Glencoe Elementary School vs Rose City Park

Glencoe Elementary School holds a 9.4/10 overall rating against Rose City Park's 8.9/10 — a 0.5-point gap that translates to a meaningful difference in state standing. Glencoe Elementary School ranks #20 of 1,226 Oregon elementary schools, placing it in the top 2% statewide. Rose City Park ranks #76 of those same 1,226 schools, which still puts it in the top 7% — a strong school by any measure, though clearly trailing Glencoe when ranked head-to-head.

The academic and growth gaps between the two schools are concrete. Glencoe Elementary School scores 9.9/10 on academics versus Rose City Park's 9.3/10, a 0.6-point difference. The growth gap is wider: Glencoe Elementary School posts a 9.6/10 growth score compared to Rose City Park's 8.6/10 — a full point separating them. Growth scores measure how much students improve year over year relative to peers with similar starting points, so Glencoe's edge here suggests students are accelerating beyond baseline expectations at a higher rate than at Rose City Park.

The demographic profiles of these two schools diverge significantly. Rose City Park serves 464 students against Glencoe Elementary School's 372, making it about 25% larger. The free and reduced-price lunch rates tell a starker story: Rose City Park qualifies 65% of students, compared to 21% at Glencoe Elementary School — a 44-percentage-point gap that reflects the income composition of each school's neighborhood. Rose City Park also carries a more favorable student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1 versus Glencoe Elementary School's 18.6:1, meaning Rose City Park averages roughly 2.6 fewer students per classroom despite serving a higher-need population.

Both schools serve grades kindergarten through fifth grade, so neither offers an extended grade range as a differentiator. The two campuses sit just 1.6 miles apart within Portland, making the choice largely one of academic performance and community composition rather than geography or grade structure.