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Cascade Public Schools

Des Moines · WA · Why Not You Academy · Public charter

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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
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Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Cascade Public Schools compares for families

What families should know about Cascade Public Schools.

  • LocallyWA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mount Rainier High School, Gateway to College, Maritime High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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📊 State assessment · WA Smarter Balanced · grade 10

SBAC grade 10 — met or exceeded standard

School year 2024-25. Levels 3 + 4 combined ("at or above grade level"). Cells suppressed by the state when sample is small.

English Language Arts
12.1%
0.0% exceeded · 4 students tested

Source: WA state DOE Smarter Balanced results. Levels 1–2 = below standard, 3 = met, 4 = exceeded. Headline = level 3 + level 4 combined.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

20.6%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 100 in 2021 to 126 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+26.0%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +8.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 126 students:

2025
136
2027
159
2029
185

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Mount Rainier High School
Des Moines
Public 0.5 1,846 +8.6%
Gateway to College
Des Moines
Public 0.8
Maritime High School
Des Moines
Public 2.0 126
Tyee High School
SeaTac
Public 2.6 644 -7.5%
Seattle Christian Schools
Seatac
Private 2.9 516 +10.5%
CHOICE Academy
Seattle
Public 2.9 90 -7.2%
Satellite High School
Seattle
Public 2.9
Highline Home School Center
Burien
Public 2.9 10

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