Oxford High School

Oxford High School is one of the intimate senior highs in Oxford, Connecticut, part of Oxford School District, with 476 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 788.

Across the 4 schools in Oxford School District (1,600 students total), Oxford High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Oxford High School logs that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder looks like 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.3:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at Oxford High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $86,191, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's 121 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,861 students), Oxford High School is one campus in the mix.

Seymour Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Oxford High School's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 556 (now 476). White enrollment moved from 88% to 79% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.