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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Joshua Dixon Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIANA EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390453202176
Joshua Dixon Elementary School
333 N Middle St, Columbiana, OH 44408 · (330) 482-5355 · Columbiana County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Ohio public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
147 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 43%
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 | 58 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 30% smaller than its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Columbiana Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
82.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +9.2pp since 2021
Math
86.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +14.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.4% | 86.5% |
| 2023-24 | 85.5% | 84.7% |
| 2022-23 | 73.6% | 80.7% |
| 2021-22 | 73.3% | 72.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 74% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 11 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Joshua Dixon Elementary School
Joshua Dixon Elementary School's state test result (84.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Dixon Elementary School this school | 363 | 40.5% | 84.8% |
| Danville Elementary School Danville | 353 | 41.1% | 73.7% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Mc Donald | 383 | 41.8% | 76.5% |
| Crestwood Primary School Mantua | 364 | 43.4% | 71.4% |
| Williamsburg Elementary School Williamsburg | 402 | 40.0% | 87.8% |
| Elda Elementary School Hamilton | 327 | 37.6% | 82.8% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Joshua Dixon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Columbiana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #148 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #179 of 1,569 ▲ 31 | #2 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #211 of 1,569 ▼ 37 | #1 of 13 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.6pp | #200 of 1,514 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #1,005 of 1,808 | #8 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #401 of 1,582 | #7 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.9% | #1,194 of 1,590 | #7 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.5% | #397 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #599 of 992 | #9 of 13 |
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
363
-76 (-17%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 363 | 23 | 15.8:1 | 40% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 23 | 17.4:1 | 28% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 23 | 17.5:1 | 23% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 23 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 30% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 32% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 249 | 19 | 13.1:1 | 47% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 17 | 20.9:1 | 21% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 20 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joshua Dixon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (405 to 363); teachers down 8% (25 to 23).
About Joshua Dixon Elementary School
Federal records list Joshua Dixon Elementary School as an elementary school in Columbiana, Ohio. Enrolled students number 363 students, in pre-K through 4.
The 3 schools in Columbiana Exempted Village enroll 971 students altogether, Joshua Dixon Elementary School among them.
Federal enrollment data show Joshua Dixon Elementary School is 90% White. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is close to the 93% White share among all Columbiana County residents. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Joshua Dixon Elementary School's 23 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.8:1. That is lower than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 40%. Compared with the 50% average for public schools in Columbiana County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Joshua Dixon Elementary School is A+. Compared with Ohio public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 98% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Joshua Dixon Elementary School is 73.5%. It actually posts 84.8%, which is 11.3 points higher and in the top 10% of Ohio schools.
Across Columbiana County, the median household income is $58,180, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. In all, Columbiana County has 39 public schools and roughly 13,165 students.
The shortest distance from Joshua Dixon Elementary School to another public school is about 1.3 miles, to Columbiana High School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Joshua Dixon Elementary School is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 76 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 19.1:1 to 15.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Columbiana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,704
Census ACS
Median income
$58,180
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
13,165 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbiana Exempted Village
- Columbiana High SchoolHigh · 319 students
- South Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 289 students
Other schools in Columbiana
- Crestview Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Crestview Middle SchoolMiddle · 367 students
- Crestview High SchoolHigh · 355 students
- Columbiana High SchoolHigh · 319 students
- South Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 289 students
Nearby schools
- Columbiana High School1.3 mi · 319
- South Side Middle School1.4 mi · 289
- Crestview Elementary School3.5 mi · 414
- Leetonia Elementary K-63.6 mi · 284
- Leetonia Jr./Sr. High School3.6 mi · 203
- Crestview High School3.8 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Joshua Dixon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Joshua Dixon Elementary School?
Joshua Dixon Elementary School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Joshua Dixon Elementary School serve?
Joshua Dixon Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Joshua Dixon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Joshua Dixon Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Joshua Dixon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Joshua Dixon Elementary School are roughly 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Joshua Dixon Elementary School public or private?
Joshua Dixon Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Columbiana Exempted Village.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.