Ridgewood Elementary School vs Llewellyn Elementary School

Llewellyn Elementary School ranks #23 of 1,226 Oregon elementary schools and earns an overall rating of 9.4/10, while Ridgewood Elementary School sits at #64 of 1,226 with an 8.9/10. That 41-position gap in state rank is meaningful in a state with over 1,200 schools — Llewellyn places in the top 2%, Ridgewood in the top 6%. Both are strong performers by any measure, but families prioritizing maximum competitive standing will find a real, quantifiable difference between the two Portland schools.

Academically, the two schools are nearly identical on paper: Ridgewood Elementary School scores 9.8/10 and Llewellyn Elementary School scores 9.9/10, a one-tenth difference that is functionally negligible. The growth score tells a slightly sharper story — Llewellyn earns a 9.0/10 versus Ridgewood's 8.5/10, a 0.5-point gap suggesting students at Llewellyn progress at a somewhat faster rate relative to expectations. For families who weight year-over-year academic growth above raw proficiency snapshots, that half-point delta favors Llewellyn.

On demographics and classroom environment, the schools are close in size — Llewellyn Elementary School enrolls 393 students and Ridgewood Elementary School enrolls 378. The more notable difference is in student-teacher ratio: Ridgewood's 17.2:1 means more students per teacher compared to Llewellyn's 15.7:1. That 1.5-student gap translates to measurably more individual attention per student at Llewellyn. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility runs 25% at Ridgewood and 19% at Llewellyn, indicating modestly higher economic diversity at Ridgewood.

Both Ridgewood Elementary School and Llewellyn Elementary School serve grades KG–05 and sit 6.5 miles apart within Portland, making geography the primary sorting factor for most families. Neither school offers differentiated grade bands or alternative program structures based on the available data, so parents are choosing between two full-range elementary programs whose differences come down to growth trajectory, classroom density, and state rank rather than structural program distinctions.