Arleta Elementary School vs Astor Elementary School

Astor Elementary School ranks #19 of 1,226 Oregon schools and carries a 9.3/10 overall rating, compared to Arleta Elementary School's #61 statewide rank and 8.9/10 rating — a 0.4-point gap that, given the 1,226-school field, represents a meaningful positional difference. Both schools sit well inside Oregon's top 5–6%, which means parents are choosing between two high-performing options rather than weighing a strong school against a weak one.

On measured academics, Astor Elementary School scores 8.9/10 versus Arleta Elementary School's 8.6/10 — a 0.3-point difference in academic score. The growth gap is similar: Astor posts a 9.6/10 growth score against Arleta's 9.2/10, a 0.4-point margin indicating that Astor students are advancing at a somewhat faster rate relative to their starting points. Neither school is stagnating, but Astor's edge shows up in both static achievement and trajectory.

The demographic picture is nearly identical in one key dimension: free and reduced-price lunch eligibility sits at 65% at Arleta Elementary School and 64% at Astor Elementary School, suggesting both schools serve similar income profiles and that neither school's stronger numbers are driven by a more affluent student body. Enrollment diverges more sharply — Arleta has 274 students versus Astor's 375 — yet Astor still achieves the lower student-teacher ratio at 15.6:1 compared to Arleta's 17.1:1, meaning Astor families get more staff attention per student despite the larger overall headcount.

The most structurally significant difference is grade span: Arleta Elementary School serves kindergarten through 5th grade, while Astor Elementary School extends through 8th grade. A family enrolling at Astor can keep a child in the same building from kindergarten through middle school, avoiding a transition during early adolescence. The two schools are 9.1 miles apart within Portland, making neighborhood proximity a practical filter before any metric comparison begins.