Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 295 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 261962007459
Dibble Elementary School
3450 KIBBY RD, JACKSON, MI 49203 · (517) 841-3970 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
198 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 55%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 56% · 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
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
43.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
38.9%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Dibble Elementary School
Dibble Elementary School's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dibble Elementary School this school | 282 | 70.2% | 38.5% |
| Botsford Elementary School LIVONIA | 347 | 68.9% | 26.3% |
| Orchard View Early Elementary MUSKEGON | 331 | 69.5% | N/A |
| Roosevelt Elementary School PORT HURON | 270 | 77.0% | N/A |
| Milwood Elementary School KALAMAZOO | 362 | 70.4% | 21.9% |
| Holland Elementary School TAYLOR | 310 | 79.0% | 39.7% |
Matched among Michigan 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 Dibble Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #752 of 1,085 | #10 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #704 of 1,072 | #8 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #691 of 1,139 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #1,152 of 1,630 | #22 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #964 of 1,424 | #10 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #140 of 1,424 | #6 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #510 of 1,563 | #8 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #520 of 979 | #4 of 13 |
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
282
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 282 | 16.6 | 17.0:1 | 70% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 15.6 | 17.7:1 | 81% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 16.6 | 17.0:1 | 75% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 14 | 20.2:1 | 65% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 21 | 15.3:1 | 51% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 17 | 20.6:1 | 30% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 29% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 47% (153) |
| 1990-91 | 387 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dibble Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (320 to 282); teachers down 21% (21 to 16.6).
About Dibble Elementary School
Families in JACKSON, Michigan, are served by Dibble Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 282 students. That is 24% below the average of about 369 students for elementary schools in Michigan.
Within Jackson Public Schools, Dibble Elementary School is one of 12 schools. The district enrolls 4,310 students.
The largest group at Dibble Elementary School is White students, at 47%. Smaller groups are 26% Black, 19% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Jackson County is roughly 83% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dibble Elementary School scores 67%.
Dibble Elementary School has 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. The school's 17.0:1 compares with an average of 15.8:1 for elementary schools in Michigan. The school has 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 53% average among public schools in Jackson County.
A school with Dibble Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Michigan is predicted to score 35.2%. Dibble Elementary School scores 38.5%, 3.3 points above that line.
Census data for Jackson County show median household income comes to about $66,073, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 68 public schools in the county, enrolling about 21,681, Dibble Elementary School among them.
A public school about 1.6 miles away, Paragon Charter Academy, is the closest to Dibble Elementary School. Dibble Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Dibble Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Dibble Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Small.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 283 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 282. Students per teacher dropped from 20.2 in 2020-21 to 17.0 in 2024-25.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,060
Census ACS
Median income
$66,073
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
21,681 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Public Schools
- Jackson High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Middle School at ParksideMiddle · 750 students
- South Central Michigan VirtualCombined · 402 students
- Cascades Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Hunt Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
Other schools in JACKSON
- Jackson High SchoolHigh · 989 students
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 958 students
- Northwest Early Elementary SchoolElementary · 848 students
- Northwest Kidder Middle SchoolMiddle · 786 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 758 students
- Middle School at ParksideMiddle · 750 students
Other Dibble Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Dibble Elementary. Dibble Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Dibble Elementary SchoolBLANCHARD, OK · 335 students
Nearby schools
- Paragon Charter Academy1.6 mi · 627
- Sharp Park Academy1.8 mi · 337
- Fourth Street Learning Center2.0 mi · 27
- Middle School at Parkside2.0 mi · 750
- Jackson ISD Local Based Special Education Programs2.1 mi · 240
- Cascades Elementary School2.2 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About Dibble Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dibble Elementary School?
Dibble Elementary School enrolls approximately 282 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Dibble Elementary School serve?
Dibble Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Dibble Elementary School?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Dibble Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dibble Elementary School?
At Dibble Elementary School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 6% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 19% Two or more.
What district is Dibble Elementary School in?
Dibble Elementary School is part of Jackson Public Schools.
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