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Oxford School District

Oxford, Mississippi · Public school district · #21 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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4,763

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,911

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Oxford School District is a public school district based in Oxford, Mississippi, serving 4,763 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #21 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 81% of them. Its schools average 680 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,911 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Oxford compares

OxfordMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,911

Mississippi median $10,034 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,927

Mississippi median $5,828 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school680

Mississippi median 399 · 70% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor397

Mississippi median 382 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$68.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 33%Local 57%

Measure	Oxford	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,911	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,927	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$59.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$68.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	343	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	717	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	397	382	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 Mississippi median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Mississippi

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Clinton Public School DistrictClinton	5,148	9	$8,215	14.4	#18
Hinds County School DistrictRaymond	4,940	10	$9,120	14.6	#19
Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School DistrictStarkville	4,880	9	$10,677	12.6	#20
Oxford School DistrictOxford · this district	4,763	7	$9,911	13.9	#21
Meridian Public SchoolsMeridian	4,385	11	$11,242	12.3	#22

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Magnolia ElementaryAnaheim, CA	4,767	$13,684	22.3
Baker CountyMacclenny, FL	4,763	$9,400	16.3
Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public SchoolsElizabeth City, NC	4,760	$11,980	15.7
Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125Lincolnshire, IL	4,758	$29,851	16.0

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ms-oxford-school-district