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Dixie Middle
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Utah 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 Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Dixie Middle
Dixie Middle is a high school of average-sized scale in ST GEORGE, Utah, one of the schools within Washington District, works with 844 students in grades 8 through 9.
Washington District comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 37,102 students; Dixie Middle is among them.
In terms of who attends, Dixie Middle shows that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 25% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Dixie Middle has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.3:1. The state averages around 21.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dixie Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.2%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household earnings sit near $80,632, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dixie Middle is one of 65 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 41,356 students).
Dixie High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dixie Middle comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dixie Middle has ticked up 4%, going from 809 students in 2018 to 844 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 25% across the same window.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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