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Oxford Valley El Sch
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Oxford Valley El Sch
Located at 430 Trenton Rd, in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, Oxford Valley El Sch is a mid-tier elementary campus that hosts 390 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Pennsbury SD.
Across the 14 schools in Pennsbury SD (9,435 students total), Oxford Valley El Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Oxford Valley El Sch records that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Oxford Valley El Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.4%.
In the surrounding community, Bucks County reports that median household income runs about $114,764, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Oxford Valley El Sch is one of 123 public schools in Bucks County (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students).
The closest other public school is Pennsbury HS, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oxford Valley El Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.2%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Oxford Valley El Sch's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 390). White enrollment moved from 77% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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