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High · Regular · Grades 9 to 12

Cascade Public Schools, Des Moines, WA

Charter schoolCascade Public Schools is a public high school in Des Moines, part of Why Not You Academy. It enrolled 126 students in 2024-25, with 15.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
126
Teachers (FTE)
8.0
Students per teacher
15.8
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.8. The Washington average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.8
District15.8
Washington18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
22419 Pacific Highway South, Des Moines, WA 98198
Phone
(253)271-8629
District
Why Not You Academy
County
King County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
530034903783
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
26
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
2620.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
3Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

High schools elsewhere in Des Moines

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.