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What do you wish you knew before starting at Dixon Elementary?
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Enrollment
658
Elementary
DISTRICT 707 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMBROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550177002367
Dixon Elementary
2400 Pilgrim Square Dr, Brookfield, WI 53005 · (262) 785-3970 · Waukesha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
75 students
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 42%
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 | 67 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
74.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
80.2%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.2% | 80.2% |
| 2023-24 | 71.7% | 79.1% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
74.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 Dixon Elementary
Dixon Elementary's state test result (74.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Elementary this school | 658 | 11.4% | 74.2% |
| Pewaukee Lake Elementary Pewaukee | 748 | 11.6% | N/A |
| Horizon School Pewaukee | 647 | 11.3% | 73.5% |
| Elmwood Elementary New Berlin | 567 | 9.7% | 73.5% |
| Hemlock Creek Elementary De Pere | 822 | 13.7% | 75.9% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Early Learning Center Menomonee Falls | 526 | 13.1% | N/A |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Dixon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Waukesha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #115 of 982 | #30 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #58 of 992 ▲ 28 | #18 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #90 of 992 ▲ 41 | #28 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #36 of 1,157 | #6 of 65 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #783 of 901 | #54 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #439 of 901 | #29 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.4% | #999 of 1,064 | #41 of 63 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.3% | #39 of 240 | #5 of 28 |
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
658
+89 (+16%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 432
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 658 | 40.6 | 16.2:1 | 11% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 41.3 | 16.3:1 | 12% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 40.1 | 16.5:1 | 7% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 8% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 32.1 | 16.4:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 5% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 432 | 28 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dixon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (525 to 658); teachers up 27% (32.1 to 40.6).
About Dixon Elementary
Dixon Elementary is a public elementary school in Brookfield, Wisconsin. A federal count lists 658 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Wisconsin is about 323, so this school runs 104% above that.
Elmbrook School District has 10 schools; together they serve 7,845 students.
Roughly 77% of students at Dixon Elementary are White. It is also 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 87%. Dixon Elementary's diversity index is 40%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Dixon Elementary is 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.2:1. This ratio sits 1.5 above the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 11%.
Dixon Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of Wisconsin public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 70.7% at Dixon Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 74.2%.
Dixon Elementary is located in Waukesha County, where the median household income is $106,076, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Dixon Elementary is one of 113 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Pilgrim Park Middle, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Dixon Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 16% from its 2020-21 level of 569. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.2:1 to 16.2:1 over the same years.
The Dixon Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Waukesha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
411,762
Census ACS
Median income
$106,076
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
60,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmbrook School District
- Brookfield East HighHigh · 1,374 students
- Brookfield Central HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Burleigh ElementaryElementary · 927 students
- Pilgrim Park MiddleMiddle · 898 students
- Wisconsin Hills MiddleMiddle · 812 students
- Swanson ElementaryElementary · 778 students
Other schools in Brookfield
- Brookfield East HighHigh · 1,374 students
- Brookfield Central HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Burleigh ElementaryElementary · 927 students
- Wisconsin Hills MiddleMiddle · 812 students
- Swanson ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Brookfield ElementaryElementary · 641 students
Other Dixon Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 9 states are named Dixon Elementary. Dixon Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Dixon ElementaryHolly Ridge, NC · 760 students
- Dixon Elementary SchoolIrvington, AL · 526 students
- Dixon Elementary SchoolDETROIT, MI · 485 students
- Dixon Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 412 students
- DIXON ELEM.DIXON, MO · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Pilgrim Park Middle0.9 mi · 898
- Brookfield Central High1.0 mi · 1,215
- Burleigh Elementary1.1 mi · 927
- Tonawanda Elementary1.4 mi · 533
- Brookfield East High1.4 mi · 1,374
- Fairview South1.9 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About Dixon ElementaryHow many students attend Dixon Elementary?
Dixon Elementary enrolls approximately 658 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dixon Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dixon Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dixon Elementary have?
Dixon Elementary employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Dixon Elementary?
Student demographics at Dixon Elementary are roughly 77% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Dixon Elementary in?
Dixon Elementary is part of Elmbrook School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.