Lent Elementary School vs Llewellyn Elementary School

Lent Elementary School and Llewellyn Elementary School sit just 4.3 miles apart in Portland, Oregon, yet their student populations look strikingly different. Both schools share an identical overall rating of 9.3/10 and land within one position of each other in state rankings — Lent at #21 of 1226 Oregon schools and Llewellyn at #22 of 1226 — making this one of the tightest head-to-head comparisons in the state. That near-identical composite score, however, masks meaningful differences in how each school earns it.

The academic and growth scores tell opposite stories. Llewellyn Elementary School posts a 9.9/10 academic score against Lent Elementary School's 8.1 — a 1.8-point gap that reflects measurably higher current proficiency levels at Llewellyn. Lent answers back with a 9.9/10 growth score versus Llewellyn's 9.0, meaning students at Lent are advancing faster relative to expectations. For parents weighing where a child starts against how fast they'll progress, these two numbers are the most consequential difference between the schools.

Demographically, the two schools serve very different populations. Lent Elementary School enrolls 273 students with 73% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch — one of the higher FRL rates among top-ranked Oregon elementary schools. Llewellyn Elementary School enrolls 393 students with only 19% FRL. Lent's smaller enrollment pairs with a tighter student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1, compared to Llewellyn's 15.7:1, giving Lent students roughly two additional minutes of individual teacher attention per class hour — a real-world difference at the elementary level. Lent's strong growth score alongside high economic need signals particularly effective instructional practice for a diverse student body.

Both schools serve grades KG–05, so families with children across early elementary ages can complete the full primary cycle at either campus without a school change. The structural parity ends there: Llewellyn's higher academic baseline suggests students arrive with stronger prior preparation or more outside-school enrichment resources, while Lent's growth engine demonstrates that its teachers are consistently moving students forward regardless of starting point.