Ainsworth Elementary School vs Llewellyn Elementary School

Llewellyn Elementary School ranks #23 of 1226 schools in Oregon, placing it in the top 2% statewide. Ainsworth Elementary School is no laggard — it holds a strong #91 out of 1226 — but Llewellyn's position represents a meaningful separation at the top of the distribution. The overall rating gap is 0.6 points, with Llewellyn scoring 9.4/10 against Ainsworth's 8.8/10. For parents where state rank context matters, that 68-spot gap translates to a real difference in where each school sits among Oregon's highest performers.

On pure academic proficiency, the two schools are identical: both Ainsworth Elementary School and Llewellyn Elementary School score 9.9/10, meaning neither has a measurable edge in tested subject mastery. The growth score — which captures how much students improve relative to peers with similar starting points — is where a small but concrete delta appears. Llewellyn's growth score of 9.0/10 edges Ainsworth's 8.7/10, a difference of 0.3 points. That gap suggests Llewellyn is extracting slightly more academic progress per student, which is especially relevant for families whose children are entering below grade level or need consistent forward momentum.

The demographic and structural differences between the two schools are sharper. Ainsworth Elementary School enrolls 585 students against Llewellyn Elementary School's 393, making Ainsworth nearly 50% larger. That size difference is felt most directly in the classroom: Ainsworth's student-teacher ratio is 20.2:1 compared to Llewellyn's 15.7:1 — a gap of 4.5 students per teacher. Llewellyn also serves a slightly higher share of economically disadvantaged students, with 19% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch versus Ainsworth's 14%, a modest but non-trivial 5-point difference that reflects a somewhat broader socioeconomic mix.

Both schools serve grades KG–05 and sit just 3.2 miles apart within Portland, making geography a secondary factor for most families. The program structures are comparable at the grade-band level, so the decision narrows to the measurable operational differences: class size, school scale, and the slight growth-score advantage Llewellyn holds despite matching Ainsworth's academic proficiency ceiling.