Cascade View Elementary

Cascade View Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary school in Tukwila, Washington, operated by Tukwila School District, enrolls 481 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Cascade View Elementary sits 27% above that benchmark.

Tukwila School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,886 students; Cascade View Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cascade View Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Asian, 20% Black, 11% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cascade View Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.1%, the actual is 19.4%, a residual of -6.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for King County shows median household income runs about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Cascade View Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Glacier Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cascade View Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 25.5%.

Cascade View Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cascade View Elementary has showed little movement, going from 492 students in 2018 to 481 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 15% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 today.

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