Elk Ridge School

Elk Ridge School operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Oxford, Pennsylvania, operated by Oxford Area SD. Current enrollment sits at 413 students spanning grades 1 through 2.

Oxford Area SD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,129 students. Elk Ridge School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Elk Ridge School reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 40% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 104% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Chester County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Chester County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,208, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Elk Ridge School is one of 111 public schools in Chester County (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students).

Nearest neighbor: Nottingham School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elk Ridge School has edged down 14%, going from 479 students in 2018 to 413 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 58% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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