Dixon Elementary School, Dixon KY

Original Research by School Decision on Dixon Elementary School

Dixon Elementary School is the elementary school for Dixon, the county seat of Webster County in western Kentucky. The school serves kindergarten through sixth grade and is a regular public school within the Webster County district. The three public schools in town are physically connected and share a cafeteria, so the elementary, middle, and high school buildings form a single campus-like cluster near the downtown area. Dixon itself is a very small, rural town where daily life centers on county government, the school district, and small local businesses. Population has seen a slight decline in recent years, and the housing market reflects a low cost of living relative to national averages, with home values well below the state benchmark.

The student body is almost entirely white, with small numbers of Hispanic students and students identifying as two or more races. Nearly half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that a substantial share of families have lower household incomes. The school enrollment is moderate for an elementary serving grades K through 6, with fairly even class sizes across the grade levels.

On the Kentucky Summative Assessment, Dixon Elementary shows a pattern of mixed results across subjects and grade levels. In reading and language arts, proficiency rates generally sit just above the halfway mark, with fourth graders reaching a higher performance level than the other tested grades. In mathematics, performance is more variable; rates fall in a range that is moderate, though one grade level's results were suppressed for data privacy reasons, making it difficult to see the full picture for that cohort. Science results for fourth grade and social studies results for fifth grade are meaningfully lower, each below the halfway mark. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand how the curriculum supports these subjects.

Because Dixon Elementary only goes through sixth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. The district brief turned up no recent major changes or initiatives publicly available, so the school appears to be operating without a visible recent shift in programming or leadership.

The classroom environment and student support services are largely undocumented in the available data. Civil rights data, discipline rates, staffing ratios, and chronic absenteeism numbers were all absent. A parent considering Dixon Elementary should expect to ask the school directly about class sizes, the availability of intervention or enrichment programs, and how the school addresses the academic areas where state assessment results are softer. The school's location as part of a shared campus with the middle and high school means that elementary students are on the same grounds as older students, though the elementary operates as a separate school.

For a family seeking a small-town rural elementary where the school building is integrated into the civic center of the community, Dixon Elementary fits that description. The academic results suggest a solid but not high-flying performance in reading and math, with weaker spots in science and social studies that warrant a closer conversation with staff. The lack of accessible data on student services, discipline, and staffing means that a thorough tour and questions to the principal will be essential for any family making a decision.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 36% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 29% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median

Grade 651%

School 51% · District 44% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 32% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 463%

School 63% · District 36% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 39% · ▲ 12 pts above district

even with state median

Grade 658%

School 58% · District 51% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Science

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 26% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 20% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median

This schoolWebster County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income50%Higher-income52%2 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income52%Higher-income73%21 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income53%3 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income44%Higher-income67%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income52%Higher-income50%2 pp gap