Ridgewood Elementary School vs Astor Elementary School

Astor Elementary School ranks #34 of 1,226 Oregon schools, placing it 30 positions ahead of Ridgewood Elementary School at #64 — both top-6% finishes statewide, but the gap is meaningful. Astor's overall rating of 9.2/10 sits 0.3 points above Ridgewood's 8.9/10, a difference driven more by growth trajectory than current proficiency levels.

The academic picture is split in an instructive way. Ridgewood Elementary School scores 9.8/10 on academics versus Astor Elementary School's 8.9, a 0.9-point edge that reflects higher current proficiency rates. Astor flips the script on growth, scoring 9.6/10 against Ridgewood's 8.5 — a 1.1-point advantage that signals Astor students are gaining ground faster year over year regardless of where they started. Parents prioritizing where kids test today lean Ridgewood; parents prioritizing learning velocity lean Astor.

Demographically, the two schools serve meaningfully different populations despite nearly identical enrollment — Ridgewood at 378 students, Astor at 375. Astor's free and reduced lunch rate is 64% compared to Ridgewood's 25%, indicating Astor serves a substantially higher-need student body. That makes Astor's growth score even more notable: strong learning gains with a higher-FRL population is a harder result to produce. Classroom access also differs: Astor's student-teacher ratio is 15.6:1 versus Ridgewood's 17.2:1, meaning Astor students average roughly 1.6 fewer peers per teacher.

One structural difference sets the schools apart beyond ratings: Astor Elementary School serves grades KG–08, running through middle school, while Ridgewood Elementary School covers KG–05 only. Families choosing Astor can keep a child in one building through 8th grade, avoiding a middle school transition entirely. Both schools sit 5.8 miles apart within Portland, making either a realistic option for families in the middle of that geography.