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Cascade Christian Schools - Junior & High School

Private school · Puyallup, Pierce County · grades 7-12 · Other religious

Snapshot

K-12 enrollment
671
SBE-reported, 2024-25
Student-teacher ratio
13.3:1
NCES PSS, 2021-22
Teachers (FTE)
36
NCES PSS, 2021-22

Identity and approval

Campus
Cascade Christian Schools - Junior & High School, 811 21st St SE, Puyallup 98372
Host public district
Puyallup School District
Grades
7-12
Religious affiliation
Other religious
WA SBE approval
2026-27 (state-approved private school)
Profit status
For-profit

Enrollment

789101112
1361161321248380

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25 school year, as reported to the WA State Board of Education.

Academics

Washington private schools are not required to publish state assessment results. No public score data exists for this school.

Student demographics

Asian
5%
Black
5%
Hispanic
4%
White
76%

NCES Private School Universe Survey, 2021-22 (the most recent federal collection). Private-school demographics are reported biennially and lag public-school data.

Competition evidence

Known results compiled from public competition listings (National Merit press lists, tournament PDFs, The Blue Alliance). A missing result is not evidence of absence.

Research dossier

Cascade Christian Junior & High School

Secondary campus of Cascade Christian Schools in Puyallup · grades 7-12 · 671 students (WA SBE, 2024-25) · interdenominational Christian day school, the flagship of a Pierce County system running from infant care through 12th grade.

The verdict

What Cascade Christian sells is structure, and it is candid about the terms. Graduation takes 29 credits against Washington's 24, and seven of those credits (Bible, Advisory, Leadership, and a required experiential "I-Term") exist nowhere else. Phones go into locked storage from first bell to last, effective 2025-26. Fifteen absences in one class erases that course's credit outright, and a first verified offense with illegal drugs routinely means expulsion. In exchange, families get a school where roughly 65% of students play a sport, a first-year robotics team already reaching FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) regionals, and a Class of 2025 in which 96% of four-year-university applicants got in. Two things deserve a harder look. Pricing is a negotiation, not a sticker: the Variable Tuition model discounts the published $16,810-$18,840 (2026-27) by 15-40% based on your finances, so your real cost is unknowable until you apply. And the enrollment curve narrows sharply, from 132 ninth graders in 2024-25 to only 80 seniors. Understand that funnel before committing a 7th grader to a six-year run. This is a school for families who want the boundaries as much as the Bible; families who chafe at either should not expect it to bend.

Researched 2026-07-04. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.

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