DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL operates as a small 9-12 campus in CROSS CITY, Florida, operated by DIXIE. Current enrollment sits at 791 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by DIXIE, a district that works with 2,435 students overall.

On the student-mix side, DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Black, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.6%.

Around the school, Dixie County reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,110 per year, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Dixie County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,435 students), of which DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one.

RUTH RAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL has ticked up 52%, going from 519 students in 2018 to 791 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.