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Enrollment
1,490
High
DISTRICT 1,237 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE STEVENS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530420003190
Cavelero Mid High School
8220 24th St SE, Lake Stevens, WA 98258 · (425) 335-1630 · Snohomish County
GRADES 08–09HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,490 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Washington public high schools
- BTest 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.
- A+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
442 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 756 | 51% |
| Grade 9 | 734 | 49% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Cavelero Mid High School→Lake Stevens Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Lake Stevens School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
58.6%
WA avg 58.4% . -4.9pp since 2014
Math
40.4%
WA avg 51.2% . -23.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 23 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.6% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 55.9% | 35.6% |
| 2022-23 | 54.3% | 33.9% |
| 2021-22 | 47.2% | 32.9% |
| 2018-19 | 63.5% | 50.7% |
| 2017-18 | 68.2% | 58.7% |
| 2016-17 | 64.4% | 60.0% |
| 2015-16 | 65.6% | 56.7% |
| 2014-15 | 63.4% | 63.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Cavelero Mid High School
Cavelero Mid High School's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavelero Mid High School this school | 1,490 | 29.7% | 46.7% |
| Central Kitsap High School SILVERDALE | 1,564 | 30.8% | 51.1% |
| Lake Stevens Sr High School Lake Stevens | 2,205 | 31.7% | 51.0% |
| Bonney Lake High School Bonney Lake | 1,643 | 33.5% | 55.5% |
| North Kitsap High School Poulsbo | 1,098 | 27.8% | 53.9% |
| Union High School Camas | 1,989 | 31.1% | N/A |
Matched among Washington high 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 Cavelero Mid High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #109 of 271 | #13 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #78 of 321 ▲ 17 | #8 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #159 of 327 ▲ 40 | #17 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.4pp | #20 of 259 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,490 | #92 of 570 | #14 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #144 of 311 | #4 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #122 of 316 | #17 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.7% | #331 of 386 | #29 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.9% | #58 of 136 | #8 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,490
+26 (+2%) vs 2020
+23% since 2010-11, when it was 1,208
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 1,490 | 73 | 20.4:1 | 30% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 1,455 | 72.2 | 20.2:1 | 33% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 1,501 | 73 | 20.6:1 | 35% (528) |
| 2020-21 | 1,464 | 69 | 21.2:1 | 26% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 1,331 | 62.1 | 21.4:1 | 27% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 1,295 | 60 | 21.6:1 | 29% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 1,208 | 53 | 22.8:1 | 24% (294) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cavelero Mid High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (1,331 to 1,490); teachers up 18% (62.1 to 73).
About Cavelero Mid High School
Cavelero Mid High School operates as a large high school in Lake Stevens, Washington. It educates 1,490 students in grades 8 through 9. The school's enrollment is 160% bigger than the 573 average for high schools in Washington.
Federal data list 14 schools in Lake Stevens School District, with 10,117 students enrolled.
White students are the majority at Cavelero Mid High School, with 60% of enrollment. It is also 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 4% Black. Cavelero Mid High School's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 73 full-time positions, a ratio of 20.4:1. That is lower than the 21.6:1 average for high schools in Washington. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 30%. The 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County is 11 points higher.
Cavelero Mid High School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 47% of Washington public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cavelero Mid High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.7%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Washington are predicted to post 60.3%, so the school is 13.6 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Snohomish County, the median household income is $111,246, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 227 public schools in Snohomish County, enrolling about 118,688 students in all.
Lake Stevens Middle School is the public school closest to Cavelero Mid High School, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 54.4% on proficiency, and Cavelero Mid High School is below that at 46.7%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,490, close to the 1,464 recorded in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Lake Stevens School District
- Lake Stevens Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,205 students
- North Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 842 students
- Lake Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Stevens Creek ElementaryElementary · 701 students
- Sunnycrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
Other schools in Lake Stevens
- Lake Stevens Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,205 students
- North Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 842 students
- Lake Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Stevens Creek ElementaryElementary · 701 students
- Sunnycrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Stevens Middle School1.1 mi · 709
- Skyline Elementary1.3 mi · 562
- Glenwood Elementary1.4 mi · 641
- Hillcrest Elementary School1.6 mi · 842
- Riverview Elementary2.5 mi · 489
- Centennial Middle School2.5 mi · 734
Frequently asked questions
About Cavelero Mid High SchoolHow large is Cavelero Mid High School?
Cavelero Mid High School enrolls approximately 1,490 students in grades 08-09.
What age range does Cavelero Mid High School serve?
Cavelero Mid High School serves students from grade 08 through grade 09.
How many students per teacher at Cavelero Mid High School?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Cavelero Mid High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cavelero Mid High School?
At Cavelero Mid High School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Cavelero Mid High School public or private?
Cavelero Mid High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Stevens School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.