Ainsworth Elementary School vs Lent Elementary School

Ainsworth Elementary School ranks #91 of 1,226 Oregon elementary schools while Lent Elementary School ranks #28 of 1,226 — a 63-spot gap that tells a more nuanced story than their overall ratings suggest. Lent's overall rating of 9.3/10 edges out Ainsworth's 8.8/10 by 0.5 points, but the two schools arrive at their totals through sharply different strengths, making a direct comparison more useful than either number alone.

Academically, Ainsworth Elementary School holds a decisive lead: a 9.9/10 academic score versus Lent Elementary School's 8.1/10, an 1.8-point gap that reflects current test proficiency levels. The growth picture flips entirely. Lent Elementary School scores a 9.9/10 on growth versus Ainsworth's 8.7/10 — meaning Lent students gain more academic ground year over year relative to their starting points. A family weighing where kids test today against how much they improve should treat those two scores as separate, competing signals.

The demographic profiles of the two schools differ substantially. Ainsworth Elementary School enrolls 585 students at a 20.2:1 student-teacher ratio with 14% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Lent Elementary School serves 273 students — fewer than half Ainsworth's enrollment — at a 13.7:1 student-teacher ratio, and 73% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch. That 59-point FRL gap signals meaningfully different community contexts; Lent's stronger growth score, achieved against a higher-poverty student population, reflects well on its instructional model. The tighter ratio at Lent also means more adult attention per child in the classroom.

Both schools serve grades KG–05 and sit 6.8 miles apart within Portland, so families in between genuinely face a choice. Neither school offers a grade-level distinction to narrow the decision. The split falls cleanly along the academic-versus-growth axis: Ainsworth leads on current proficiency, Lent leads on rank, growth trajectory, and class size.