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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORREST COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280149000216
Dixie Attendance Center
790 Elks Lake Road, Hattiesburg, MS 39401 · (601) 582-4890 · Forrest County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
324 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 18% smaller than its 8th grade class (60).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · 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
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
68.6%
MS avg 52.8% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.6% | 68.6% |
| 2023-24 | 61.1% | 69.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. 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
68.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Mississippi 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 Mississippi'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 Dixie Attendance Center
Dixie Attendance Center's state test result (68.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Attendance Center this school | 487 | 66.5% | 68.4% |
| Waveland Elementary School WAVELAND | 460 | 69.8% | 67.9% |
| Lyman Elementary GULFPORT | 524 | 65.3% | 81.7% |
| North Bay Elementary BAY ST LOUIS | 348 | 67.2% | 75.7% |
| Lake Cormorant Elementary LAKE CORMORANT | 635 | 65.8% | 63.0% |
| Southeast Elementary School Meridian | 562 | 69.4% | 50.4% |
Matched among Mississippi 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 Attendance Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Forrest County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #101 of 428 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #87 of 439 ▲ 6 | #3 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #50 of 439 ▲ 93 | #1 of 12 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #151 of 453 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #24 of 408 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #80 of 409 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #350 of 444 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #221 of 296 | #5 of 9 |
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
487
+16 (+3%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 487 | 40.7 | 12.0:1 | 67% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 42.6 | 11.9:1 | 66% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 42.7 | 11.7:1 | 99% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 99% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 41 | 12.9:1 | 72% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 73% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 68% (418) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 64% (343) |
| 1990-91 | 420 | 26 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dixie Attendance Center.
About Dixie Attendance Center
Dixie Attendance Center is a mid-sized elementary school in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, administered by Forrest County School District. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 487 students.
Federal data list 6 schools in Forrest County School District, with 2,124 students enrolled.
At Dixie Attendance Center, 54% of students are White. It is also 30% Black, 8% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Census estimates put Forrest County at about 57% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Dixie Attendance Center is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Dixie Attendance Center comes to 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.0:1. The school's 12.0:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for elementary schools in Mississippi. On the income side, 67% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Forrest County is 12 points.
Dixie Attendance Center earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Test results at Dixie Attendance Center are 7.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (68.4% actual, 61.0% predicted).
For the population of Forrest County, median household income comes to about $53,640, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Forrest County's 21 public schools enroll about 10,857 students and include Dixie Attendance Center.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Earl Travillion Attendance Center, is about 4.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Dixie Attendance Center places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Dixie Attendance Center falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.5:1 in 2020-21, and 12.0:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Dixie Attendance Center is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Forrest County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,272
Census ACS
Median income
$53,640
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
10,857 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forrest County School District
- South Forrest Attendance CenterElementary · 604 students
- North Forrest High SchoolHigh · 349 students
- Earl Travillion Attendance CenterElementary · 261 students
- Rawls Springs Attendance CenterElementary · 214 students
- North Forrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 209 students
Other schools in Hattiesburg
- Oak Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Bellevue ElementaryElementary · 1,145 students
- Hattiesburg High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Longleaf ElementaryElementary · 787 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryElementary · 758 students
Nearby schools
- Earl Travillion Attendance Center4.8 mi · 261
- N R Burger Middle5.5 mi · 525
- Hattiesburg STEAM Academy5.6 mi · 263
- Rowan Elementary6.3 mi · 425
- Thames Elementary7.0 mi · 619
- Woodley Elementary7.4 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Dixie Attendance CenterHow many students attend Dixie Attendance Center?
Dixie Attendance Center enrolls approximately 487 students in grades PK-08.
Is Dixie Attendance Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dixie Attendance Center is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Dixie Attendance Center have?
Dixie Attendance Center employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is Dixie Attendance Center?
Dixie Attendance Center reports a student body of 54% White, 8% Hispanic, 30% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Dixie Attendance Center?
Dixie Attendance Center is overseen by Forrest County School District in Forrest County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.