Glencoe Elementary School vs Stephenson Elementary School

Glencoe Elementary School holds a 0.4-point overall rating advantage over Stephenson Elementary School — 9.4/10 versus 9.0/10 — which translates to a meaningful gap in state standings: Glencoe ranks #20 of 1,226 Oregon elementary schools while Stephenson ranks #60 of 1,226. Both numbers place these schools among Oregon's top 5%, so the difference is one of degree rather than kind, but for families who weight rank-order position, Glencoe's placement is distinctly stronger.

On pure academic proficiency, the two schools are dead even: both Glencoe Elementary School and Stephenson Elementary School score 9.9/10, the highest tier on that dimension. The separation emerges in growth — how much students improve relative to peers with similar starting points. Glencoe Elementary School scores 9.6/10 on growth versus Stephenson Elementary School's 8.9/10, a 0.7-point gap that suggests Glencoe's instructional program accelerates progress more consistently, particularly for students who enter with room to close gaps.

The student populations differ in two concrete ways. Glencoe Elementary School enrolls 372 students against Stephenson Elementary School's 310, making Glencoe the larger campus by 62 students. More consequentially, Glencoe's student-teacher ratio is 18.6:1 versus Stephenson's 20.7:1 — two additional students per teacher on average at Stephenson, a difference that compounds across an entire school day. On socioeconomic mix, Glencoe serves 21% free/reduced-lunch students compared to Stephenson's 12%, meaning Stephenson draws from a somewhat more affluent catchment.

Both Glencoe Elementary School and Stephenson Elementary School serve grades KG through 5 and sit 6.9 miles apart within Portland. Neither school has a differentiated grade span or specialized program distinction within the provided data — the programs are structurally parallel, so the decision hinges on rating, growth trajectory, class size, and which neighborhood fits a family's daily commute.