | 1,835 | 73 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 2,001 | 87 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cascade High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,790 to 1,651); teachers down 12% (83.4 to 73.8).
About Cascade High School
A large high school in Everett, Washington, Cascade High School is part of Everett School District. The latest federal count shows 1,651 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Washington is about 573 students, so this school is 188% bigger than average.
Everett School District counts 32 schools and 20,489 students, including Cascade High School.
White students are the largest group at Cascade High School, with 37% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 28% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among all residents of Snohomish County, the White share is about 64%. The chance that two students picked at random at Cascade High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.
Cascade High School employs 73.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 22.4:1. The average ratio among high schools in Washington is 21.6:1, lower than at this school. Cascade High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 61%. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County is 20 points.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.2%. Cascade High School scores 46.1%.
In Snohomish County (population about 844,430), median household income is about $111,246, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 227 public schools operate in Snohomish County, serving about 118,688 students.
The school nearest to Cascade High School is Evergreen Middle School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Cascade High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 39.1%; Cascade High School's is 46.1%, ranking 2nd of 7.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Cascade High School went from 1,832 students to 1,651.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Cascade High School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Everett School District
- Henry M. Jackson High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Heatherwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,031 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 890 students
Other schools in Everett
- Mariner High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Everett High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Gateway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Voyager Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 890 students
Other Cascade High schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Cascade High. Cascade High School is the largest of the 4.
- Cascade High SchoolLeavenworth, WA · 403 students
- Cascade High SchoolWartrace, TN · 539 students
- Cascade High SchoolCascade, MT · 111 students
Nearby schools
- Evergreen Middle School0.2 mi · 890
- Emerson Elementary School0.4 mi · 662
- Horizon Elementary0.7 mi · 550
- Madison Elementary1.1 mi · 405
- Jefferson Elementary1.2 mi · 503
- Mukilteo Reengagement Academy Open Doors1.3 mi · 81
Frequently asked questions
About Cascade High SchoolHow large is Cascade High School?
Cascade High School enrolls approximately 1,651 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Cascade High School serve?
Cascade High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cascade High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cascade High School is approximately 22.4:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cascade High School?
At Cascade High School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 28% Hispanic, 7% Black, 17% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Cascade High School?
Cascade High School is overseen by Everett School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.