Dixie Middle School

Dixie Middle School is one of the close-knit middle-grades schools in New Lebanon, Ohio, overseen by New Lebanon Local School District, with 291 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Dixie Middle School sits 40% smaller than that benchmark.

New Lebanon Local School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,048 students. Dixie Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dixie Middle School reports that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Dixie Middle School records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $66,139 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students), of which Dixie Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dixie High School, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Dixie Middle School's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 351 (now 291). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 97% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

On this page, members of the Dixie Middle School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.