Glencoe Elementary School vs Lent Elementary School

Glencoe Elementary School and Lent Elementary School sit 3.2 miles apart in Portland, Oregon and finish nearly tied in overall quality — Glencoe at #20 of 1226 Oregon schools and Lent at #21 of 1226, both scoring 9.3/10. At that level of competition, the difference in state rank is negligible, but the two schools diverge sharply on nearly every underlying metric that drives that shared score.

The academic gap is the starkest contrast between the two schools. Glencoe Elementary School earns a 9.9/10 academic score versus Lent Elementary School's 8.1/10 — an 1.8-point difference that reflects meaningfully stronger current proficiency at Glencoe. Lent closes much of that distance through student growth: its 9.9/10 growth score edges Glencoe's already-strong 9.6/10, indicating that Lent students are making exceptional learning gains relative to their starting points. Families weighing current achievement against upward trajectory will find a genuine trade-off here.

The demographic and resource picture separates these schools considerably. Lent Elementary School serves 273 students at a 13.7:1 student-teacher ratio, meaning meaningfully more adult attention per child than Glencoe's 18.6:1 ratio across its larger 372-student enrollment. Lent also serves a much higher-need population — 73% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch compared to 21% at Glencoe Elementary School. That gap signals a very different socioeconomic composition and, for families seeking a more economically integrated school environment, a different kind of community.

Both schools serve grades KG–05, so the full elementary experience is available at either campus. The difference is in context: Glencoe's higher academic scores align with its lower-poverty enrollment, a pattern common in Oregon and nationally. Lent's exceptional growth score — 9.9/10 — stands out precisely because it is producing top-tier learning gains in a high-need population, a genuine indicator of instructional strength. For a school where 73% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch to rank #21 in the state overall is a signal worth weighting heavily.