Maplewood Elementary School vs Rigler Elementary School

Maplewood Elementary School holds a 9.5/10 overall rating against Rigler Elementary School's 9.0/10 — a half-point gap that reflects a meaningful difference in standing. In state rankings, Maplewood Elementary School sits at #13 of 1,226 Oregon elementary schools while Rigler Elementary School ranks #58 of 1,226, placing both schools comfortably in the top 5% of the state but with Maplewood claiming a noticeably higher position among that elite tier.

The sharpest difference between the two schools is academic proficiency. Maplewood Elementary School scores 9.2/10 on academics versus Rigler Elementary School's 7.0/10 — a 2.2-point gap that translates to substantially higher tested proficiency rates. On growth, however, the two schools are nearly identical: Rigler Elementary School edges ahead with a 9.9/10 growth score against Maplewood Elementary School's 9.8/10. That near-parity on growth is striking given the academic gap, signaling that Rigler's teachers are generating strong learning gains from where students start — closing ground relative to expectations even if absolute proficiency levels differ.

Maplewood Elementary School enrolls 301 students compared to Rigler Elementary School's 255, but the more consequential gap is the student-teacher ratio: Maplewood Elementary School runs 20.1 students per teacher while Rigler Elementary School stands at 14.2:1 — nearly six fewer students per teacher. That smaller ratio at Rigler translates to more instructional contact time per child. The two schools also serve very different economic populations: free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is 23% at Maplewood Elementary School versus 66% at Rigler Elementary School, a 43-point difference that reflects distinct neighborhood demographics across their 8.3-mile separation in Portland.

Both schools cover kindergarten through fifth grade, making them structurally equivalent for families with elementary-age children. The contrast that emerges from the full data picture is between a school with higher absolute academic performance and one with exceptional growth capacity, lower class sizes, and deeper experience serving economically diverse students.