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If you had an hour of school board time for Cascade View Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUKWILA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530813002032
Cascade View Elementary
13601 32nd Avenue S, Tukwila, WA 98168 · (206) 901-7700 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Washington public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
20.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
388 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 67 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cascade View Elementary→Showalter Middle School
Based on grade levels within Tukwila School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
18.5%
WA avg 58.4% . -16.4pp since 2014
Math
17.2%
WA avg 51.2% . -27.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 28 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.5% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 15.1% | 16.8% |
| 2022-23 | 21.2% | 17.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.7% | 18.8% |
| 2018-19 | 32.8% | 26.0% |
| 2017-18 | 34.3% | 32.4% |
| 2016-17 | 41.0% | 40.1% |
| 2015-16 | 42.7% | 44.1% |
| 2014-15 | 34.9% | 44.9% |
% 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
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 View Elementary
Cascade View Elementary's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade View Elementary this school | 481 | 80.7% | 19.4% |
| Parkside Elementary Des Moines | 535 | 80.2% | 24.7% |
| White Center Heights Elementary Seattle | 527 | 75.1% | 32.0% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School FEDERAL WAY | 531 | 88.5% | 22.9% |
| Park Orchard Elementary School Kent | 473 | 71.0% | 28.6% |
| Tukwila Elementary TUKWILA | 458 | 71.4% | 39.9% |
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 View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #911 of 936 | #273 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #1,066 of 1,103 ▼ 16 | #275 of 281 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,073 of 1,102 ▲ 11 | #275 of 280 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.4pp | #109 of 928 | #35 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #346 of 1,268 | #93 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,069 of 1,085 | #274 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.1% | #117 of 1,088 | #65 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #107 of 1,169 | #11 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #737 of 778 | #209 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
481
+41 (+9%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 481 | 23.3 | 20.6:1 | 81% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 28.3 | 18.2:1 | 88% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 28.3 | 16.1:1 | 86% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 79% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 26.5 | 18.6:1 | 84% (415) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 28 | 17.0:1 | 90% (428) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 85% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 25 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 329 | 16 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cascade View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (492 to 481); teachers down 12% (26.5 to 23.3).
About Cascade View Elementary
Cascade View Elementary is an elementary school in Tukwila, Washington, according to federal school records. It educates 481 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 27% larger than the 380 average for elementary schools in Washington.
Tukwila School District is the local district for Cascade View Elementary. It runs 5 schools with 2,886 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Cascade View Elementary is Hispanic (32%). Enrollment also includes 29% Asian, 20% Black, 11% White, and 5% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 21 points above the 11% share among King County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Cascade View Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 76%.
The school reports 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 20.6 students per teacher. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 81%. The 38% average for public schools in King County is 43 points lower.
Measured against Washington public elementary schools, Cascade View Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 26.1%. Cascade View Elementary scores 19.4%.
Census estimates describe King County this way: median household income is about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 544 public schools in King County, with a combined enrollment of about 278,492.
The nearest public school is Glacier Middle School, at about 0.4 miles. Cascade View Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 25.5% proficiency; Cascade View Elementary posts 19.4%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 440 in 2020-21 and 481 in 2024-25, a rise of 41 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.6:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Tukwila School District
- Foster Senior High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Showalter Middle SchoolMiddle · 651 students
- Tukwila ElementaryElementary · 458 students
- Thorndyke ElementaryElementary · 386 students
- Gateway to CollegeHigh
- Renton Technical CollegeHigh
Other schools in Tukwila
- Foster Senior High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Impact Public SchoolsElementary · 505 students
- Tukwila ElementaryElementary · 458 students
- Raisbeck Aviation High SchoolHigh · 400 students
- Tukwila Online LearningHigh
Other Cascade View Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Cascade View Elementary. Cascade View Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Cascade View Elementary SchoolSnoqualmie, WA · 493 students
- Cascade View ElementarySnohomish, WA · 412 students
Nearby schools
- Glacier Middle School0.4 mi · 803
- Impact Public Schools0.7 mi · 505
- Foster Senior High School0.8 mi · 910
- Hilltop Elementary0.9 mi · 519
- Showalter Middle School1.0 mi · 651
- Thorndyke Elementary1.2 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Cascade View ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cascade View Elementary?
Cascade View Elementary enrolls approximately 481 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cascade View Elementary serve?
Cascade View Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cascade View Elementary?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at Cascade View Elementary.
How diverse is Cascade View Elementary?
Cascade View Elementary reports a student body of 11% White, 32% Hispanic, 20% Black, 29% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Cascade View Elementary?
Cascade View Elementary is overseen by Tukwila School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.