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Cascade Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 110 Harrison St SE, Cascade, Dubuque County, 52033

282
Pupils
13.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Cascade Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cascade, Dubuque County. The school has 282 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dan Wendler. It is part of the Western Dubuque Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a rural setting. The school employs 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 82% of students are proficient in reading. 92% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Dan Wendler
School district
Western Dubuque Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Cascade Elementary School enrolls 282 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.

Male students
153 (54%)
Female students
129 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
21.4
Student-teacher ratio
13.2:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 6% Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White26193%
Hispanic or Latino176%
Black or African American31.1%
Two or more races1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

79 of the school's 282 students (28%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 64 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“5

Cascade Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-20, state senate district 29, state house district 58.

School district: Western Dubuque Comm School District

Cascade Elementary School is one of 8 schools in Western Dubuque Comm School District, based in Farley, Iowa. The district serves 3,750 students district-wide and employs 265 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 282 students, Cascade Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 469 students per school.

3,750
District students
8
Schools
265
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

82%
Reading proficient
92%
Math proficient
8%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Rural - Distant

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