Grout Elementary School vs Irvington Elementary School

Grout Elementary School and Irvington Elementary School sit just 3.5 miles apart in Portland, Oregon, yet parents choosing between them will find the data nearly identical at the top line and meaningfully different beneath it. Both schools score 9.4/10 overall on MySchoolScout, with Grout ranked #14 of 1,226 Oregon schools and Irvington ranked #15 of 1,226 — a one-position gap that signals these are peer institutions at the top tier of the state rather than schools with a clear academic winner.

Academic scores are dead even: Grout Elementary School and Irvington Elementary School each earn a 9.3/10 for academic proficiency. The only measurable separation in performance comes in student growth, where Grout Elementary School posts a 9.8/10 growth score versus Irvington Elementary School's 9.6/10 — a 0.2-point edge suggesting Grout pushes students slightly further from their individual starting points. Both figures represent exceptional growth trajectories by any statewide measure.

The demographic and structural differences are where the two schools diverge most sharply. Grout Elementary School enrolls 302 students compared to Irvington Elementary School's 235, making Grout roughly 28% larger. Irvington carries a lower student-teacher ratio — 15.7 students per teacher versus Grout's 16.8 — so Irvington students get marginally more instructor face time despite the smaller building. The starkest contrast is economic: Grout Elementary School serves a 65% free and reduced-price lunch population, while Irvington Elementary School's FRL rate is 26%. This 39-point gap reflects substantially different neighborhood income profiles and means Grout's strong academic outcomes are achieved across a much wider socioeconomic range of students.

Both schools serve grades KG through 05, so families with children at any elementary stage will find full coverage at either building. Given that Grout's 9.8/10 growth score is produced with a high-need population at a larger school, that result carries particular weight as an indicator of instructional quality. Irvington's smaller enrollment and lower ratio offer a quieter, more intimate setting while matching Grout's proficiency mark exactly.