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Oxford Jr/Sr High

515 N. Water, Oxford, KS 67119 · (620) 455-2410 · Sumner County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Kansas public high schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public high schools

Enrollment
195
High
DISTRICT 149 · STATE 410
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
72 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 72613%
Grade 82211%
Grade 92211%
Grade 103417%
Grade 112714%
Grade 122010%
Ungraded4423%
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 58% · US 70%
White
15680%
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 60% · US 43%
Hispanic
179%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 23% · US 30%
Black
53%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Asian
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
158%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
11%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
10353%
Female
9247%

School pathway

Feeds from
Oxford ElemPK–06
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Test scores

KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + Exceeding
English Language Arts
32.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
43.8%
KS avg 38.8%

What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.

KAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2532.5%43.8%
2023-2433.3%26.7%
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Oxford Jr/Sr High

Oxford Jr/Sr High's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Oxford Jr/Sr High this school19536.9%33.1%
Haven High
Haven
22335.9%34.3%
Frederic Remington High
Whitewater
16136.6%34.6%
Canton-Galva Jr./Sr. High
Canton
17436.8%23.6%
Marion High
Marion
15938.4%28.8%
Sedgwick High
Sedgwick
23836.1%36.4%
Matched among Kansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Oxford Jr/Sr High ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn KansasIn Sumner County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
33.1%#90 of 262#2 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
43.8%#71 of 262#2 of 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
32.5%#182 of 262#4 of 6
Enrollment
ranked largest first
195#176 of 332#2 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
36.9%#173 of 263#5 of 6
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-25.0%#6 of 100N/A
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
195
-60 (-24%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 137
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 18.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2519515.112.9:137% (72)
2023-2420614.114.6:134% (71)
2022-2321213.915.3:139% (83)
2020-212551418.2:125% (63)
2017-1826016.515.8:124% (63)
2015-162161415.4:128% (60)
2010-112001414.3:144% (87)
2000-012042010.2:123% (46)
1990-911371211.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oxford Jr/Sr High.

Since 2017-18: students down 25% (260 to 195); teachers down 8% (16.5 to 15.1).

About Oxford Jr/Sr High

Federal records list Oxford Jr/Sr High as a high school in Oxford, Kansas. The school counts 195 students across grades 7 through 12. The school's enrollment is 52% smaller than the 410 average for high schools in Kansas.

Oxford is the local district for Oxford Jr/Sr High. It runs 3 schools with 447 students.

The student body at Oxford Jr/Sr High is 80% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 90%. Oxford Jr/Sr High's diversity index is 35%, against a US figure of 70%.

Federal data list 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Oxford Jr/Sr High in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.9:1. That is higher than the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Kansas. The lunch program counts 37% of students at Oxford Jr/Sr High as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 53% for public schools in Sumner County.

allk12 grades Oxford Jr/Sr High a B. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, Oxford Jr/Sr High falls in the middle 80% of Kansas schools: 33.1% actual against 44.5% predicted.

County data help place the school in context: in Sumner County, the median household income is $63,951, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Sumner County is home to 23 public schools and about 3,436 public school students.

The school nearest to Oxford Jr/Sr High is Oxford Online Virtual School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Oxford Jr/Sr High ranks 5th on average proficiency.

Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Enrollment at Oxford Jr/Sr High dropped 24% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 255 to 195 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.9:1) than in 2020-21 (18.2:1).

Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.

Sumner County at a glance

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Population
22,353
Census ACS
Median income
$63,951
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
3,436 students

Quick facts

School name
Oxford Jr/Sr High
District
Oxford
Address
515 N. Water, Oxford, KS 67119
Phone
(620) 455-2410
County
Sumner County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
195
Teachers (FTE)
15
Student–teacher ratio
12.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
72 (37%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
201044000739
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Oxford Jr/Sr High
How many students attend Oxford Jr/Sr High?
Oxford Jr/Sr High enrolls approximately 195 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Oxford Jr/Sr High serve?
Oxford Jr/Sr High serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oxford Jr/Sr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oxford Jr/Sr High is approximately 12.9:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oxford Jr/Sr High?
At Oxford Jr/Sr High, the student body is approximately 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Oxford Jr/Sr High in?
Oxford Jr/Sr High is part of Oxford.
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