Beach Elementary School vs Lent Elementary School

Beach Elementary School and Lent Elementary School are both Portland, Oregon elementary schools ranked inside the top 100 of 1,226 Oregon schools, but Lent holds a meaningful edge in the overall standings. Lent Elementary School ranks #21 of 1,226 in Oregon compared to Beach Elementary School's #62 of 1,226 — a gap that reflects fundamentally different performance profiles despite both schools sitting well above the state median.

The academic and growth scores pull in opposite directions and tell a more nuanced story. Beach Elementary School posts a 9.1/10 academic score against Lent Elementary School's 8.1/10 — a full point higher, suggesting Beach students are hitting current grade-level benchmarks at a higher rate. Lent flips that advantage on growth, scoring 9.9/10 versus Beach's 9.2/10, meaning Lent students are gaining ground faster year over year regardless of where they started. Families who weight trajectory over snapshot performance will find Lent's growth edge compelling; those prioritizing grade-level proficiency today will lean toward Beach.

The two schools serve similar communities on the economic access dimension, with Lent Elementary School at 73% free/reduced lunch and Beach Elementary School at 65% — both well above the typical urban average, indicating meaningful concentrations of lower-income families at each campus. The clearest structural difference is the student-teacher ratio: Lent's 13.7:1 versus Beach's 18.1:1 gives Lent students noticeably more adult attention per classroom. Enrollment reflects that smaller footprint — 273 students at Lent versus 325 at Beach.

One concrete programmatic difference separates the schools for families with the youngest children: Beach Elementary School serves students beginning in Pre-K, while Lent Elementary School's grades run KG–05, offering no Pre-K option. For a family seeking a single-campus experience from age four, Beach is the only choice of the two.