Is Cascade Elementary School a good school?

Cascade Elementary School ranks 778 th of 1168 Washington elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Cascade Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 438 students attended Cascade Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Cascade Elementary School?

Students at Cascade Elementary School are 34% Hispanic, 18% African American, 18% White, 16% Asian, 11% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Cascade Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Cascade Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Nelsen Middle School High : Lindbergh Senior High School

Cascade Elementary School

Summary:

Cascade Elementary School is a public elementary school in Renton, Washington, serving students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school has a diverse student population, with a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. While the school has seen an increase in spending per student, its academic performance consistently ranks in the bottom half of Washington elementary schools.

Cascade Elementary School's performance on standardized tests, such as the SBAC and WCAS, is generally lower than the Renton School District and the state of Washington averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 40.3% of Cascade Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 47.04% in the Renton School District and 52.63% statewide. In math, only 39.6% of Cascade Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to 39.42% in the Renton School District and 41.68% statewide. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with African American and male students performing particularly poorly.

Interestingly, Cascade Elementary School's academic performance is generally lower than the nearby schools in the Renton School District, such as Benson Hill Elementary, Sartori Elementary, and Talbot Hill Elementary, as well as the schools in the Kent School District, such as Carriage Crest Elementary and Fairwood Elementary. However, the school's strong performance for English Language Learner students suggests that it may have effective strategies in place to support this subgroup, which could be replicated to address the overall academic challenges.

Detail:

Public K-5

16022 116th Ave SE
Renton, WA 98058-5245

(425) 204-3350

District: Renton School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
778^th of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,468

Students who attend Cascade Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Nelsen Middle School
High:	Lindbergh Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.9

Number of students: 438

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

34.5%

African American:

17.8%

White:

17.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 62.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cascade Elementary School ranks worse than 66.6% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 8^th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Renton School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 33.4. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Cascade Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (34.5%), African American (17.8%), White (17.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 62.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cascade Elementary School is 14.9, which is the 5^th best among 15 elementary schools in the Renton School District. (See more...)

Compare Cascade Elementary School employs 29.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cascade Elementary School is $22,468, which is the 2^nd highest among 15 elementary schools in the Renton School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cascade Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Cascade Elementary School 778^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Cascade Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Renton School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Renton School District 139^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cascade Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Cascade Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	43.48	598^th	1026	41.7%
2005	32.82	739^th	1031	28.3%
2006	29.91	801^st	1051	23.8%
2007	30.64	791^st	1069	26.0%
2008	31.66	787^th	1067	26.2%
2009	27.84	836^th	1072	22.0%
2010	31.31	816^th	1088	25.0%
2011	33.11	805^th	1092	26.3%
2012	37.60	752^nd	1097	31.4%
2013	43.73	671^st	1106	39.3%
2015	22.66	876^th	1067	17.9%
2016	21.10	876^th	1053	16.8%
2017	17.55	910^th	1056	13.8%
2018	24.55	824^th	1054	21.8%
2019	18.80	945^th	1130	16.4%
2021	17.33	929^th	1107	16.1%
2022	19.81	970^th	1169	17.0%
2023	22.87	937^th	1169	19.8%
2024	33.40	778^th	1168	33.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Cascade Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	45.13	122^nd	212	42.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cascade Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	38.03	207^th	333	37.8%
2019	16.75	241^st	248	2.8%
2022	52.74	69^th	213	67.6%
2023	43.78	122^nd	254	52.0%
2024	63.43	89^th	320	72.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Cascade Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	41.07	369^th	637	42.1%
2019	20.75	502^nd	566	11.3%
2022	33.45	326^th	478	31.8%
2024	50.73	162^nd	339	52.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cascade Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	27.27	674^th	835	19.3%
2019	23.32	832^nd	979	15.0%
2022	25.60	837^th	1019	17.9%
2023	29.84	771^st	1013	23.9%
2024	43.41	609^th	1024	40.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Cascade Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	31.76	725^th	1004	27.8%
2019	24.46	860^th	1068	19.5%
2021	21.97	806^th	1008	20.0%
2022	27.68	814^th	1100	26.0%
2023	30.30	780^th	1094	28.7%
2024	48.77	540^th	1093	50.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Cascade Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	19.12	856^th	999	14.3%
2019	14.58	958^th	1075	10.9%
2021	12.47	948^th	1025	7.5%
2022	11.99	1026^th	1113	7.8%
2023	13.60	1000^th	1099	9.0%
2024	18.03	957^th	1099	12.9%

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Rank History for Asian students at Cascade Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	8.46	162^nd	169	4.1%
2019	17.53	177^th	201	11.9%
2023	24.49	133^rd	170	21.8%
2024	33.29	112^th	163	31.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Cascade Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2019	41.59	63^rd	110	42.7%
2022	34.48	71^st	108	34.3%
2023	23.65	50^th	66	24.2%
2024	27.81	59^th	71	16.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cascade Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	31.05	395^th	540	26.9%
2019	17.32	634^th	697	9.0%
2022	32.53	484^th	694	30.3%
2023	51.77	288^th	633	54.5%
2024	47.04	348^th	651	46.5%

