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How has Oxford Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
620
Middle
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001671
Oxford Middle
12500 Switzer Road, Overland Park, KS 66213 · (913) 239-5500 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL620 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Kansas public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
125 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 220 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 32% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 58% · US 70%
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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
63.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
66.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.7% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 51.3% | 52.9% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Middle
Oxford Middle's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Middle this school | 620 | 20.2% | 59.5% |
| Blue Valley Middle Overland Park | 593 | 15.5% | 54.3% |
| California Trail Middle School Olathe | 584 | 13.5% | 50.6% |
| Andover Middle School Andover | 773 | 19.5% | 56.9% |
| Chisholm Trail Middle School Olathe | 569 | 13.2% | 49.9% |
| Lawrence Southwest Middle School Lawrence | 641 | 24.8% | 47.5% |
Matched among Kansas middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #10 of 192 | #8 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #11 of 192 | #9 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #17 of 192 | #14 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 620 | #52 of 225 | #15 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #96 of 161 | #22 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #60 of 161 | #13 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #176 of 195 | #16 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #40 of 54 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25Enrollment
620
+79 (+15%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 620 | 45.9 | 13.5:1 | 20% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 45.1 | 13.6:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 45.9 | 13.4:1 | 19% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 41.4 | 14.4:1 | 18% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 15% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 10% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 4% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 40 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oxford Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (598 to 620); teachers up 11% (41.4 to 45.9).
About Oxford Middle
Oxford Middle, located in Overland Park, Kansas, is a large middle school. It teaches 620 students in grades 6 through 8. That is 54% above the average of about 402 students for middle schools in Kansas.
Blue Valley counts 37 schools and 22,225 students, including Oxford Middle.
More than half of the students at Oxford Middle are White (64%). Other reported shares: 14% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. That compares with about 79% White among all Johnson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
Its staff includes 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.5 students per teacher. Compared with the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 20% of students at Oxford Middle can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Oxford Middle holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 97% of Kansas public middle schools.
Oxford Middle scores 59.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.6%.
In Johnson County, home to about 620,631 people, the median household earns about $109,208 a year, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Johnson County number 168, with about 93,598 students.
The closest school to Oxford Middle is Oak Hill Elementary, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Oxford Middle ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Oxford Middle is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment increased by 15% across 4 years, from 541 in 2020-21 to 620 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.9:1 in 2020-21, and 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blue Valley
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
- Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- Aubry Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Overland Park
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- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
Other Oxford Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Oxford Middle. Oxford Middle is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Oxford Middle SchoolOXFORD, MI · 938 students
- Oxford Middle SchoolOxford, MS · 667 students
- Oxford Middle SchoolOxford, AL · 619 students
- Oxford MiddleOxford, MA · 385 students
- Oxford Middle SchoolOxford, CT · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Hill Elementary0.2 mi · 491
- Cottonwood Point Elementary0.8 mi · 352
- Blue Valley Northwest High1.0 mi · 1,496
- Bentwood Elem1.2 mi · 366
- Indian Valley Elementary1.2 mi · 431
- Heartland Elementary1.5 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Oxford MiddleHow many students attend Oxford Middle?
Oxford Middle enrolls approximately 620 students in grades 06-08.
Is Oxford Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oxford Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oxford Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oxford Middle is approximately 13.5:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oxford Middle?
At Oxford Middle, the student body is approximately 64% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Oxford Middle in?
Oxford Middle is part of Blue Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.