Sitton Elementary School vs Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School

Sitton Elementary School and Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School are both strong performers in Portland, but Le Monde ranks significantly higher statewide: #8 of 1,226 Oregon schools versus Sitton's #30 of 1,226. That 22-position gap reflects a 0.3-point overall rating difference — Le Monde at 9.5/10, Sitton at 9.2/10 — which sounds narrow until you see that Le Monde sits in the top 1% of all Oregon schools while Sitton lands in the top 3%.

The academic scores tell the clearest story. Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School scores 9.9/10 on academics against Sitton Elementary School's 7.8/10 — a 2.1-point gap that represents a meaningful proficiency difference in tested subjects. Growth tells the opposite story: Sitton Elementary School earns a 9.9/10 growth score compared to Le Monde's 9.1/10, meaning Sitton's students advance faster relative to their starting points. A family prioritizing raw proficiency levels favors Le Monde; a family whose child is catching up or accelerating from a lower baseline may find Sitton's growth engine more relevant.

Demographically, the two schools are close in size — Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School enrolls 378 students versus Sitton Elementary School's 335 — and both maintain low student-teacher ratios, though Sitton is slightly tighter at 12.0:1 against Le Monde's 12.6:1. Sitton is a traditional Portland Public Schools neighborhood school; Le Monde is a public charter, meaning enrollment typically requires an active application and admission is not guaranteed by address.

The most structural difference is grade span and program type. Sitton Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade only; families will need to choose a new school for middle school. Le Monde French Immersion Public Charter School runs kindergarten through eighth grade, keeping students in a single building — and a single language environment — through middle school. That continuity matters practically for dual-language immersion, where sustained daily instruction compounds over years in ways a five-year program cannot replicate.