Oxford Middle

Set in Overland Park, Kansas, Oxford Middle is a substantial middle school, overseen by Blue Valley. It hosts 620 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 402 students each, so Oxford Middle sits 54% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Blue Valley, which oversees 40 schools and 22,491 students, Oxford Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Oxford Middle records that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Oxford Middle reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Oxford Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oxford Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.6%; this one delivers 59.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household income runs about $109,208, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Oxford Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Oak Hill Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Oxford Middle comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 64.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 598 students in 2018 compared to 620 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 70% to 64% over that span.

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