Llewellyn Elementary School vs Peninsula Elementary School

Llewellyn Elementary School and Peninsula Elementary School sit 7.6 miles apart in Portland, Oregon, and both rank among the state's elite: Llewellyn Elementary School is #22 of 1,226 Oregon schools while Peninsula Elementary School is #29 of 1,226, separated by just 0.1 overall rating points — 9.3 versus 9.2 out of 10. At that level, the aggregate scores nearly mirror each other, and the meaningful differences appear only when you pull the components apart.

Academically, the gap is substantial. Llewellyn Elementary School earns a 9.9 out of 10 academic score against Peninsula Elementary School's 8.2 — a 1.7-point spread that reflects measurably higher current proficiency. The dynamic flips entirely on student growth: Peninsula Elementary School scores a 9.9 out of 10 on growth while Llewellyn Elementary School scores 9.0, meaning Peninsula's students are gaining ground faster year over year regardless of where they started. Families weighing tested achievement against learning velocity will find these two schools pulling in genuinely different directions on those two dimensions.

Demographically, the schools serve distinct populations. Llewellyn Elementary School enrolls 393 students, nearly 68 percent more than Peninsula Elementary School's 234. The free and reduced-price lunch rate is 19 percent at Llewellyn Elementary School and 64 percent at Peninsula Elementary School — a 45-point difference that reflects the income profiles of the neighborhoods each school draws from. Student-teacher ratios are functionally identical at 15.7:1 and 15.6:1 respectively, so class-size experience is comparable at both campuses.

Both Llewellyn Elementary School and Peninsula Elementary School serve grades KG through 05, so no advantage exists on grade span. The distinction that stands is the academic-versus-growth trade-off: one school produces higher absolute proficiency, the other delivers faster learning trajectories for the students it serves — and Peninsula Elementary School is doing that with a student body facing substantially greater economic headwinds, which makes its 9.9 growth score particularly notable in context.