Dixon High School

Summary:

Dixon High School is a public high school located in Dixon, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 805 students. It is part of the Dixon Unified School District 170, which is ranked 524 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Dixon High School has seen a decline in its 4-year graduation rate, dropping from 87.3% in 2019-2020 to 82.1% in 2023-2024, this is lower than the state average and the nearby schools like Oregon Junior/Senior High School (96.4%) and Ashton-Franklin Center High School (84.2%). Additionally, the school's dropout rate has fluctuated over the years, ranging from 1.9% to 5.6%, with the 2023-2024 rate of 2.2% being higher than the nearby schools. Chronic absenteeism has also seen a significant increase, rising from 15.3% in 2019-2020 to 42.2% in 2023-2024, much higher than the nearby schools.

Dixon High School's test scores in SAT Mathematics, SAT English Language Arts, and ISA Science are consistently lower than the state averages and the nearby schools. For example, in 2023-2024, only 18.9% of Dixon High School students were proficient or better in SAT Mathematics, compared to 26.1% statewide and 14.9% at Oregon Junior/Senior High School. The school also has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 39.57% to 42.86% in recent years, higher than the nearby schools. These factors suggest that Dixon High School may be facing challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students, and there may be opportunities for the school to learn from the practices and strategies employed by its higher-performing neighbors.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 300 Lincoln Statue Dr
       Dixon, IL  61021-2030


(815) 453-4966

District: Dixon Unified School District 170

SchoolDigger Rank:
360th of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,865 Help


Feeder schools for Dixon High School:

Elementary:    Jefferson Elementary School
    Madison School
    Washington Elementary School
Middle:    Reagan Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.9 Help
Number of students:  805

Racial breakdown:

White:
80.1%
Two or more races:
9.3%
Hispanic:
7.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  42.9% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Dixon High School ranks worse than 51.6% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.42. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Dixon High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dixon High School is $16,865.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dixon High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Dixon High School 360th of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Dixon High School in the ranking list.)

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Dixon Unified School District 170:

SchoolDigger ranks Dixon Unified School District 170 524th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Dixon High School

