Llewellyn Elementary School vs Sauvie Island School

Llewellyn Elementary School edges out Sauvie Island School by 0.5 points overall — 9.4/10 versus 8.9/10 — but both schools rank among Oregon's strongest elementary programs. Llewellyn sits at #23 of 1,226 Oregon schools; Sauvie Island reaches #78 of the same pool. That 55-spot gap is meaningful context: both schools clear a high bar, but Llewellyn's position places it in roughly the top 2% statewide while Sauvie Island lands in the top 7%.

Academically, the separation is narrow but consistent. Llewellyn Elementary School scores 9.9/10 on academics versus Sauvie Island School's 9.6/10 — a 0.3-point gap that reflects slightly stronger tested proficiency outcomes. The growth score difference is wider: Llewellyn posts 9.0/10 against Sauvie Island's 8.4/10, meaning students at Llewellyn show more year-over-year academic progress relative to their starting points. For families who weight trajectory — how much students improve — that 0.6-point growth delta favors Llewellyn.

Demographically, Sauvie Island School enrolls 32% of students on free or reduced lunch compared to Llewellyn's 19%, indicating a broader socioeconomic mix at the charter school. Llewellyn is the larger campus at 393 students versus Sauvie Island's 214. Student-teacher ratios are nearly identical — 15.7:1 at Llewellyn and 15.3:1 at Sauvie Island — so classroom attention levels are comparable despite the enrollment gap.

The most structural difference is school type and grade span. Llewellyn Elementary School is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade, feeding into a traditional middle school pathway. Sauvie Island School is a charter serving kindergarten through eighth grade, keeping students in a single building through middle school. That KG–8 continuity is a genuine program distinction: families who want to avoid a school transition at fifth or sixth grade find that only Sauvie Island provides it. The two schools are 14.9 miles apart, making the choice partly geographic as well as programmatic.