NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools MS

Best-Resourced Schools in Oxford, MS

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11 public K-12 schools in Oxford from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
7,617
Students
35.5/100
Avg Resource Index
14.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Oxford has more public-school enrollment than 72% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Oxford's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Oxford's list includes 4 elementary, 3 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Oxford's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 27th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 63rd percentile. The 36-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 28%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
27th percentile
Teacher staffing
63rd percentile

Oxford High School accounts for 17.5% of all Oxford public-school enrollment

That concentration means Oxford-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Oxford school enrollment varies 4.8× across entities

Oxford school enrollment ranges from 277 students (lowest) to 1,335 students (highest), a spread of 1,058 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Oxford student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Oxford is typically wider than the Oxford-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Lafayette Elementary School 48
2. Lafayette Upper Elementary School 47
3. Central Elementary 41
4. Della Davidson Elementary 41
5. Bramlett Elementary School 36
6. Oxford Intermediate School 35
7. Lafayette Middle School 32
8. Oxford High School 31
9. Oxford Middle School 30
10. Lafayette High School 28
11. Oxford Early Childhood Center 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Oxford

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Bramlett Elementary School 67.6/100
  2. 2 Central Elementary 67.3/100
  3. 3 Oxford Middle School 65.0/100
  4. 4 Oxford Early Childhood Center 63.8/100
  5. 5 Della Davidson Elementary 63.2/100

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Which Oxford school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lafayette Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Oxford schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Oxford, MS? ▼

Oxford has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,617 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.