Dixie Bee Elementary School

Dixie Bee Elementary School is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Terre Haute, Indiana, overseen by Vigo County School Corp, instructing 564 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 29% bigger than typical.

Vigo County School Corp comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 13,277 students; Dixie Bee Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Dixie Bee Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment; the rest reads as 9% Asian, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 45% of students at Dixie Bee Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Vigo County's rate of about 62%.

With demographic context factored in, Dixie Bee Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 52.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Vigo County) reports that median household earnings sit near $52,976, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Vigo County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,416 students), Dixie Bee Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Honey Creek Middle School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Dixie Bee Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dixie Bee Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Dixie Bee Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 677 (now 564). Class-load math has tightened: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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