Dixon 7-8

Dixon 7-8 is a middle-grades school of minimally staffed scale in Dixon, Montana, run under Dixon Elem, serveing 15 students in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 89% leaner than the state mean of about 139.

Dixon Elem runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 47 students. Dixon 7-8 is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Dixon 7-8 shows that the largest single group is Native American at 40%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 33% White, 20% multiracial, 7% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Dixon 7-8 shows 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sanders County runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sanders County indicate median household income runs about $57,476, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Sanders County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,321 students), Dixon 7-8 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dixon Elementary, roughly 0.0 miles away.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Dixon 7-8's enrollment has ticked up 88% since 2018, when it stood at 8 (now 15). The White share of enrollment fell from 63% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 4.5:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.