Llewellyn Elementary School vs Scott Elementary School

Llewellyn Elementary School and Scott Elementary School sit 6.1 miles apart in Portland, Oregon, and rank among the state's strongest elementary programs — Llewellyn at #22 of 1,226 Oregon schools and Scott at #36 of 1,226. The overall rating gap is narrow at 0.2 points (Llewellyn 9.3/10 vs. Scott 9.1/10), but that tight spread masks meaningful differences in how each school achieves its standing.

The sharpest contrast is in academic proficiency versus student growth. Llewellyn Elementary School posts a 9.9/10 academic score — 2.4 points above Scott Elementary School's 7.5/10 — indicating substantially higher current proficiency on state assessments. Scott flips the dynamic on growth: its 9.9/10 growth score outpaces Llewellyn's 9.0/10, meaning Scott is accelerating student progress at a faster rate regardless of where students start. A family prioritizing grade-level mastery now will read these numbers differently than one focused on trajectory.

Scott Elementary School enrolls 500 students against Llewellyn's 393, and its student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1 is one teacher per class tighter than Llewellyn's 15.7:1. The most significant demographic divide is economic: 64% of Scott students qualify for free or reduced lunch, compared to 19% at Llewellyn. Scott's stronger growth score in that context reflects a school effectively narrowing gaps for a higher-need population — a meaningful signal about instructional quality under pressure.

Both schools serve grades KG–05, so neither has an advantage in grade span for families with young children. The difference is in environment and outcomes mix: Llewellyn operates with a lower-poverty student body and translates that into near-perfect academic scores, while Scott serves a more economically diverse enrollment and produces the stronger growth result of the two schools.