Summary:
ZIP code 01540 covers Oxford, Massachusetts, where four public schools serve 1,458 students: two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Oxford High is the largest with 453 students, followed by Oxford Middle (385), Alfred M Chaffee (313, grades K-2), and Clara Barton (307, grades 3-5). The Oxford district ranks 263 of 351 districts in Massachusetts, placing it in the 25th percentile with 1 star, while the three schools with current school-level rankings — Oxford High, Oxford Middle, and Clara Barton — each show 2 stars.
Clara Barton is the strongest current standout among tested schools, with the highest rank percentile in the group (43rd, 516 of 899 schools) and a rank that has climbed steadily from 32nd to 38th to 43rd over three years. It is also the only school here with a 2025-2026 test score above the state average: Science at 41.67% proficient versus 40.98%. Oxford High shows the biggest year-over-year improvement, with its rank percentile rising from 17th to 32nd and stars moving from 1 to 2, as Math proficiency rose from 19.78% to 32.18% and Science from 20.73% to 29.41%. Its graduation rate of 97.1% also exceeds the district's 95.2%. Oxford Middle has held steady near the mid-30s percentile for three years, but Math proficiency drops sharply by grade — 37.25% in 6th, 21.6% in 7th, and 16.0% in 8th.
Comparing schools, Clara Barton outperforms Oxford Middle in every All Grades subject: ELA 36.81 vs 31.10, Math 36.36 vs 24.77, and Science 41.67 vs 25.00 — a possible sign of a drop-off in the middle grades. Oxford High still trails the state by roughly 11 to 16 points in each tested subject. Alfred M Chaffee cannot be judged on current performance because it serves K-2 and has no current test scores or rank; its only rank history is from 2007-2010. Free/reduced lunch figures are blank for all four schools, so economic context cannot be assessed, and spending data is from 2020-2021.
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