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Oxford School District

Oxford, Connecticut · Public school district · #88 of 109 Connecticut districts by enrollment

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1,622

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,975

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Connecticut median

10.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Connecticut median 11.5

Oxford School District is a public school district based in Oxford, Connecticut, serving 1,622 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #88 of the 109 Connecticut districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 19% of them. Its schools average 406 students each, fewer than the Connecticut median of 508. It spends about $21,975 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.8 students per teacher.

How Oxford compares

OxfordConnecticut median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,975

Connecticut median $21,960 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$13,110

Connecticut median $13,098 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school406

Connecticut median 508 · 20% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.8

Connecticut median 11.5 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor406

Connecticut median 321 · 26% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$52.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 2%State 30%Local 68%

Measure	Oxford	Connecticut median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,975	$21,960	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$13,110	$13,098	FY2020-21
Total spending	$50.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$52.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	150	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	322	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.8	11.5	2024-25
Students per counselor	406	321	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Connecticut median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Connecticut

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
East Hampton School DistrictEast Hampton	1,676	4	$21,479	11.4	#87
Oxford School DistrictOxford · this district	1,622	4	$21,975	10.8	#88
Regional School District 20Litchfield	1,619	7	n/a	10.4	#89
Coventry School DistrictCoventry	1,612	5	$20,760	10.6	#90
Regional School District 14Woodbury	1,561	4	$24,319	11.0	#91

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Waterville Public SchoolsWaterville, ME	1,623	$19,335	11.0
UxbridgeUxbridge, MA	1,623	$18,901	12.6
Algona Community School DistrictAlgona, IA	1,622	$12,029	16.1
Atlantic Community School DistrictAtlantic, IA	1,621	$11,644	14.7

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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