Dirigo High School

Dirigo High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Dixfield, Maine. It had 216 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 448 students for high schools in Maine.

RSU 56 includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 720 students.

By race and ethnicity, Dirigo High School is 94% White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Oxford County, where about 93% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dirigo High School scores 12%.

For every teacher at Dirigo High School, there are about 12.6 students; the school has 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 11.9:1 average for high schools in Maine. There are 122 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 56% of enrollment.

The school is in Oxford County, where the median household earns about $60,173 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Dirigo High School shares Oxford County with 32 other public schools.

Of the public schools around it, Dirigo High School is closest to T W Kelly Dirigo Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. There are 4 other public schools within five miles.

NCES assigns Dirigo High School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

In 2020-21, Dirigo High School enrolled 216; in 2024-25, 216.

The Dirigo High School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.