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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SNOHOMISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530802001322
Cathcart Elementary
8201 188th St SE, Snohomish, WA 98296 · (360) 563-7075 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Washington public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
16.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
141 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
59.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +5.7pp since 2014
Math
58.5%
WA avg 51.2% . +3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.5% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 62.9% |
| 2022-23 | 62.7% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.2% | 54.9% |
| 2018-19 | 67.2% | 61.8% |
| 2017-18 | 66.0% | 60.9% |
| 2016-17 | 66.7% | 63.0% |
| 2015-16 | 61.6% | 59.1% |
| 2014-15 | 53.8% | 55.2% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Cathcart Elementary
Cathcart Elementary's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathcart Elementary this school | 497 | 28.4% | 62.4% |
| William Wiley Elementary School West Richland | 493 | 27.8% | N/A |
| Ridge View Elementary School KENNEWICK | 471 | 28.2% | N/A |
| Poulsbo Elementary School Poulsbo | 487 | 27.1% | 69.3% |
| Emerald Hills Elementary Bonney Lake | 551 | 28.9% | 69.9% |
| Riverview Elementary Snohomish | 489 | 25.4% | 51.0% |
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 Cathcart Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #225 of 936 | #28 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #280 of 1,103 ▼ 62 | #38 of 106 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #312 of 1,102 ▼ 37 | #39 of 106 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #466 of 928 | #58 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #299 of 1,268 | #57 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #808 of 1,085 | #76 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #821 of 1,088 | #99 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #956 of 1,169 | #82 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.3% | #50 of 257 | #6 of 37 |
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
497
+101 (+26%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 659
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 497 | 29.3 | 16.9:1 | 28% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 24.4 | 17.9:1 | 28% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 24.4 | 17.8:1 | 28% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 26% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 22.6 | 17.8:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 19 | 20.5:1 | 21% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 22 | 20.8:1 | 26% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 27 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 659 | 30 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cathcart Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (403 to 497); teachers up 30% (22.6 to 29.3).
About Cathcart Elementary
Snohomish, Washington, is home to Cathcart Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 497 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average enrollment is about 380.
Federal data list 18 schools in Snohomish School District, with 9,732 students enrolled.
White students are 69% of those enrolled at Cathcart Elementary. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 16.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Cathcart Elementary, which has 29.3. The ratio is within a point of the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 28%. The rate at public schools in Snohomish County averages 41%, higher than here.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Cathcart Elementary outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 61.2% for a school in Washington with Cathcart Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Cathcart Elementary posts 62.4%.
In Snohomish County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $111,246 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Cathcart Elementary, Snohomish County has 227 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Maltby Elementary, is about 1.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Cathcart Elementary ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased by 26% across 4 years, from 396 in 2020-21 to 497 in 2024-25.
The Cathcart Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Snohomish School District
- Glacier Peak High SchoolHigh · 1,642 students
- Snohomish High SchoolHigh · 1,496 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
Other schools in Snohomish
- Glacier Peak High SchoolHigh · 1,642 students
- Snohomish High SchoolHigh · 1,496 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Maltby Elementary1.9 mi · 334
- Hidden River Middle School1.9 mi · 313
- Ruby Bridges Elementary2.4 mi · 503
- Gateway Middle School2.4 mi · 1,057
- Tambark Creek Elementary School2.5 mi · 740
- Forest View Elementary School2.6 mi · 634
Frequently asked questions
About Cathcart ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cathcart Elementary?
Cathcart Elementary enrolls approximately 497 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Cathcart Elementary serve?
Cathcart Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Cathcart Elementary have?
Cathcart Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Cathcart Elementary?
Student demographics at Cathcart Elementary are roughly 69% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Cathcart Elementary in?
Cathcart Elementary is part of Snohomish School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.