Lee Elementary School vs Rose City Park

Rose City Park ranks #76 of 1,226 Oregon elementary schools versus Lee Elementary School at #93 of 1,226 — a 17-spot gap that understates the academic distance between them. Both schools earn strong overall marks, but Rose City Park's 8.9/10 edges Lee Elementary School's 8.8/10 by just 0.1 points overall, meaning the headline gap is narrow even as the components underneath it diverge significantly.

The sharpest split is academic performance: Rose City Park scores 9.3/10 on academics compared to Lee Elementary School's 8.4/10 — a 0.9-point difference that reflects meaningfully higher tested proficiency. The growth story runs the opposite direction. Lee Elementary School posts a 9.4/10 growth score versus Rose City Park's 8.6/10, an 0.8-point edge that signals Lee is moving students forward at a faster pace relative to their starting points. For families who prioritize absolute performance levels, Rose City Park has the advantage; for families whose children are catching up or who value year-over-year momentum, Lee's growth score is the stronger signal.

Lee Elementary School serves 289 students against Rose City Park's 464 — a 60% larger student body at Rose City Park. Despite that size difference, both schools land at nearly identical student-teacher ratios: Lee at 16.1:1 and Rose City Park at 16.0:1, so class-size access to teachers is equivalent. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility runs at 73% at Lee Elementary School versus 65% at Rose City Park, indicating Lee serves a meaningfully higher-need population — context that makes its 9.4/10 growth score even more notable.

Both schools serve grades KG–05 and sit just 1.8 miles apart in Portland, making the choice a genuine comparison rather than a geography default. The grade span is identical, so there is no structural advantage in terms of years covered — the decision comes down entirely to which performance profile fits a family's priorities.