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Rank History for all students at Dixon High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 64.82 208th 586 64.5%
2004 67.33 199th 592 66.4%
2005 56.10 296th 590 49.8%
2006 40.31 411th 596 31.0%
2007 64.35 219th 612 64.2%
2008 69.58 186th 624 70.2%
2009 55.50 312th 632 50.6%
2010 62.14 266th 643 58.6%
2011 65.14 252nd 655 61.5%
2012 64.21 249th 665 62.6%
2013 64.26 264th 670 60.6%
2014 55.09 321st 670 52.1%
2015 43.14 326th 614 46.9%
2016 39.24 402nd 643 37.5%
2017 51.71 301st 642 53.1%
2018 58.97 245th 647 62.1%
2019 56.69 276th 701 60.6%
2021 56.19 251st 688 63.5%
2022 44.84 386th 699 44.8%
2023 48.58 354th 699 49.4%
2024 44.42 360th 697 48.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Dixon High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.13 134th 154 13.0%
2019 21.59 124th 165 24.8%
2021 13.54 139th 160 13.1%
2022 20.74 128th 170 24.7%
2023 33.21 101st 163 38.0%
2024 17.95 147th 182 19.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Dixon High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.98 199th 374 46.8%
2019 52.53 128th 473 72.9%
2021 29.28 270th 453 40.4%
2022 31.21 286th 493 42.0%
2023 34.65 260th 476 45.4%
2024 32.53 272nd 482 43.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dixon High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.61 57th 585 90.3%
2019 62.54 178th 639 72.1%
2021 57.97 194th 611 68.2%
2022 32.84 433rd 626 30.8%
2023 52.79 269th 644 58.2%
2024 42.35 335th 639 47.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Dixon High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.39 235th 620 62.1%
2019 52.45 312th 665 53.1%
2021 46.18 323rd 639 49.5%
2022 40.75 390th 658 40.7%
2023 47.21 339th 656 48.3%
2024 47.91 308th 664 53.6%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Dixon High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 50.06 151st 428 64.7%
2024 27.00 261st 429 39.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Dixon High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.18 245th 619 60.4%
2019 59.34 231st 675 65.8%
2021 63.31 194th 653 70.3%
2022 46.80 346th 664 47.9%
2023 48.20 328th 668 50.9%
2024 39.66 377th 668 43.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dixon High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 50.94 142nd 335 57.6%
2023 29.45 243rd 333 27.0%
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Rank History for White students at Dixon High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.74 271st 548 50.5%
2019 43.34 270th 552 51.1%
2021 45.69 253rd 553 54.2%
2022 28.23 411th 560 26.6%
2023 32.86 372nd 557 33.2%
2024 31.18 367th 554 33.8%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Dixon High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 984 23 17 25 n/a n/a n/a 0 1049
1989 952 20 14 27 n/a n/a n/a 0 1013
1990 920 23 14 25 n/a n/a n/a 0 982
1991 906 24 14 29 0 n/a n/a 0 973
1992 935 27 18 20 0 n/a n/a 0 1000
1993 913 31 11 22 0 n/a n/a 0 977
1994 913 25 14 26 0 n/a n/a 0 978
1995 940 28 9 19 0 n/a n/a 0 996
1996 940 28 9 19 0 n/a n/a 0 996
1997 935 26 17 25 0 n/a n/a 0 1003
1998 973 21 14 27 0 n/a n/a 0 1035
1999 915 17 16 27 0 n/a n/a 0 975
2000 944 17 18 29 2 n/a n/a 0 1010
2001 923 23 20 27 0 n/a n/a 0 993
2002 903 26 21 35 0 n/a n/a 0 985
2003 903 26 21 35 0 n/a n/a 0 985
2004 885 38 22 39 0 n/a n/a 0 984
2005 948 39 24 48 0 n/a n/a 0 1059
2006 888 40 30 47 0 n/a n/a 0 1005
2007 881 40 26 41 0 n/a n/a 16 1004
2008 848 27 20 34 1 n/a n/a 35 965
2009 781 26 19 37 1 n/a n/a 29 893
2010 759 26 12 37 3 n/a n/a 41 878
2011 746 28 8 39 4 0 45 0 870
2012 682 23 8 35 2 0 54 0 804
2013 656 31 10 41 2 0 59 0 799
2014 635 26 14 47 2 0 59 0 783
2015 651 27 13 53 0 0 62 0 806
2016 650 24 17 51 1 0 60 0 803
2017 678 18 14 39 1 0 52 0 802
2018 636 15 13 33 1 0 45 0 743
2019 637 19 8 31 0 0 60 0 755
2020 627 19 5 35 0 0 60 0 746
2021 651 21 7 47 0 0 69 0 795
2022 670 22 8 53 0 0 81 0 834
2023 645 19 8 58 0 0 75 0 805

