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Cross City, Florida - 5 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Dixie #19 of 67 districts in Florida (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,407 per pupil, Dixie ranks #27 of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending (Florida districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,090
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$11,407
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dixie operates 5 public schools serving 2,090 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Dixie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,407 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 67 Florida districts by per-pupil spending. See how Florida compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 17.9% local, 57.2% state, and 24.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 62/100, ranked #19 of 67 in Florida against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 476.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 39.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.0% White, 11.3% African American, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kinder Cub School Inc, with a diversity index of 45.4/100.
Its largest campus is Dixie County High School, enrolling 791 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Kinder Cub School Inc, at 121 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dixie County High School accounts for 32.6% of all Dixie student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dixie-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Dixie school enrollment varies 6.5× across entities
Dixie school enrollment ranges from 121 students (lowest) to 791 students (highest), a spread of 670 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Dixie has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.6% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Dixie student-counselor ratio is 477:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Dixie chronic absenteeism rate is 39.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.