Dixon Elementary

Dixon Elementary is a primary school of heavily attended scale in Brookfield, Wisconsin, part of Elmbrook School District, instructing 658 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 104% larger than typical.

Across the 10 schools in Elmbrook School District (7,845 students total), Dixon Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dixon Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder is composed of 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Waukesha County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Roughly 11% of students at Dixon Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dixon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.7%; this one delivers 74.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Waukesha County indicate median household income runs about $106,076, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Dixon Elementary is one of 113 public schools in Waukesha County (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students).

The closest other public school is Pilgrim Park Middle, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Dixon Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 76.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Dixon Elementary's enrollment has grew 25% since 2018, when it stood at 525 (now 658).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.