Oxford High School

Oxford High School is a secondary school of roomy scale in Oxford, Alabama, overseen by Oxford City, instructing 1,242 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 82% above the state mean of about 682.

Oxford City comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,103 students; Oxford High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Oxford High School lists that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 29% Black, 20% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Calhoun County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Oxford High School has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Oxford High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oxford High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Calhoun County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $55,029 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Calhoun County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students), Oxford High School is one campus in the mix.

Oxford Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oxford High School. On composite proficiency, Oxford High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oxford High School has showed little movement, going from 1,214 students in 2018 to 1,242 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 46% across the same window.

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