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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATAWBA COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370069000287
Oxford Elementary
5915 Oxford School Road, Claremont, NC 28610 · (828) 459-7220 · Catawba County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
533 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (90).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 71% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
34.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
47.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Elementary
Oxford Elementary's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Elementary this school | 540 | 98.7% | 43.4% |
| Blackburn Elementary Newton | 484 | 99.0% | 63.1% |
| Startown Elementary Newton | 540 | 99.4% | 56.9% |
| Ray Childers Elementary Hickory | 460 | 99.3% | 62.9% |
| Clyde Campbell Elementary Hickory | 505 | 99.4% | 64.6% |
| Claremont Elementary Claremont | 462 | 99.4% | 54.7% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Catawba County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #1,007 of 1,297 | #21 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #957 of 1,296 | #21 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,097 of 1,300 | #21 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #491 of 1,485 | #7 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,092 of 1,377 | #14 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #637 of 1,379 | #15 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #780 of 1,414 | #22 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #611 of 937 | #12 of 18 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
540
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 540 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 99% (533) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 39.3 | 13.9:1 | 72% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 38.4 | 15.3:1 | 69% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 55% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 35.4 | 16.8:1 | 63% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 68% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 62% (409) |
| 2000-01 | 960 | 60 | 16.0:1 | 41% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 727 | 40 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oxford Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (596 to 540); teachers down 7% (35.4 to 33).
About Oxford Elementary
Families in Claremont, North Carolina, are served by Oxford Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 540 students in pre-K through 6.
Oxford Elementary belongs to Catawba County Schools, a district of 28 schools and 16,003 students.
About 58% of the student body at Oxford Elementary is White. Other students are 16% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. By comparison, Catawba County residents are about 75% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 33 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. The school's 16.4:1 compares with an average of 14.9:1 for elementary schools in North Carolina. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 99%. That rate is above the 86% average among public schools in Catawba County.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Oxford Elementary outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Oxford Elementary is 48.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.4%.
For Catawba County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $67,864 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Oxford Elementary, Catawba County has 44 public schools.
Oxford Elementary is about 2.5 miles from Bunker Hill High, its nearest public school. Oxford Elementary has 6 other public schools within five miles. Oxford Elementary's average proficiency of 43.4% compares with 53.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Oxford Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 540, starting from 552.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Oxford Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Catawba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
163,573
Census ACS
Median income
$67,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
22,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Catawba County Schools
- Saint Stephens HighHigh · 1,268 students
- Bandys HighHigh · 935 students
- Fred T Foard HighHigh · 930 students
- Maiden HighHigh · 852 students
- Bunker Hill HighHigh · 845 students
- Saint Stephens ElementaryElementary · 711 students
Other schools in Claremont
- Bunker Hill HighHigh · 845 students
- Mill Creek MiddleMiddle · 477 students
- Claremont ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- River Bend MiddleMiddle · 450 students
Other Oxford Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Oxford Elementary. Oxford Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Oxford Elementary SchoolOxford, AL · 837 students
- Oxford Elementary SchoolOXFORD, MI · 340 students
- Oxford Elementary SchoolOxford, ME · 307 students
- Oxford Elementary SchoolCleveland Heights, OH · 278 students
- Oxford ElemOxford, KS · 201 students
Nearby schools
- Bunker Hill High2.5 mi · 845
- River Bend Middle2.6 mi · 450
- Lyle Creek Elementary3.0 mi · 458
- Claremont Elementary4.0 mi · 462
- Shuford Elementary4.4 mi · 402
- Newton-Conover Middle4.8 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Oxford ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Oxford Elementary?
Oxford Elementary enrolls approximately 540 students in grades PK-06.
Is Oxford Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oxford Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Oxford Elementary?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Oxford Elementary.
How diverse is Oxford Elementary?
Oxford Elementary reports a student body of 58% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 13% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Oxford Elementary in?
Oxford Elementary is part of Catawba County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.