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dixon High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1049 57.5 18.2 n/a
1989 1013 55.0 18.4 n/a
1990 982 52.3 18.7 n/a
1991 973 51.5 18.8 n/a
1992 1000 49.5 20.2 n/a
1993 977 47.0 20.8 n/a
1994 978 49.0 20.0 n/a
1995 996 51.7 19.3 n/a
1996 996 51.7 19.3 n/a
1997 1003 51.3 19.6 n/a
1998 1035 52.7 19.6 n/a
1999 975 54.0 18.1 n/a
2000 1010 53.1 19.0 n/a
2001 993 54.1 18.4 n/a
2002 985 53.3 18.5 15.1
2003 985 53.3 18.5 15.1
2004 984 51.0 19.3 21.4
2005 1059 54.5 19.4 26.6
2006 1005 55.0 18.3 25
2007 1004 49.0 20.5 29.3
2008 965 45.0 21.4 29.5
2009 893 52.0 17.2 29.1
2010 878 50.0 17.5 35.8
2011 870 47.0 18.5 36.3
2012 804 47.5 16.9 32.7
2013 799 n/a n/a 37.8
2014 783 45.0 17.4 36
2015 806 41.0 19.6 42.8
2016 803 41.0 19.5 43.2
2017 802 44.4 18.0 37
2018 743 44.1 16.8 35.1
2019 755 43.5 17.3 36.3
2020 746 42.2 17.6 37.9
2021 795 n/a n/a n/a
2022 834 42.1 19.7 39.6
2023 805 42.5 18.9 42.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Dixon High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1049 57.5 18.2 n/a
1989 1013 55.0 18.4 n/a
1990 982 52.3 18.7 n/a
1991 973 51.5 18.8 n/a
1992 1000 49.5 20.2 n/a
1993 977 47.0 20.8 n/a
1994 978 49.0 20.0 n/a
1995 996 51.7 19.3 n/a
1996 996 51.7 19.3 n/a
1997 1003 51.3 19.6 n/a
1998 1035 52.7 19.6 n/a
1999 975 54.0 18.1 n/a
2000 1010 53.1 19.0 n/a
2001 993 54.1 18.4 n/a
2002 985 53.3 18.5 15.1
2003 985 53.3 18.5 15.1
2004 984 51.0 19.3 21.4
2005 1059 54.5 19.4 26.6
2006 1005 55.0 18.3 25
2007 1004 49.0 20.5 29.3
2008 965 45.0 21.4 29.5
2009 893 52.0 17.2 29.1
2010 878 50.0 17.5 35.8
2011 870 47.0 18.5 36.3
2012 804 47.5 16.9 32.7
2013 799 n/a n/a 37.8
2014 783 45.0 17.4 36
2015 806 41.0 19.6 42.8
2016 803 41.0 19.5 43.2
2017 802 44.4 18.0 37
2018 743 44.1 16.8 35.1
2019 755 43.5 17.3 36.3
2020 746 42.2 17.6 37.9
2021 795 n/a n/a n/a
2022 834 42.1 19.7 39.6
2023 805 42.5 18.9 42.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

Dixon High School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201599.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%
201694.3%94.3%94.3%94.3%94.1%94.3%23.3%
201798.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%98.5%24.9%
201883.4%83.4%83.4%83.4%83.3%83.4%83.4%17.4%
201991.0%91.0%91.0%91.0%91.0%91.0%91.0%43.1%
202195.1%95.1%95.1%95.1%95.1%95.1%95.1%95.1%
202297.1%97.1%97.1%97.1%97.1%97.1%97.1%97.1%
202398.6%98.6%98.6%98.6%98.6%98.6%98.6%98.5%
202499.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%98.2%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Dixon High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $556 (4.8%) $11,002 (95.2%) $11,557
2020 $714 (5.8%) $11,579 (94.2%) $12,294
2021 $1,208 (10.1%) $10,810 (90.0%) $12,017
2022 $1,208 (10.1%) $10,810 (90.0%) $12,017
2023 $707 (4.8%) $14,107 (95.2%) $14,813
2024 $1,190 (7.1%) $15,675 (92.9%) $16,865

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Dixon High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 276th of 701 High schoolsRanks 354th of 699 High schools
 11.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Mathematics (Dixon High School)28.812.1
 16.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Dixon Unified School District 170)28.812.1
 16.7%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)34.826.7
 8.1%
11th Grade English Language Arts (Dixon High School)31.623
 8.6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Dixon Unified School District 170)31.623
 8.6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.731.6
 5.1%
End of Course Science (Dixon High School)35.255.7
 20.5%
   End of Course Science (Dixon Unified School District 170)35.256.3
 21.1%
   End of Course Science (Illinois)36.452.2
 15.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students755805
 6.6%
African American1919
American Indian00
Asian88
Hispanic3158
 87.1%
Pacific Islander00
White637645
 1.3%
Two or More Races6075
 25%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients36.3%42.9%
 6.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Dixon High School

Dixon High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Jefferson Elementary School
Elementary : Madison School
Elementary : Washington Elementary School
Middle : Reagan Middle School

Students at Dixon High School are 80% White, 9% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic, 2% African American.

Dixon High School ranks 360th of 697 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 805 students attended Dixon High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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