2025 Compare Cities Education:
Shelton, CT vs Oxford, CT

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Highlights
- Oxford spends 0.7% more per student than Shelton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.7% lower in Oxford than in Shelton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oxford had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shelton
 Shelton, CTOxford, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,138$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,833  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,407$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.77  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5404573
 Students per Counselor356  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Shelton    4 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I have lived in Shelton ct for 14 years and the taxes are low and is not  More

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I love Shelton it's the best place to live. Good schools, low crime, low taxes for CT, great volunteer firefighters and EMT's.  More

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Over 13 years ago

I see a lot of people complain about Shelton.OK,it's their right.Is it perfect? Of course not.But I've seen a lot of people leave and come back in a year or two.What is  More

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Reviews for Oxford    3 Reviews

The overview of Oxford seems odd to me as it lists, as part of the cons, areas of urban decay. Not sure how, where or what they were looking at. Oxford was once a  More

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Oxford is a lovely town but offers little to no service and taxes it's residents out of their homes. Too bad because it wasn't always that way but the current political  More

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Over 17 years ago

Nice people. Lots of community  More

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