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School Choice

School Choice


The inter-district school choice program under G.L. c. 76, § 12B , allows families to enroll their children in schools in communities other than the city or town in which they reside. Tuition is paid by the sending district to the receiving district. Districts may elect not to enroll school choice students if no space is available. Please refer to the Inter-District School Choice Receiving District Status document for information regarding district participation. If you are interested in having your child attend school in another district under this program and that district is accepting students, you should contact the superintendent's office in the district where you want to enroll your child. If your district does not participate in the inter-district school choice program, families still have the option to enroll their children in a participating district.

 
Once we open the window for application, interested families can complete an Application for School Choice at this link: School Choice Application 2026-2027
 
If there are more applicants than seats available, there will be a lottery for acceptance. We will begin to accept students after May 1, 2026, and will close the process in Mid September, 2026.
 
As grade level seats are filled, we will update the number of available seats.
 
Once accepted, you will be asked to provide school records including but not limited to Transcripts, IEP or 504 Plan, ELL plans, Discipline and Attendance records.  Please click the School Year 2026-2027 Tab to view the available seats.
 
Previous School Years

  • The School Committee voted at its meeting of March 25, 2026 to participate in School Choice for the FY27 school year, and to offer a specific number of additional seats in certain grades, as follows.

    Grade Level Available Seats 26-27 Grade Level Available Seats 26-27
    K 4 6 15
    1 4 7 10
    2 2 8 10
    3 4 9 20
    4 4 10 10
    5 2 11 10
        12 5


     
    Interested families can complete an Application for School Choice at this link: School Choice Application 2025-2026
     
    If there are more applicants than seats available, there will be a lottery for acceptance. We will begin to accept students after May 1, 2026, and will close the process in Mid September, 2026.
     
    As grade level seats are filled, we will update the number of available seats.
     
    Once accepted, you will be asked to provide school records including but not limited to Transcripts, IEP or 504 Plan, ELL plans, Discipline and Attendance records.
     
    Previous School Years

  • The School Committee voted at its meeting of March 24, 2025 to participate in School Choice for the FY26 school year, and to offer a specific number of additional seats in certain grades, as follows.  We are no longer accepting applications for School Choice at any of our schools  All available seats have been applied for. 

    Please check back with us in the Winter to determine if we are accepting School Choice applications for the 26-27 school year.
     

    Grade Level Available Seats 25-26 Grade Level Available Seats 25-26
    K 2 6 10
    1 2 7 2
    2 8 8 10
    3 11 9 10
    4 2 10 10
    5 4 11 10
        12 5


     
    Interested families can complete an Application for School Choice at this link: School Choice Application 2025-2026
     
    If there are more applicants than seats available, there will be a lottery for acceptance. We will begin to accept students after May 1, 2025, and will close the process in Mid September, 2025.
     
    As grade level seats are filled, we will update the number of available seats.
     
    Once accepted, you will be asked to provide school records including but not limited to Transcripts, IEP or 504 Plan, ELL plans, Discipline and Attendance records.
     
    Previous School Years

  • As of 9/2/2024 School choice is closed. We are at capacity.

    The School Committee voted at its meeting of March 18, 2024 to participate in School Choice for the FY25 school year, and to offer a specific number of additional seats in certain grades, as follows:
     
    Grade 1 and 2 are full, we are not accepting additional students this year   

    • a maximum of twelve (12) seats in each Grade 4 and 7.
    • a maximum of three (3) seats in Grade 5;
    • One seat remains in Grade 6
    • a maximum of ten (10) seats in each Grade 9, 10, 11, and 12; and

    There are NO available seats in Grades K, 3, or 8.
     
    If there are more applicants than seats available, there will be a lottery for acceptance. We will begin to accept students after May 1, 2024, and will close the process in Mid September, 2024.
    As grade level seats are filled, we will update the number of available seats.
    Please use the following link to begin the application process.

    Once accepted, you will be asked to provide school records including but not limited to Transcripts, IEP or 504 Plan, ELL plans, Discipline and Attendance records.

  • School Choice is closed for the 2023-24 school year.

    Please check back in Spring to see if the School Committee approves School Choice for the 2024-25 School Year
     
    The School Committee voted at its meeting of March 27, 2023 to participate in School Choice for new students at the Oxford Public Schools for the 2023-24 school year.

    Seats were available in certain grades as follows:

    • a maximum of ten (10) seats in Grade 3;
    • a maximum of three (3) seats in Grade 4; and
    • a maximum of seven (7) seats in each Grade 9, 10, 11, and 12.

  • The School Committee voted at its meeting of April 11, 2022 to NOT offer additional seats or accept any new students for School Choice at the Oxford Public Schools for the 2022-23 school year.

  • The School Committee voted at its meeting of May 24, 2020 to NOT offer additional seats or accept any new students for School Choice at the Oxford Public Schools for the 2021-22 school year.

  • The School Committee voted at its meeting of April 13, 2020 to NOT offer additional seats or accept any new students for School Choice at the Oxford Public Schools for the 2020-21 school year.

  • The School Committee voted at its meeting of March 25, 2019 to offer specific additional seats and accept new students into the NJROTC Program at Oxford High School through the School Choice Program for the 2019-2020 school year.
     
    The specific openings for the NJROTC Program at Oxford High School were as follows:

    • a maximum of ten (10) spaces for freshman to the NJROTC Program at Oxford High School;
    • a maximum of ten (10) spaces for sophomores in the NJROTC Program at Oxford High School;
    • a maximum of five (5) spaces for juniors in the NJORTC Program at Oxford High School.

  • The School Committee voted at its meeting of March 26, 2018 to NOT offer additional seats or accept any new students in the School Choice Program for Oxford Public Schools for the 2018-2019 school year.