Oxford Elementary at West Campus

Oxford Elementary at West Campus is one of the tight-knit primary schools in Berkeley, California, one of the schools within Berkeley Unified, with 254 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 45% below typical.

Berkeley Unified comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 9,116 students; Oxford Elementary at West Campus is among them.

On the student-mix side, Oxford Elementary at West Campus shows that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 19% multiracial, 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 11% Asian. By comparison, Alameda County as a whole is about 30% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Oxford Elementary at West Campus lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Alameda County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oxford Elementary at West Campus sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.1%; this one delivers 64.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Alameda County) logs that median household income runs about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Oxford Elementary at West Campus is one of 394 public schools in Alameda County (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students).

The closest other public school is Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oxford Elementary at West Campus ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.4%.

Oxford Elementary at West Campus operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 4% to 11% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.