Duniway Elementary School vs Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School

Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School edges out Duniway Elementary School by 0.2 rating points overall — 9.5 to 9.3 — but the state rank gap is more telling: Le Monde sits at #15 of 1,226 Oregon schools while Duniway ranks #27 of 1,226. Both schools sit near the top of a very competitive field, separated by only 3.8 miles across Portland, but a family choosing between them will find meaningful structural differences beneath those similar headline numbers.

On academics, Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School scores 9.9/10 versus Duniway Elementary School's 9.7/10 — a slim but consistent advantage at the proficiency level. Growth tells the opposite story: Duniway earns a 9.3/10 growth score against Le Monde's 9.1/10, meaning students at Duniway are gaining ground against their academic peers at a slightly faster pace year over year. Neither gap is dramatic, but together they suggest Le Monde students enter at higher baseline proficiency while Duniway drives stronger incremental gains.

The student-teacher ratio is the starkest difference on this page. Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School runs 12.6 students per teacher versus Duniway Elementary School's 21.5:1 — nearly nine fewer students per teacher, a difference that meaningfully affects individualized instruction time. Enrollment is comparable: Duniway at 409 students, Le Monde at 378. Both are mid-size schools, but Le Monde's smaller ratio reflects its charter staffing model rather than a simple enrollment difference.

Grade span and school type diverge in ways that affect long-term planning. Duniway Elementary School is a traditional public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade, after which students transition to a middle school. Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School is a public charter running kindergarten through eighth grade, so enrolled students stay in one building — and one language-immersion program — through middle school. Admission to Le Monde typically involves a lottery, while Duniway assigns students by attendance boundary.