Cascadia Elementary

Located at 1700 N 90th Street, in Seattle, Washington, Cascadia Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus that instructs 531 students (grades K through 5), operated by Seattle School District No. 1. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Cascadia Elementary sits 40% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 107 schools in Seattle School District No. 1 (50,773 students total), Cascadia Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Cascadia Elementary logs that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 20% multiracial, 19% Asian, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with King County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Cascadia 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 75.0%; this one delivers 96.5%, a residual of +21.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for King County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, King County runs 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), of which Cascadia Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Robert Eagle Staff Middle School, roughly 0.2 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), Cascadia Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.2%.

Cascadia Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cascadia Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 525 students in 2018 to 531 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 71% to 52%.

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