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S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL
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7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL
As a medium-sized K-5 school in PACE, Florida, S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL caters to 611 students from grades pre-K through 2, run under SANTA ROSA.
S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 38 schools operated by SANTA ROSA, a district that educates 29,643 students overall.
Looking at the student body, S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest reads as 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Santa Rosa County indicate median household income runs about $91,922, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 42 public schools in Santa Rosa County (combined enrollment of about 29,382 students).
PACE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 767 students in 2018 compared to 611 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.
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