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Rank History for White students at Cascade Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	26.39	659^th	833	20.9%
2019	37.27	712^th	1027	30.7%
2022	38.66	650^th	1031	37.0%
2023	29.47	769^th	1011	23.9%
2024	31.23	734^th	1009	27.3%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Cascade Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	396	32	26	15	7	n/a	n/a	476
1989	443	29	30	12	6	n/a	n/a	520
1990	454	40	41	15	10	n/a	n/a	560
1991	439	36	29	10	8	n/a	n/a	522
1992	407	39	31	12	10	n/a	n/a	499
1993	397	46	45	12	9	n/a	n/a	509
1994	344	65	48	17	7	n/a	n/a	481
1995	389	107	63	21	4	n/a	n/a	584
1996	389	107	63	21	4	n/a	n/a	584
1997	378	110	68	25	6	n/a	n/a	587
1998	349	94	75	29	6	n/a	n/a	553
1999	307	98	80	39	4	n/a	n/a	528
2000	305	87	79	53	8	n/a	n/a	532
2001	291	112	84	40	13	n/a	n/a	540
2002	263	116	79	59	8	n/a	n/a	525
2003	263	116	79	59	8	n/a	n/a	525
2004	224	100	85	64	7	n/a	n/a	480
2005	240	91	86	53	10	n/a	n/a	480
2006	241	115	88	78	10	n/a	n/a	532
2007	209	111	85	90	10	n/a	n/a	505
2008	175	95	108	103	10	n/a	n/a	491
2009	177	99	114	133	9	n/a	n/a	532
2010	170	111	122	129	10	n/a	n/a	542
2011	152	113	110	112	3	2	29	521
2012	139	76	101	146	3	11	53	529
2013	143	87	110	143	3	8	49	543
2014	141	92	116	162	4	10	75	600
2015	141	85	108	154	4	7	76	575
2016	125	87	94	163	6	7	76	558
2017	111	82	98	162	5	12	78	548
2018	99	77	103	156	4	14	76	529
2019	88	85	92	135	2	20	63	485
2020	89	80	79	121	1	15	64	449
2021	73	76	77	114	1	12	52	405
2022	55	82	66	119	2	7	40	371
2023	63	98	75	140	3	7	47	433
2024	77	78	69	151	5	8	50	438

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cascade Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	476	20.0	23.8	0
1989	520	21.0	24.7	n/a
1990	560	24.3	23.0	0
1991	522	22.3	23.4	n/a
1992	499	21.4	23.3	n/a
1993	509	20.0	25.5	n/a
1994	481	21.9	22.0	n/a
1995	584	24.5	23.8	n/a
1996	584	24.5	23.8	n/a
1997	587	27.5	21.3	n/a
1998	553	26.6	20.8	n/a
1999	528	25.4	20.8	n/a
2000	532	24.0	22.2	n/a
2001	540	24.8	21.8	n/a
2002	525	25.9	20.3	46.5
2003	525	25.9	20.3	46.5
2004	480	25.0	19.2	49.8
2005	480	24.9	19.3	45.8
2006	532	26.9	19.8	49.2
2007	505	30.3	16.7	53.7
2008	491	26.8	18.3	57.8
2009	532	26.8	19.9	56
2010	542	27.4	19.7	65.3
2011	521	27.1	19.2	63.7
2012	529	25.7	20.5	62.9
2013	543	26.4	20.4	61.3
2014	600	n/a	n/a	62
2015	575	38.0	15.1	68
2016	558	36.0	15.5	66.7
2017	548	34.3	15.9	66.6
2018	529	32.3	16.3	62.4
2019	485	32.5	14.9	63.7
2020	449	30.8	14.5	62.1
2021	405	27.4	14.7	58.8
2022	371	24.8	14.9	58.8
2023	433	28.0	15.4	61
2024	438	29.2	14.9	62.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cascade Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	476	20.0	23.8	0
1989	520	21.0	24.7	n/a
1990	560	24.3	23.0	0
1991	522	22.3	23.4	n/a
1992	499	21.4	23.3	n/a
1993	509	20.0	25.5	n/a
1994	481	21.9	22.0	n/a
1995	584	24.5	23.8	n/a
1996	584	24.5	23.8	n/a
1997	587	27.5	21.3	n/a
1998	553	26.6	20.8	n/a
1999	528	25.4	20.8	n/a
2000	532	24.0	22.2	n/a
2001	540	24.8	21.8	n/a
2002	525	25.9	20.3	46.5
2003	525	25.9	20.3	46.5
2004	480	25.0	19.2	49.8
2005	480	24.9	19.3	45.8
2006	532	26.9	19.8	49.2
2007	505	30.3	16.7	53.7
2008	491	26.8	18.3	57.8
2009	532	26.8	19.9	56
2010	542	27.4	19.7	65.3
2011	521	27.1	19.2	63.7
2012	529	25.7	20.5	62.9
2013	543	26.4	20.4	61.3
2014	600	n/a	n/a	62
2015	575	38.0	15.1	68
2016	558	36.0	15.5	66.7
2017	548	34.3	15.9	66.6
2018	529	32.3	16.3	62.4
2019	485	32.5	14.9	63.7
2020	449	30.8	14.5	62.1
2021	405	27.4	14.7	58.8
2022	371	24.8	14.9	58.8
2023	433	28.0	15.4	61
2024	438	29.2	14.9	62.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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