Summary:
The city of Oxford, New Jersey has only one school, Oxford Central School, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 249 students. The school is part of the Oxford Township School District, which is ranked 358 out of 613 districts in New Jersey and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Oxford Central School's academic performance on the NJSLA assessments is mixed, with some grade levels and subjects performing above the state average, while others are below. The school's strongest performance is in Algebra I, where both the end-of-course and 8th-grade assessments show a significantly higher percentage of students proficient or better compared to the state average. However, the school's weakest performance is in 8th-grade Mathematics, where 0% of students were proficient or better, well below the state average of 19.4%. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 16.6% is relatively high, indicating a potential area for improvement.
Despite these challenges, Oxford Central School has some positive attributes, such as a relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (13.65%), suggesting a relatively low level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Additionally, the school's spending per student of $14,106 is higher than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio of 9.2 is relatively low, which could be a positive factor in supporting student learning.
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