Grout Elementary School vs Riverdale Grade School

Grout Elementary School holds a slight edge in overall rating — 9.4 out of 10 versus Riverdale Grade School's 9.1 — and that gap translates directly to state rank: Grout sits at #14 of 1,226 Oregon schools while Riverdale lands at #40. Both numbers place these Portland schools in the top 4% statewide, but Grout's position is meaningfully higher given the density of competition at that end of the rankings. These two schools sit just 3.7 miles apart yet serve families with genuinely different academic priorities.

The academic and growth scores tell a more nuanced story than the headline ratings suggest. Riverdale Grade School outperforms Grout Elementary School on raw academic achievement — a 9.9 academic score versus Grout's 9.3, a 0.6-point gap that reflects stronger proficiency levels on state assessments. Grout flips the dynamic on growth: its 9.8 growth score outpaces Riverdale's 8.6 by 1.2 points, meaning students at Grout are advancing at a faster rate relative to academic starting points. For families who weight trajectory and year-over-year improvement heavily, that 1.2-point growth advantage at Grout Elementary School is the more important number.

Riverdale Grade School enrolls 400 students compared to Grout Elementary School's 302, making Riverdale roughly a third larger. The student-teacher ratio runs close — 16.0:1 at Riverdale versus 16.8:1 at Grout — so class sizes are comparable despite the enrollment difference. Neither school offers dramatically smaller classroom environments than the other based on these figures alone.

The most concrete structural difference between the two schools is grade span. Grout Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade, so families will navigate a middle school transition after fifth grade. Riverdale Grade School runs kindergarten through eighth grade, keeping students in a single building through middle school. That continuity can reduce transition friction and allows Riverdale families to build longer relationships with a single school community — a practical consideration for parents weighing stability alongside test-score data.