Oxford Elementary School

Set in Oxford, Alabama, Oxford Elementary School is a heavily attended elementary campus, one of the schools within Oxford City. It instructs 837 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 74% larger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Across the 6 schools in Oxford City (4,103 students total), Oxford Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oxford Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Black, 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Oxford Elementary School has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at Oxford Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Oxford Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Calhoun County shows median household earnings sit near $55,029, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Calhoun County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students), Oxford Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Oxford Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Oxford Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Oxford Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Oxford Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 761 (now 837). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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