Oxon Hill Elementary

Oxon Hill Elementary is a K-5 school of tight-knit scale in Oxon Hill, Maryland, overseen by Prince George's County Public Schools, teacheing 215 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Oxon Hill Elementary sits 55% leaner than that benchmark.

Prince George's County Public Schools runs 199 schools in total, collectively educating 132,693 students. Oxon Hill Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Oxon Hill Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 34% Black, 7% Asian, 5% White. By comparison, Prince George's County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Prince George's County's rate of about 79%.

With demographic context factored in, Oxon Hill Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.4%, the actual is 31.5%, a residual of +13.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Prince George's County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Prince George's County's 203 public schools (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students), Oxon Hill Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Fort Foote Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oxon Hill Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oxon Hill Elementary has edged down 23%, going from 278 students in 2018 to 215 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 56% to 34% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Oxon Hill Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.