Dix Street Elementary School

Dix Street Elementary School is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in OTSEGO, Michigan, overseen by Otsego Public Schools, educateing 357 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Otsego Public Schools runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,361 students. Dix Street Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Dix Street Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest breaks down as 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Dix Street Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Dix Street Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Dix Street Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.1%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of -0.6 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Allegan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,283 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Allegan County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,174 students), of which Dix Street Elementary School is one.

Washington Street Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dix Street Elementary School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 10%: 325 students in 2018 compared to 357 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 92% to 82% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Dix Street Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.