POTTER-DIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

POTTER-DIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a very small elementary-level community in DIX, Nebraska, run under POTTER-DIX PUBLIC SCHOOLS, enrolls 81 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 70% below typical.

POTTER-DIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by POTTER-DIX PUBLIC SCHOOLS, a district that works with 169 students overall.

On demographics, POTTER-DIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, POTTER-DIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, POTTER-DIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Nebraska public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 66.5%; POTTER-DIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 55.4%, -11.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kimball County put the typical household earns roughly $56,712 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. POTTER-DIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 3 public schools in Kimball County (combined enrollment of about 470 students).

MARY LYNCH ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at POTTER-DIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 23%, going from 105 students in 2018 to 81 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.