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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TYLER ISD·NCES 484347004932
Dixie Elementary School
213 PATTON LN, TYLER, TX 75704 · (903) 262-2040 · Smith County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
568 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
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 | 40 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 44.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 36.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Dixie Elementary School
Dixie Elementary School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Elementary School this school | 619 | 91.8% | 32.3% |
| Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary School NACOGDOCHES | 612 | 93.8% | 24.8% |
| Kemp-Carver Elementary School BRYAN | 563 | 90.2% | 44.3% |
| Burnet Elementary School GALVESTON | 562 | 92.3% | 26.6% |
| Carroll Elementary School CORSICANA | 559 | 91.4% | 25.9% |
| Bell Elementary School TYLER | 540 | 90.0% | 42.0% |
Matched among Texas 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 Dixie Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Smith County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #3,457 of 4,401 | #24 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,706 of 4,466 ▼ 286 | #26 of 31 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,795 of 4,466 ▼ 258 | #25 of 31 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.0pp | #306 of 3,998 | #6 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #1,464 of 4,938 | #5 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,234 of 4,622 | #24 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #1,655 of 4,628 | #15 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #878 of 4,789 | #9 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #1,996 of 2,838 | #9 of 15 |
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
619
+57 (+10%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 619 | 38.9 | 15.9:1 | 92% (568) |
| 2023-24 | 629 | 40.4 | 15.6:1 | 92% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 38.8 | 15.9:1 | 93% (570) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 90% (503) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 41.5 | 16.7:1 | 87% (600) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 41 | 15.0:1 | 85% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 79% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 43% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 30 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dixie Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (691 to 619); teachers down 6% (41.5 to 38.9).
About Dixie Elementary School
Dixie Elementary School is an elementary school in TYLER, Texas, reachable at (903) 262-2040. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 619 students.
TYLER ISD has 18,708 students spread across 26 schools.
The largest group at Dixie Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 59%. The remaining students are 26% Black, 10% White, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Smith County, the Hispanic share is about 21%. The diversity index for Dixie Elementary School is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Dixie Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.9 students per teacher, from 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Lunch program data show 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Smith County is 64%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 34.5%.
For the population of Smith County, the median household earns about $74,192 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Smith County, 65 public schools serve about 37,385 students.
A public school about 1.3 miles away, Tyler High School, is the closest to Dixie Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Dixie Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Dixie Elementary School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 57 students, from 562 to 619. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.8:1 to 15.9:1.
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Smith County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
241,740
Census ACS
Median income
$74,192
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
37,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TYLER ISD
- Tyler Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- Tyler High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Three Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Boulter Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
Other schools in TYLER
- Tyler Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- Tyler High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- Three Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Boulter Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
Other Dixie Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Dixie Elementary. Dixie Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Dixie Elementary SchoolNew Lebanon, OH · 446 students
- Dixie ElementaryLouisville, KY · 370 students
- Dixie Elementary SchoolOpelika, AL · 251 students
- Dixie Elementary SchoolDIXIE, WA · 14 students
Nearby schools
- Tyler High School1.3 mi · 2,148
- Jones Elementary School1.5 mi · 355
- Boulter Middle School1.7 mi · 901
- Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy2.2 mi · 83
- Tyler ISD Early College High School2.4 mi · 447
- Orr Elementary School2.4 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Dixie Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dixie Elementary School?
Dixie Elementary School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dixie Elementary School serve?
Dixie Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dixie Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dixie Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dixie Elementary School?
At Dixie Elementary School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 59% Hispanic, 26% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Dixie Elementary School in?
Dixie Elementary School is part of TYLER ISD.
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