Atkinson Elementary School vs Irvington Elementary School

Irvington Elementary School ranks #15 of 1,226 Oregon schools, placing it 12 positions above Atkinson Elementary School's #27 statewide ranking — both exceptional results in a state with over a thousand elementary schools. The overall rating gap is narrow: Irvington Elementary School holds a 9.4/10 against Atkinson Elementary School's 9.2/10, a 0.2-point difference that reflects a genuine but modest performance edge rather than a categorical distinction between the two schools.

On academic metrics, Irvington Elementary School scores 9.3/10 versus Atkinson Elementary School's 9.1/10 — a 0.2-point academic gap that mirrors the overall spread. Growth scores are nearly identical: Irvington Elementary School at 9.6/10 and Atkinson Elementary School at 9.5/10, suggesting both schools are highly effective at advancing students from their individual starting points regardless of incoming ability levels. Neither school shows a meaningful edge in accelerating student progress year over year.

Atkinson Elementary School enrolls 366 students compared to Irvington Elementary School's 235, making Atkinson roughly 56% larger. That size difference shows up in the student-teacher ratio: Atkinson Elementary School runs 16.6 students per teacher versus Irvington Elementary School's 15.7:1, giving Irvington a slightly more intimate classroom environment. Atkinson Elementary School also serves a higher share of economically disadvantaged students, with 34% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch compared to 26% at Irvington Elementary School — an 8-percentage-point gap indicating a meaningfully different socioeconomic mix. Both schools cover kindergarten through grade 5 and sit 3.3 miles apart in Portland.

Both schools serve the same grade band, KG–05, with no differentiation in specialized tracks or grade-level structure captured in available data. The performance differences between the two are concentrated in the academic score, where Irvington Elementary School holds a 0.2-point edge, and in the state ranking, where Irvington Elementary School's #15 placement puts it in the top 1.2% of Oregon elementary schools versus Atkinson Elementary School's top 2.2% standing — both elite tiers, with Irvington holding the sharper edge.