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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Dixon Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
760
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONSLOW COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370345002270
Dixon Elementary
130 Betty Dixon Rd, Holly Ridge, NC 28445 · (910) 327-2104 · Onslow County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL760 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
254 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 82%
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 | 32 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 71% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
65.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
59.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Dixon Elementary
Dixon Elementary's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Elementary this school | 760 | 33.4% | 63.7% |
| Coastal Elementary Holly Ridge | 833 | 33.1% | 71.3% |
| Belmont Central Elementary Belmont | 693 | 33.9% | 69.0% |
| Shawboro Elementary School Shawboro | 625 | 35.7% | 64.2% |
| Parkway Elementary Boone | 610 | 35.4% | 71.3% |
| St James Elementary Denver | 653 | 27.0% | 71.0% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Dixon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Onslow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #396 of 1,297 | #5 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #622 of 1,296 | #8 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #223 of 1,300 | #3 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 760 | #123 of 1,485 | #2 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,051 of 1,377 | #22 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #1,169 of 1,379 | #22 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.4% | #1,272 of 1,414 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #147 of 937 | #8 of 16 |
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
760
-122 (-14%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 760 | 47 | 16.2:1 | 33% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 734 | 45 | 16.3:1 | 31% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 736 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 30% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 882 | 59 | 14.9:1 | 23% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 1,025 | 59.5 | 17.2:1 | 31% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 1,029 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 31% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 760 | 47 | 16.2:1 | 48% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 51% (375) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 32 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dixon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,025 to 760); teachers down 21% (59.5 to 47).
About Dixon Elementary
Dixon Elementary, located in Holly Ridge, North Carolina, is a large elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 760 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students, which makes this school 63% bigger than average.
Onslow County Schools has a total of 39 schools and 27,397 students, Dixon Elementary among them.
The student body at Dixon Elementary is 76% White. The school is also 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 67%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
Dixon Elementary has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.2:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 33% at Dixon Elementary. For comparison, public schools in Onslow County average 51%.
Dixon Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 68.6% at Dixon Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.7%.
Looking at the county, Onslow County, median household income comes to about $68,148, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 42, with about 27,501 students.
Dixon Middle is the nearest public school to Dixon Elementary, about 1.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 3. The nearest schools with test data average 60.1%, lower than Dixon Elementary's 63.7%.
The NCES locale for Dixon Elementary is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count fell 14% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.2:1, from 14.9:1.
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Onslow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,906
Census ACS
Median income
$68,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
27,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Onslow County Schools
- Jacksonville HighHigh · 1,441 students
- White Oak HighHigh · 1,252 students
- Swansboro HighHigh · 1,232 students
- Dixon HighHigh · 1,085 students
- Northside HighHigh · 1,067 students
- Swansboro MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
Other schools in Holly Ridge
- Dixon HighHigh · 1,085 students
- Coastal ElementaryElementary · 833 students
Other Dixon Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 9 states are named Dixon Elementary. Dixon Elementary is the largest of the 9.
- Dixon ElementaryBrookfield, WI · 658 students
- Dixon Elementary SchoolIrvington, AL · 526 students
- Dixon Elementary SchoolDETROIT, MI · 485 students
- Dixon Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 412 students
- DIXON ELEM.DIXON, MO · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Dixon Middle1.2 mi · 997
- Dixon High2.7 mi · 1,085
- Coastal Elementary4.2 mi · 833
- Surf City Middle10.1 mi · 752
- Surf City Elementary10.1 mi · 857
- Southwest Middle12.7 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Dixon ElementaryHow many students attend Dixon Elementary?
Dixon Elementary enrolls approximately 760 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dixon Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dixon Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dixon Elementary have?
Dixon Elementary employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
How diverse is Dixon Elementary?
Dixon Elementary reports a student body of 76% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Dixon Elementary in?
Dixon Elementary is part of Onslow County Schools.
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