Gretchen Higgins Elementary

Gretchen Higgins Elementary operates as a small elementary-level community in Dixon, California, operated by Dixon Unified. Current enrollment sits at 353 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 24% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Gretchen Higgins Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Dixon Unified, a district that enrolls 2,933 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Gretchen Higgins Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder is composed of 16% White, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, Gretchen Higgins Elementary shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Solano County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gretchen Higgins Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Solano County) records that the typical household earns roughly $100,401 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Solano County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), Gretchen Higgins Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Dixon Montessori Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Gretchen Higgins Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gretchen Higgins Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 43.5%.

Gretchen Higgins Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gretchen Higgins Elementary has contracted 16%, going from 420 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 21% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 28.8:1 in 2018 to 26.9:1 today.

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