Pacific Cascade Middle School

Pacific Cascade Middle School operates as an average-sized middle-grades school in Issaquah, Washington, one of the schools within Issaquah School District. Current enrollment sits at 605 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Issaquah School District runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 19,098 students. Pacific Cascade Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Pacific Cascade Middle School records that the largest single group is Asian at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 39% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 21% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.9:1, putting Pacific Cascade Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 11% of students at Pacific Cascade Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pacific Cascade Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.0%, the actual is 75.3%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (King County) logs that median household earnings sit near $124,746, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Pacific Cascade Middle School is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Grand Ridge Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pacific Cascade Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 80.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Pacific Cascade Middle School's enrollment has declined 37% since 2018, when it stood at 964 (now 605). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 51% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.