OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT

What the Numbers Say About OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT

OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Mississippi, serving 4,729 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $15,288. Estimated average teacher salary — derived from instructional expenditure variable Z33 divided by teacher FTE — is $62,760, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2803450 references the FY2022 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Mississippi statewide average of $62,177, teacher pay in OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT runs roughly in line with the state benchmark — a 0.9% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $82,292 (23.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in Mississippi, it pays more than 47% of them. Licensing reciprocity, collective bargaining strength, and state aid formulas all contribute to where a district lands in these tiers.

On the budget side, OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT reports $72.3M in total expenditure against $72.4M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 27% of spending — a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $13.8M, special-education teacher pay is $2.0M. These figures are district-level aggregates from F-33, not individual contracts — step-and-column schedules, stipends, and collectively-bargained differentials sit underneath these totals.