WashingtonSchoolsPacific Cascade Middle School

Pacific Cascade Middle School

PublicRegular
Issaquah, Washington · Issaquah School District
Teachers29.0FTE
Ratio22.3:1students per teacher
Students646enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students646
Grade Span6–8
Student:Teacher22.3:1
Free/Reduced Lunch11%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
6.3%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
29
0.0%vs prior yr
Enrollment
605
6.3%vs prior yr
Avg Experience
15
years
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

14.8:116.5:118.1:119.8:121.4:123.1:12020202120222023202422.5:120.6:121.3:122.3:120.9:1This schoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

5736677618559491,043283135394346202020212022202320241,0116996836466054534322929EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment1,011699683646605
Teacher FTE4534322929
Pupil : Teacher ratio22.5:120.6:121.3:122.3:120.9:115.4:1

Teacher Experience & Qualifications (2024)

Average years of experience14.8 yrs
Novice teachers (< 3 yrs)0%
Hold advanced degree82%
Source: State Department of Education teacher workforce reports.

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.