Summary:
Cashmere, Washington, has three public schools serving students from prekindergarten through 12th grade, with 1,677 students across the Cashmere School District, one of the state’s highest-ranked districts at 8th out of 238.
Overall, the schools perform well above Washington averages. Vale Elementary School serves PK–4 and ranks in the 83rd percentile statewide. Its strongest area is math, with 65.22% of students proficient, and its fourth-grade results are especially strong in both English Language Arts (ELA) and math. However, its latest ELA and math proficiency rates declined from the prior year. Cashmere Middle School, serving grades 5–8, is the highest-ranked school in the city at 34th out of 514 and the 93rd percentile. Science is its standout subject, with 75.11% proficiency—about 24 percentage points above the state rate. The middle school also improved in ELA, math, and science year over year.
Cashmere High School serves grades 9–12 and ranks in the 90th percentile. It has the city’s strongest ELA performance, with 86.76% proficiency, and its ranking has improved by 50 places since 2023–24. The school also reports an 88.4% graduation rate and a 4.1% dropout rate, both better than Washington’s comparison rates. Math improved substantially, but science declined to 55.22%, making it the clearest high-school improvement priority. Across the district, math performance is relatively consistent, and all schools exceed state proficiency rates in every reported subject. Class sizes are fairly similar, though the high school has the highest student–teacher ratio at 18.6:1.
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