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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771003390
Cascadia Elementary
1700 N 90th Street, Seattle, WA 98115 · (206) 252-5914 · King County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
41 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 135 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 24% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
98.2%
WA avg 58.4% . +6.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Washington average is about 58 of 100. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 98.2% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 97.3% | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 97.4% | 95.6% |
| 2021-22 | 97.3% | 97.7% |
| 2018-19 | 96.6% | 97.9% |
| 2017-18 | 97.0% | 95.7% |
| 2016-17 | 93.9% | 96.0% |
| 2015-16 | 92.0% | 93.3% |
| 2014-15 | 91.4% | 91.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
96.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 97% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 75% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Cascadia Elementary
Cascadia Elementary's state test result (96.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascadia Elementary this school | 531 | 7.7% | 96.5% |
| Moorlands Elementary Kenmore | 579 | 10.7% | 75.8% |
| Peter Kirk Elementary Kirkland | 592 | 6.1% | 78.0% |
| Totem Falls Snohomish | 412 | 10.9% | 71.4% |
| Bryant Elementary School SEATTLE | 470 | 5.3% | 80.4% |
| Timber Ridge Elementary School SNOQUALMIE | 607 | 12.0% | 79.4% |
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 Cascadia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 96.5% | #1 of 936 | #1 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.6% | #2 of 1,103 no change | #2 of 281 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 98.2% | #1 of 1,102 no change | #1 of 280 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #212 of 1,268 | #58 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,050 of 1,085 | #271 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #434 of 1,088 | #197 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.7% | #1,141 of 1,169 | #267 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #240 of 257 | #51 of 54 |
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
531
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 531 | 27.6 | 19.2:1 | 8% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 26.1 | 18.6:1 | 12% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 24.2 | 19.6:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 26.1 | 20.1:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 754 | 35 | 21.5:1 | 4% (28) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cascadia Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (525 to 531); teachers up 6% (26.1 to 27.6).
About Cascadia Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in Seattle, Washington, Cascadia Elementary is part of Seattle School District No. 1. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 531 students enrolled. It has 40% more students than the average for elementary schools in Washington (about 380).
Seattle School District No. 1 (107 schools, 50,773 students) runs Cascadia Elementary.
The share of White students at Cascadia Elementary is 52%, a majority. Other students are 20% multiracial, 19% Asian, and 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put King County at about 55% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
The school had 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 19.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. About 8% of students at Cascadia Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in King County is 38%.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Cascadia Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in Washington. Predicted: 75.0%. Actual: 96.5%.
King County is the school's county. There, 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. Cascadia Elementary shares King County with 543 other public schools.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Robert Eagle Staff Middle School, is the closest to Cascadia Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 96.5% is above the 62.2% average for nearby schools.
Cascadia Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 3%.
The allk12 page for Cascadia Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other schools in Seattle
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other Cascadia Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cascadia Elementary. Cascadia Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Cascadia ElementaryFerndale, WA · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Eagle Staff Middle School0.2 mi · 729
- Daniel Bagley Elementary School0.7 mi · 337
- Olympic View Elementary School0.8 mi · 341
- Greenwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 339
- Viewlands Elementary School1.3 mi · 290
- Green Lake Elementary School1.4 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Cascadia ElementaryHow many students attend Cascadia Elementary?
Cascadia Elementary enrolls approximately 531 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cascadia Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cascadia Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Cascadia Elementary have?
Cascadia Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Cascadia Elementary?
Student demographics at Cascadia Elementary are roughly 52% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 19% Asian, 20% Two or more.
Who oversees Cascadia Elementary?
Cascadia Elementary is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.