Alameda Elementary School vs Irvington Elementary School

Irvington Elementary School ranks #22 of 1,226 Oregon schools, placing it 21 spots ahead of Alameda Elementary School at #43 — a meaningful gap near the top of a large state pool. Irvington's overall rating of 9.4/10 edges Alameda's 9.1/10 by 0.3 points. Both schools sit in Portland's northeast quadrant, just 0.9 miles apart, so the choice between them hinges on specific performance dimensions rather than location or grade span, as both serve kindergarten through fifth grade.

The academic picture splits in an unexpected direction. Alameda Elementary School holds a 9.9/10 academic score against Irvington Elementary School's 9.3/10 — a 0.6-point edge that reflects stronger raw proficiency numbers at Alameda. Growth scores, which measure how much students improve relative to academic peers regardless of starting point, are nearly identical: Irvington at 9.6/10 versus Alameda at 9.5/10. Parents prioritizing current proficiency levels will find Alameda ahead; parents focused on year-over-year student progress will find the two schools functionally equivalent.

The sharpest structural difference between the two schools is class size. Irvington Elementary School's student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1 compares to Alameda Elementary School's 21.7:1 — six fewer students per teacher on average. That gap is substantial at the elementary level, where small-group instruction and individual attention directly affect early literacy and numeracy outcomes. Enrollment reflects the same scale difference: Alameda serves 521 students versus Irvington's 235, meaning Irvington operates as a considerably smaller community overall.

Both schools serve kindergarten through fifth grade, so families will not encounter any program-level differences in grade access. The divergence between Alameda's higher academic score and Irvington's higher state rank is explained by the composite weighting: growth, equity, and environment factors alongside academics lift Irvington's overall position despite its lower raw proficiency score. Families should weigh whether the 6-student-per-teacher advantage at Irvington justifies the proficiency gap, or whether Alameda's 9.9/10 academic ceiling better matches their child's current readiness level.