Dixie Elementary
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedWhat this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Kentucky schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
Where Dixie Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #625 of 669 | #55 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #625 of 668 | #55 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #613 of 674 | #51 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #476 of 744 | #75 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #238 of 674 | #24 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #88 of 674 | #43 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #136 of 437 | #19 of 46 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 370 | 26.1 | 14.2:1 | 75% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 24.4 | 14.7:1 | 80% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 21.6 | 15.4:1 | 81% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 26.8 | 16.8:1 | 83% (375) |
About Dixie Elementary
Dixie Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Louisville, Kentucky. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 370 students.
The 167 schools in Jefferson County enroll 95,124 students altogether, Dixie Elementary among them.
The biggest share of students at Dixie Elementary, 45%, is White. Next come 28% Black, 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 63% White among all Jefferson County residents. The diversity index for Dixie Elementary is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Dixie Elementary reported 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.2:1. The school's 14.2:1 compares with an average of 15.4:1 for elementary schools in Kentucky. Roughly 75% of students at Dixie Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
After accounting for student poverty, Dixie Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 21.3% is 15.9 points below the 37.3% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
For Jefferson County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $69,866 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Jefferson County number 175, with about 95,579 students.
Dixie Elementary's nearest public school is Valley High (about 0.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Dixie Elementary places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2017-18-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 18% decline, from 450 to 370. Hispanic students made up 6% of enrollment in 2017-18 and 20% in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.8:1 to 14.2:1.
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