Grout Elementary School vs Rose City Park

Grout Elementary School holds a 0.5-point overall rating edge over Rose City Park — 9.4/10 versus 8.9/10 — a gap that translates into a meaningful state rank difference: Grout Elementary School sits at #14 of 1,226 Oregon schools while Rose City Park ranks #65 of 1,226. Both are elite performers, but Grout's position places it in the top 1.2% statewide compared to Rose City Park's top 5.3%. For Portland parents weighing two strong neighborhood options 3.6 miles apart, that gap is real, not statistical noise.

The academic scores are identical: both Grout Elementary School and Rose City Park post 9.3/10, meaning neither outperforms the other on proficiency measures. The separation comes from growth — Grout Elementary School scores 9.8/10 on student growth versus Rose City Park's 8.6/10, a 1.2-point delta. That gap reflects how much each school advances students relative to their starting point, and Grout's near-perfect growth score signals consistently strong instructional momentum beyond what raw proficiency alone would show.

Both schools serve grades KG–05 and share an identical free/reduced lunch rate of 65%, meaning neither carries a socioeconomic advantage over the other in the equity dimension. Where they diverge is scale: Rose City Park enrolls 464 students versus Grout Elementary School's 302, a 54% larger student body. Student-teacher ratios are close — 16.0:1 at Rose City Park versus 16.8:1 at Grout — so class-size experience is roughly equivalent despite the enrollment difference. Families who prefer a tighter-knit campus feel will find Grout's smaller footprint meaningful.

Both schools operate on a standard KG–05 grade band, so neither offers an extended grade range as a differentiator. The distinction parents will feel day-to-day comes down to school size and growth trajectory: Grout Elementary School's 302-student enrollment and 9.8/10 growth score describe a smaller school punching well above its weight, while Rose City Park's larger community and strong 8.6/10 growth score reflect a high-performing school with more breadth of programming capacity at scale.