Irvington Elementary School vs Lent Elementary School

Irvington Elementary School and Lent Elementary School sit just 5.7 miles apart in Portland, Oregon, yet both rank among the state's elite: Irvington Elementary School places #15 of 1,226 Oregon schools and Lent Elementary School places #21 of 1,226 — a gap of only six positions. Their overall ratings reflect this near-parity, with Irvington Elementary School scoring 9.4/10 and Lent Elementary School scoring 9.3/10, a difference of 0.1 points. For parents focused on raw prestige, either school clears a very high bar.

The sharpest divergence between the two schools is academic proficiency. Irvington Elementary School holds a 9.3/10 academic score against Lent Elementary School's 8.1/10 — a 1.2-point gap that translates to meaningfully higher tested achievement at Irvington. Growth tells the opposite story: Lent Elementary School's 9.9/10 growth score edges Irvington Elementary School's 9.6/10, indicating that Lent is accelerating student progress at a slightly faster rate than its peer. A family prioritizing grade-level mastery will find Irvington's academic score more compelling; one focused on year-over-year momentum will note that Lent Elementary School's growth score leads.

Lent Elementary School serves 273 students, 38 more than Irvington Elementary School's 235, and achieves a tighter student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1 compared to Irvington Elementary School's 15.7:1 — two additional students per teacher. The free and reduced-price lunch rates diverge significantly: 26% at Irvington Elementary School versus 73% at Lent Elementary School. That gap signals a substantially different socioeconomic composition, with Lent serving a far higher share of economically disadvantaged families. For parents weighing classroom-level attention and community economic diversity, these numbers carry real weight.

Both schools span the same grade band — kindergarten through fifth grade — so neither offers structural advantages in program length or grade configuration. The differentiation is primarily in academic versus growth performance and in the demographic mix each school reflects. Families comparing the two are largely choosing between Irvington's stronger tested-proficiency floor and Lent's tighter classrooms, faster growth trajectory, and broader socioeconomic representation within the same top-25 Oregon elementary tier.