Summary:
Zip code 07863 has one listed school, Oxford Central School, serving pre-K through grade 8 and enrolling 262 students. It is the only school in the list, so there is no local school-to-school comparison. The most important finding for families is how much results vary by grade, especially in math: proficiency ranged from 64% in grade 3 to 7% in grade 8, a 57-point spread.
Oxford Central’s standout result is Algebra I: 88% were proficient in 2025–2026, compared with 40% statewide, a 48-point advantage. Grade 7 math also stood out at 62%, 24 points above the state, as did grade 6 ELA at 66%, 15 points above. At the lower end, grade 8 math was 7%, 16 points below the state, and grade 3 ELA was 36%, 12 points below. Across grades, the school’s averages were only modestly above state results: 52% versus 51% in ELA, 42% versus 40% in math, and 24% versus 23% in science.
Results shifted in different directions over time. Algebra I rose from 36% in 2024–2025 to 88% in 2025–2026, while the state result edged up from 38% to 40%; science also improved relative to the state, while the school’s small ELA and math average leads narrowed. Grade-level trends were mixed: math improved sharply in grades 4 and 7 but declined in grades 3, 5, 6 and 8. SchoolDigger placed the school at the 48th percentile in 2023–2024, 52nd in 2024–2025 and 51st in 2025–2026, awarding 3 stars in each of the latest two years. Context measures include a 9.8 student-teacher ratio and 30% free/reduced lunch eligible in school year 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 12%, compared with 14% statewide.
Thank you for your feedback!