Cascade Ridge Elementary

Cascade Ridge Elementary is a primary school of moderately sized scale in SAMMAMISH, Washington, operated by Issaquah School District, instructing 391 students in grades K through 5.

Issaquah School District comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 19,098 students; Cascade Ridge Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Cascade Ridge Elementary logs that the largest single group is Asian, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 24% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 21% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Cascade Ridge Elementary records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 4% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than King County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, Cascade Ridge Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 77.6%; this one delivers 91.1%, a residual of +13.5 points.

Around the school, King County reports that median household earnings sit near $124,746, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Cascade Ridge Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Endeavour Elementary School, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cascade Ridge Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 79.6%.

Cascade Ridge Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Cascade Ridge Elementary's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 515 (now 391). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 43% to 24%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Cascade Ridge Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.