Ridgewood Elementary School vs Glencoe Elementary School

Glencoe Elementary School ranks #20 of 1,226 Oregon elementary schools, while Ridgewood Elementary School sits at #64 of 1,226 — both strong performers, but Glencoe's overall rating of 9.4/10 outpaces Ridgewood's 8.9/10 by half a point. That gap places Glencoe in Oregon's top 2% and Ridgewood in the top 6%, so parents choosing between these two Portland schools are weighing two genuinely excellent options, not a clear winner against an also-ran.

Academically, the two schools are nearly identical: Ridgewood Elementary School scores 9.8/10 and Glencoe Elementary School scores 9.9/10 — a difference that is statistically negligible. The meaningful separation is in growth. Glencoe's growth score of 9.6/10 beats Ridgewood's 8.5/10 by 1.1 points, meaning students at Glencoe are outpacing academic growth benchmarks at a measurably faster rate regardless of where they started. For families prioritizing year-over-year learning momentum over raw proficiency levels, that delta matters.

Enrollment is nearly identical — Ridgewood Elementary School at 378 students versus Glencoe Elementary School at 372 — so class size is a wash at the building level. The student-teacher ratio does differ: Ridgewood's 17.2:1 gives students slightly more face time with teachers than Glencoe's 18.6:1, which is the one area where Ridgewood has a concrete structural edge. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility sits at 25% at Ridgewood and 21% at Glencoe, a modest 4-point gap indicating comparable socioeconomic profiles across both schools.

Both Ridgewood Elementary School and Glencoe Elementary School serve grades KG–05, so there is no difference in grade span or transition timing for families with kindergarteners through fifth-graders. The schools sit 8.3 miles apart within Portland, making geography the most practical deciding factor for many families — neither school's program structure creates a reason to cross town if the closer option fits the family's priorities.