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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 97218

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Schools

796

Students

Top rankedRigler Elementary School313^th of 709 Oregon elementary schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 97218 contains two K–5 elementary schools, Scott Elementary School and Rigler Elementary School, both in Portland School District 1J. Together they enroll 796 students — 493 at Scott and 303 at Rigler. Their district is one of Oregon's strongest, ranked 12th of 141 districts (91st percentile, 5 stars), but that is a district-wide rating and does not describe either individual school.

Rigler is the improvement story. Its school rank percentile climbed from 34 in 2023–2024 to 46 in 2024–2025 to 56 in 2025–2026, moving from 2 stars to 3 stars. Its all-grade proficiency beats the state in English Language Arts (45.7 vs 43.8) and Math (42.2 vs 32.9). Rigler's standout is 3rd grade, where both ELA and Math are 57.6 — above the district's 55.5 in ELA and well above the state's 41.5, and just above the district's 57.5 in Math versus the state's 41.3. Its weak spot is Science, where proficiency is 23.1, below both district and state.

Scott has a very different profile: 98.38% of its students qualify for free/reduced lunch, compared with 41.91% at Rigler. Even so, Scott's all-grade Math (37.4) and Science (34.7) top the state (32.9 and 30.6), and its 5th grade is strong in ELA (48.7), Math (34.7) and Science (34.7). Its soft spot is overall ELA at 39.3, below the state's 43.8. The schools' grade-level strengths cross over: Rigler leads in 3rd and 4th grade, Scott in 5th grade and Science — an 11.6 percentage-point Science gap between them. Both keep chronic absenteeism below the district's 32.5% and the state's 33.5%: Scott 27.8%, Rigler 27.5%. Both trail the district in every all-grade subject, and per-student spending ($25,589 at Scott, $26,435 at Rigler) does not line up in a simple way with results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				OSAS English Language Arts (2026)				OSAS Mathematics (2026)				OSAS Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	OSAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	OSAS English Language Arts All Grades	OSAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	OSAS Mathematics 4th Grade	OSAS Mathematics 5th Grade	OSAS Mathematics All Grades	OSAS Science 5th Grade	OSAS Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Rigler Elementary School	Public	K-5	5401 NE Prescott St	Portland	97218	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 916-6451	303	22	14.0	41.9%	88 (29.0%)	12 (4.0%)	193 (63.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	51.6	313^th of 709 public elementary schools	55.9%		41.7	378^th of 706 public elementary schools	46.5%	65	57.6	46.7	34.2	45.7	57.6	44.4	26.3	42.2	23.1	23.1	$26,435	$1,334	$25,101
Scott Elementary School	Public	K-5	6700 NE Prescott St	Portland	97218	Multnomah County	Portland School District 1J	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(503) 916-6369	493	37	13.4	98.4%	173 (35.1%)	52 (10.5%)	185 (37.5%)	17 (3.4%)	6 (1.2%)	8 (1.6%)	49 (9.9%)	45.5	359^th of 709 public elementary schools	49.4%		45	356^th of 706 public elementary schools	49.6%	3	36.3	33.3	48.7	39.3	39.6	37.5	34.7	37.4	34.7	34.7	$25,589	$1,621	$23,968

Cities Near Zip Code 97218

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Portland	0.5 mi	153	41^st
Milwaukie	7.3 mi	19	143^rd
Fairview	7.42 mi	6	182^nd
Gresham	7.59 mi	24	156^th
Happy Valley	8.5 mi	8	26^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oregon Department of Education.

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