Beach Elementary School vs Creston Elementary School

Creston Elementary School holds an overall rating of 9.6/10 against Beach Elementary School's 8.9/10 — a 0.7-point gap that translates into a stark difference in state standing. Creston Elementary School ranks #4 of 1,226 Oregon schools; Beach Elementary School ranks #62. Both placements represent strong performance, but the 58-position gap in a field of over 1,200 schools reflects a meaningful separation in measured outcomes.

Academically, Creston Elementary School scores 9.8/10 versus Beach Elementary School's 9.1/10 — a 0.7-point delta — and the growth picture reinforces that edge: Creston Elementary School earns a 9.7/10 on growth compared to Beach Elementary School's 9.2/10. Growth scores measure how much students gain year-over-year relative to peers, so Creston Elementary School's advantage there signals that students are accelerating beyond what their starting point would predict, not merely maintaining a high baseline.

Creston Elementary School serves 238 students compared to Beach Elementary School's 325, and that smaller enrollment supports a tighter student-teacher ratio — 15.9:1 against Beach Elementary School's 18.1:1. That difference means roughly two fewer students per teacher at Creston Elementary School, which typically translates to more individual instructional time. On economic diversity, both schools serve high proportions of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch: Beach Elementary School at 65% and Creston Elementary School at 78%, making Creston Elementary School the higher-need campus by 13 percentage points.

The two campuses differ slightly in grade span: Beach Elementary School includes pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, while Creston Elementary School runs kindergarten through fifth grade. Families with pre-K-aged children who want to keep siblings at a single school have a structural reason to consider Beach Elementary School. The two schools sit 5.5 miles apart within Portland, making cross-enrollment between them unlikely for most families without intentional effort.