Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000675
Dixie Elementary
10201 Casalanda Dr, Louisville, KY 40272 · (502) 485-8238 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
277 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
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% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 47% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
28.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
21.7%
KY avg 42.8%
What 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.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What 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.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Dixie Elementary
Dixie Elementary's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Elementary this school | 370 | 74.9% | 21.3% |
| Oakland Elementary Oakland | 432 | 75.0% | 26.4% |
| Sanders Elementary Louisville | 394 | 77.7% | 23.4% |
| Johnsontown Road Elementary Louisville | 406 | 78.8% | 30.4% |
| T C Cherry Elementary School Bowling Green | 431 | 75.4% | 38.5% |
| Greenwood Elementary Louisville | 457 | 71.8% | 19.2% |
Matched among Kentucky elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
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 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #195 of 721 | #40 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #136 of 437 | #19 of 46 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
370
+29 (+9%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and 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) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 82% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 26.8 | 16.8:1 | 83% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 84% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 93% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | N/A | N/A | 65% (272) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 23 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dixie Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (450 to 370); teachers down 3% (26.8 to 26.1).
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.
On the allk12 Grade, Dixie Elementary lands at D, ahead of 5% of Kentucky public elementary schools.
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 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 9% rise, from 341 to 370.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
783,022
Census ACS
Median income
$69,866
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
175
95,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Eastern HighHigh · 1,790 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
Other schools in Louisville
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Other Dixie Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Dixie Elementary. Dixie Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Dixie Elementary SchoolTYLER, TX · 619 students
- Dixie Elementary SchoolNew Lebanon, OH · 446 students
- Dixie Elementary SchoolOpelika, AL · 251 students
- Dixie Elementary SchoolDIXIE, WA · 14 students
Nearby schools
- Valley High0.2 mi · 850
- Wilkerson Elementary School1.0 mi · 541
- Medora Elementary1.3 mi · 460
- Johnsontown Road Elementary1.3 mi · 406
- Layne Elementary1.3 mi · 430
- Stuart Middle School1.5 mi · 1,166
Frequently asked questions
About Dixie ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Dixie Elementary?
Dixie Elementary enrolls approximately 370 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Dixie Elementary serve?
Dixie Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Dixie Elementary?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Dixie Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Dixie Elementary?
Student demographics at Dixie Elementary are roughly 45% White, 20% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Dixie Elementary in?
Dixie Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
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