Dixieland Elementary

Dixieland Elementary is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in Madera, California, run under Madera Unified, hosting 266 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 43% leaner than typical.

Dixieland Elementary is one of 28 schools operated by Madera Unified, a district that caters to 19,922 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Dixieland Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). Other groups include 6% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Dixieland Elementary has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Madera County runs at roughly 81%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dixieland Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Madera County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,627, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Dixieland Elementary is one of 81 public schools in Madera County (combined enrollment of about 32,251 students).

Fairmead Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Dixieland Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Dixieland Elementary's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 257 (now 266). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.