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The Oxford School District is a public
school district
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations.
North America United States
In the U.S, most Kâ12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...
based in
Oxford, Mississippi
Oxford is a city and college town in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Oxford lies 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Memphis, Tennessee, and is the county seat of Lafayette County. Founded in 1837, it was named after the British city of Oxf ...
.
Its boundary includes almost all of Oxford, the
University
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census-designated place
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, and some
unincorporated areas
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.
School board
The district is governed by a six-member elected board of trustees. There are two Office of the Board positions, President and Secretary, that are annually elected by the district for one-year terms at the end of each fiscal year. By law, at least two board members must be appointed by the Board of Alderman and remaining members are elected by county residents living within the Municipal Separate School District. As of May 2017 the school board members are: S. Ray Hill; Marian Barksdale, President; Romana Reed; Brian Harvey, Superintendent; Gray Edmondson, Secretary; and Scott Shipman.
Superintendent
The superintendent is voted on and elected by the school board. From 2013 through 2017 the superintendent was Brian Harvey. Harvey graduated from the district in 1990 and worked in the district for 17 years; as a middle and high school teacher, the assistant principal at Oxford High School, and the principal at both Central Elementary and Oxford Middle School. While serving as interim superintendent, Harvey was appointed after the previous superintendent, Kim Stasny, died from a short illness. In 2021, Bradley Robertson was announced as the new superintendent.
Schools
;Secondary schools
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Oxford High School (Grades 9 through 12)
Oxford Middle School(Grades 7 through 8)
;Elementary schools
Oxford Intermediate School(Grades 5 and 6)
Della Davidson Elementary School(Grades 3 and 4)
Central Elementary School(Grades 1 and 2)
Bramlett Elementary School(Grades Pre-K through K)
Central Elementary School was previously known as Oxford Elementary School. The school was renamed in 2019 in order to honor Oxford's African-American school pre-integration, Central High School.
;
;Alternative schools
C.M. Scott CenterSpecial Needs)
Oxford Learning Center(Grades 6 and 12)
In the
Jim Crow
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. Other areas of the United States were affected by formal and informal policies of segregation as well, but many states outside the Sout ...
era, where
white and black students attended separate schools, the "Negro Elementary and High School" housed black students. Construction began and ended in 1938 and 1939, respectively. The
Public Works Administration
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(PWA) was involved in the building of this school.
Demographics
2006-07 school year
There were a total of 3,356 students enrolled in the Oxford School District during the 2006â2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 50% female and 50% male. The racial makeup of the district was 43.65% African American, 49.70% White, 2.18% Hispanic, 4.32% Asian, and 0.15% Native American.
41.9% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.
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Previous school years
Accountability statistics
District Report Card
The Mississippi Statewide Accountability System provides performance ratings of A, B, C, D, and F for public school districts in the state, with A as the highest score and F as the lowest. These ratings are based on established standards such as " student achievement, individual student growth, graduation rate, and participation rate."
Data is available from the 2017-2018 school year until the 2020-2021 school year.
See also
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List of school districts in Mississippi
This is a list of school districts in Mississippi.
Alcorn County
*Alcorn School District
* Corinth School District
Attala County
* Attala County School District
* Kosciusko School District
Bolivar County
*Cleveland School District
*North ...
References
External links
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Oxford, Mississippi
Education in Lafayette County, Mississippi
School districts in Mississippi