Enrollment
197
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHORELINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530792003116
Cascade K-8 Community School
2800 NE 200th, Shoreline, WA 98155 · (206) 393-4180 · King County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Washington public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
34 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (21).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
73.9%
WA avg 58.4% . -13.4pp since 2014
Math
70.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.9% | 70.2% |
| 2023-24 | 76.4% | 71.5% |
| 2022-23 | 74.5% | 69.5% |
| 2021-22 | 71.2% | 61.9% |
| 2018-19 | 75.2% | 63.1% |
| 2017-18 | 82.0% | 70.0% |
| 2016-17 | 80.3% | 66.1% |
| 2015-16 | 81.5% | 65.7% |
| 2014-15 | 87.3% | 70.6% |
% 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
71.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 K-8 Community School
Cascade K-8 Community School's state test result (71.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade K-8 Community School this school | 197 | 17.3% | 71.9% |
| Boston Harbor Elementary OLYMPIA | 178 | 18.0% | 66.5% |
| Alki Elementary School SEATTLE | 269 | 14.1% | 74.2% |
| Cottage Lake Elementary Woodinville | 258 | 14.3% | 68.6% |
| Columbia Elementary School Bellingham | 187 | 24.6% | 62.4% |
| Odyssey Multiage Program Bainbridge Island | 177 | 10.7% | 77.2% |
Matched among Washington 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 K-8 Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #118 of 936 | #86 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #124 of 1,103 ▼ 10 | #82 of 281 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #108 of 1,102 ▼ 23 | #76 of 280 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #237 of 928 | #60 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #1,093 of 1,268 | #282 of 299 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.3% | #1,057 of 1,169 | #209 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #520 of 778 | #159 of 220 |
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
197
-12 (-6%) vs 2020
+63% since 2010-11, when it was 121
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 197 | 12.9 | 15.3:1 | 17% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 180 | 12.6 | 14.3:1 | 18% (32) |
| 2022-23 | 209 | 12.5 | 16.7:1 | 18% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 209 | 12 | 17.4:1 | 22% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 224 | 11.9 | 18.9:1 | 25% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 195 | 9 | 21.7:1 | 21% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 121 | 6 | 20.2:1 | 26% (31) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cascade K-8 Community School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (224 to 197); teachers up 8% (11.9 to 12.9).
About Cascade K-8 Community School
At 2800 NE 200th in Shoreline, Washington, Cascade K-8 Community School operates as a small elementary school. In all, 197 students attend the school in kindergarten through 8. The school is 48% below the average for elementary schools in Washington.
The district, Shoreline School District, has 9,717 students enrolled across 18 schools.
White students are 64% of those enrolled at Cascade K-8 Community School. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. In King County overall, about 55% of residents are White. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at Cascade K-8 Community School are from different groups.
Cascade K-8 Community School lists 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.3 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. About 17% of students at Cascade K-8 Community School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 38% average among public schools in King County.
Cascade K-8 Community School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of Washington public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Cascade K-8 Community School is 3.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 71.9%. Predicted: 68.6%.
For King County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $124,746, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 544 public schools and about 278,492 students.
The closest school to Cascade K-8 Community School is Home Education Exchange, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 57.1% on proficiency, and Cascade K-8 Community School is above that at 71.9%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 209 students in 2020-21 to 197 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.4:1 to 15.3:1.
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King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shoreline School District
- Shorecrest High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Shorewood High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Albert Einstein Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Briarcrest ElementaryElementary · 454 students
Other schools in Shoreline
- Shorecrest High SchoolHigh · 1,565 students
- Shorewood High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Albert Einstein Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kellogg Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Meridian Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
- Briarcrest ElementaryElementary · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Home Education Exchange0.0 mi · 125
- Lake Forest Park Elementary1.0 mi · 378
- Brier Elementary1.3 mi · 389
- Terrace Park Elementary1.3 mi · 295
- Challenge Elementary1.3 mi · 414
- Brookside Elementary1.4 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Cascade K-8 Community SchoolHow many students attend Cascade K-8 Community School?
Cascade K-8 Community School enrolls approximately 197 students in grades KG-08.
Is Cascade K-8 Community School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cascade K-8 Community School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Cascade K-8 Community School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Cascade K-8 Community School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cascade K-8 Community School?
At Cascade K-8 Community School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Cascade K-8 Community School in?
Cascade K-8 Community School is part of Shoreline School District.
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