1
What clubs or activities at Pacific Cascade Middle School are worth joining?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
605
Middle
DISTRICT 739 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530375003337
Pacific Cascade Middle School
24635 SE Issaquah Fall City Ro, Issaquah, WA 98029 · (425) 837-5900 · King County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
65 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 185 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 207 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 213 | 35% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
77.7%
WA avg 58.4% . +1.6pp since 2014
Math
74.1%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 2 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 | 77.7% | 74.1% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 73.1% |
| 2022-23 | 75.2% | 69.1% |
| 2021-22 | 72.9% | 67.4% |
| 2018-19 | 80.2% | 79.6% |
| 2017-18 | 82.3% | 81.2% |
| 2016-17 | 80.6% | 78.8% |
| 2015-16 | 79.1% | 77.1% |
| 2014-15 | 76.1% | 71.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Pacific Cascade Middle School
Pacific Cascade Middle School's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Cascade Middle School this school | 605 | 10.7% | 75.3% |
| Beaver Lake Middle School ISSAQUAH | 699 | 9.6% | 80.5% |
| Rose Hill Middle School Redmond | 901 | 14.7% | 72.9% |
| Pine Lake Middle School SAMMAMISH | 877 | 8.4% | 79.2% |
| Timberline Middle School Redmond | 788 | 7.1% | 80.6% |
| Cougar Mountain Middle School Issaquah | 616 | 12.3% | 71.4% |
Matched among Washington middle 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 Pacific Cascade Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #10 of 294 | #8 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #13 of 357 ▼ 4 | #12 of 76 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #19 of 357 ▼ 5 | #15 of 76 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #65 of 290 | #17 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #195 of 377 | #59 of 80 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #268 of 340 | #52 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #129 of 340 | #52 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.7% | #351 of 359 | #69 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.2% | #7 of 192 | #1 of 37 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
605
-406 (-40%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 697
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 605 | 29 | 20.9:1 | 11% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 29.8 | 21.7:1 | 11% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 32.5 | 21.0:1 | 9% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 1,011 | 45 | 22.5:1 | 7% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 964 | 42.4 | 22.7:1 | 4% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 1,049 | 45 | 23.3:1 | 8% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 697 | 31 | 22.5:1 | 7% (52) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pacific Cascade Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (964 to 605); teachers down 32% (42.4 to 29).
About Pacific Cascade Middle School
Pacific Cascade Middle School sits in Issaquah, Washington, and is classified as a middle school. Its 605 students are spread across grades 6 through 8.
Issaquah School District is responsible for 30 schools, Pacific Cascade Middle School included, with 19,098 students in all.
Asian students are the largest group at Pacific Cascade Middle School, with 45% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 39% White, 8% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. King County as a whole is about 21% Asian, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Pacific Cascade Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
Teachers at the school number 29 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.9:1. The 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in King County is 38%.
The model predicts 73.0% for a school in Washington with Pacific Cascade Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Pacific Cascade Middle School posts 75.3%.
Across King County, median household income is about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Pacific Cascade Middle School is among the 544 public schools in King County.
The closest public school to Pacific Cascade Middle School is Grand Ridge Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 75.3% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Pacific Cascade Middle School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The number of students declined from 1,011 to 605 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 22.5:1 to 20.9:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Issaquah School District
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Pine Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Maywood Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
Other schools in Issaquah
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
- Beaver Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 699 students
- Issaquah Valley ElementaryElementary · 646 students
- Cougar Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 616 students
- Clark ElementaryElementary · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Grand Ridge Elementary0.9 mi · 558
- Cedar Trails Elementary0.9 mi · 374
- Challenger Elementary1.3 mi · 350
- Endeavour Elementary School1.3 mi · 473
- Beaver Lake Middle School1.4 mi · 699
- Sunny Hills Elementary1.6 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Pacific Cascade Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pacific Cascade Middle School?
Pacific Cascade Middle School enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 06-08.
Is Pacific Cascade Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pacific Cascade Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Pacific Cascade Middle School have?
Pacific Cascade Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Pacific Cascade Middle School?
Student demographics at Pacific Cascade Middle School are roughly 39% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 45% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Pacific Cascade Middle School in?
Pacific Cascade Middle School is part of Issaquah School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.