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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEDRO-WOOLLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530774001273

Cascade Middle School

905 McGarigle Rd, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 · (360) 855-3520 · Skagit County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
Enrollment
670
Middle
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 577
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
374 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 732448%
Grade 834652%
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 68% · US 70%
White
43765%
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 47% · US 43%
Hispanic
17827%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 27% · US 30%
Black
61%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 9% · US 6%
Two+
335%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 9% · US 5%
Native American
91%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 2% · US 0%
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
Male
35052%
Female
31847%

School pathway

Feeds from
Big Lake Elementary SchoolKG–06Central Elementary SchoolKG–06Clear Lake Elementary SchoolKG–06Evergreen Elementary SchoolKG–06Lyman Elementary SchoolKG–06Mary Purcell Elementary SchoolKG–06Samish Elementary SchoolKG–06
Based on grade levels within Sedro-Woolley School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Standard
English Language Arts
37.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -11.4pp since 2014
Math
29.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -9.0pp since 2014

What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 38 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 down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.

Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2537.6%29.9%
2023-2439.8%30.3%
2022-2338.6%28.2%
2021-2240.3%25.8%
2018-1955.3%38.8%
2017-1858.4%45.8%
2016-1743.6%39.6%
2015-1646.5%39.1%
2014-1549.0%39.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →

Where Cascade Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Washington
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
34.5%#197 of 294
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
29.9%#215 of 357
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
37.6%#269 of 357
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+0.7pp#187 of 290
Enrollment
ranked largest first
670#148 of 377
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
20.2:1#225 of 340
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
49.8%#237 of 340
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
55.8%#143 of 359
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+3.9%#94 of 130
Ranked against other public middle 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.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
670
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 20.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2567033.220.2:156% (374)
2023-2467833.820.0:156% (383)
2022-2369733.221.0:158% (407)
2020-216883320.9:153% (367)
2017-186453319.6:151% (327)
2015-165963218.6:156% (332)
2010-116113119.7:149% (302)
2000-016333518.1:1N/A
1990-915783118.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cascade Middle School.

About Cascade Middle School

Cascade Middle School runs as a medium-sized middle school in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. It educates 670 students in grades 7 through 8.

Sedro-Woolley School District oversees Cascade Middle School and 10 other schools, with 4,600 students in total.

By race and ethnicity, Cascade Middle School is 65% White. After that, the student body is 27% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Skagit County is about 75% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Cascade Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.

The school employs the equivalent of 33.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 20.2:1. Among middle schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 18.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 56%. That is close to the 56% average for public schools in Skagit County.

Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cascade Middle School's results are 8.3 points below predicted: 34.5% against 42.8%.

County data help place the school in context: in Skagit County, median household income is about $89,263, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Skagit County number 54 and enroll about 18,298.

The next-closest public school is Evergreen Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Cascade Middle School. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Cascade Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.

Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 688 to 670.

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Skagit County at a glance

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Population
131,328
Census ACS
Median income
$89,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
18,298 students

Quick facts

School name
Cascade Middle School
District
Sedro-Woolley School District
Address
905 McGarigle Rd, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284
Phone
(360) 855-3520
County
Skagit County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–08
Total enrollment
670
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
20.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
374 (56%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
530774001273
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Cascade Middle School
How large is Cascade Middle School?
Cascade Middle School enrolls approximately 670 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Cascade Middle School serve?
Cascade Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cascade Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cascade Middle School is approximately 20.2:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cascade Middle School?
Cascade Middle School reports a student body of 65% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Cascade Middle School?
Cascade Middle School is overseen by Sedro-Woolley School District in Skagit County.
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