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Cedarhome Elementary School
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardWhat this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Cedarhome Elementary School
Cedarhome Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in STANWOOD, Washington, one of the schools within Stanwood-Camano School District, with 433 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.
Cedarhome Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Stanwood-Camano School District, a district that works with 4,880 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Cedarhome Elementary School shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Snohomish County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cedarhome Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 55.9%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Snohomish County) records that the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Cedarhome Elementary School is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students).
Lincoln Hill High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cedarhome Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cedarhome Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 49.2%.
Cedarhome Elementary School operates from a small-town location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cedarhome Elementary School has decreased 17%, going from 524 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 73%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for Cedarhome Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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