Llewellyn Elementary School vs Sitton Elementary School

Llewellyn Elementary School and Sitton Elementary School sit 9.9 miles apart in Portland but land within one point of each other in overall ratings — Llewellyn at 9.3/10 and Sitton at 9.2/10. That near-tie masks meaningful differences underneath. In Oregon's statewide rankings, Llewellyn holds the #22 spot out of 1,226 schools while Sitton sits at #30, both placing each school comfortably in the top 3 percent of the state.

The academic and growth scores pull in opposite directions and tell the clearest story. Llewellyn's academic score of 9.9/10 against Sitton's 7.8/10 is a 2.1-point gap — a concrete signal that students at Llewellyn are hitting proficiency benchmarks at a substantially higher rate. Sitton flips the script on growth: its 9.9/10 growth score versus Llewellyn's 9.0/10 means Sitton students are advancing faster year over year relative to their starting points. Families weighing current proficiency levels against learning velocity will find these two schools pulling in genuinely different directions.

The demographic picture between the schools diverges sharply. Sitton serves a much higher share of economically disadvantaged students — 70% of its enrollment qualifies for free or reduced lunch, compared to 19% at Llewellyn. That difference shapes everything from resource allocation to peer socioeconomic mix. Sitton's student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1 is notably tighter than Llewellyn's 15.7:1, giving Sitton students more individual access to their teachers — a meaningful structural advantage, particularly for students who benefit from closer adult attention. Llewellyn enrolls 393 students versus Sitton's 335, making Sitton the smaller campus by a modest margin.

Both schools serve kindergarten through fifth grade, so families with kids at any elementary age have access to the full K–5 program at either site. The functional difference is context: Llewellyn offers a higher-proficiency academic environment in a lower-poverty setting, while Sitton pairs exceptional growth outcomes with a smaller, more diverse, and more economically mixed student body.