Summary
Oxford Day Academy is a small public high school in East Palo Alto, serving 108 students in grades 9–12. Its strongest academic area is math compared with its English results, but both subjects remain well below state levels. The most important concern is that students’ proficiency, especially in English, trails the state and nearby high schools substantially.
In 2024–2025, 12% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA), compared with 49% statewide—a 37-point gap. In math, 13% were proficient, compared with 37% statewide, a 25-point gap. Nearby comparisons show the same pattern: Oxford’s ELA result was below every one of eight nearby schools with results, whose scores ranged from 39% to 79%; its math result was second-lowest. At the closest comparison, East Palo Alto Academy, Oxford’s math result was 8 points higher, while its ELA result was 28 points lower. No test results or ranking are available for the Oxford Day Academy District, so a direct district comparison is not possible.
Scores improved from 2023–2024 to 2024–2025: ELA rose from 6% to 12%, and math from 0% to 13%, narrowing the gaps with the state, though substantial gaps remain. Other outcomes move in different directions: chronic absenteeism fell to 4% in 2024–2025, well below the state’s 19%, while the graduation rate declined from 81% in 2021–2022 to 55% in 2023–2024. SchoolDigger placed Oxford at the 20th statewide percentile with 1 star in 2024–2025, the lowest percentile among nearby schools with a rating; that was up from the 1st percentile the prior year. The school’s 43:1 student-teacher ratio was higher than every nearby reported ratio. In 2024–2025, 67% of students were eligible for free/reduced-price lunch, placing Oxford near the high end of nearby schools reporting that measure.
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