Sitton Elementary School vs Woodlawn Elementary School

Woodlawn Elementary School ranks #16 of 1226 schools in Oregon, placing it in the top 1.5% statewide, while Sitton Elementary School comes in at #30 of 1226 — still an exceptional result, in the top 2.5%. Both schools sit within 5.4 miles of each other in Portland, and both earn strong overall marks, but Woodlawn's 9.4/10 edges Sitton's 9.2/10 in the aggregate score, a gap driven almost entirely by academic proficiency rather than any weakness in school environment or teacher effectiveness.

The clearest separation between the two schools is academic performance. Woodlawn Elementary School scores 9.1/10 on academic proficiency versus Sitton Elementary School's 7.8/10 — a 1.3-point gap that reflects meaningfully higher rates of grade-level mastery in tested subjects. Growth scores, however, tell the opposite story: Sitton posts a 9.9/10 growth score against Woodlawn's 9.8/10, indicating that Sitton is adding nearly as much year-over-year learning for its students. That near-perfect growth figure suggests Sitton teachers are extracting exceptional academic progress even from students who arrive below proficiency.

On demographics and classroom structure, the two schools diverge in notable ways. Sitton Elementary School enrolls 335 students with a 12.0:1 student-teacher ratio, meaning significantly smaller class sizes than Woodlawn Elementary School's 16.6:1 ratio across 299 students. Sitton also serves a higher share of economically disadvantaged families — 70% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch compared to Woodlawn's 64%. The six-point FRL gap is modest, but paired with Sitton's smaller class sizes, it suggests the school is intentionally resourced to support higher-need learners.

One structural difference affects the youngest families: Woodlawn Elementary School serves Pre-K through 5th grade, offering an earlier entry point than Sitton Elementary School, which begins at Kindergarten. For parents with a four-year-old ready for a public Pre-K program, Woodlawn is the only option of the two. Both schools cap at 5th grade, making the Pre-K availability Woodlawn's sole grade-range advantage.