Clara Barton

Located at 25 Depot Road, in Oxford, Massachusetts, Clara Barton is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that teaches 307 students (grades 3 through 5), overseen by Oxford.

Within Oxford, which oversees 4 schools and 1,458 students, Clara Barton is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Clara Barton lists that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Worcester County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Clara Barton has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, Worcester County reports that the typical household earns roughly $95,939 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Worcester County's 257 public schools (combined enrollment of about 121,490 students), Clara Barton is one campus in the mix.

Oxford Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clara Barton has decreased 20%, going from 383 students in 2018 to 307 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 82% to 70%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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