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Dixon, California - 6 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Dixon Unified #1217 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,379 per pupil, Dixon Unified ranks #1356 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,021
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$13,379
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dixon Unified operates 6 public schools serving 3,021 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 high, 1 middle 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 Solano County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,379 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 36.9% local, 51.6% state, and 11.5% 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 31/100, ranked #1217 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 403.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.7% Hispanic or Latino, 23.1% White, 3.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Tremont Elementary, with a diversity index of 63.8/100.
Its largest campus is Dixon High, enrolling 990 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Maine Prairie High (Continuation), at 84 students, a 12x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dixon High accounts for 32.8% of all Dixon Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dixon Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Dixon Unified school enrollment varies 12× across entities
Dixon Unified school enrollment ranges from 84 students (lowest) to 990 students (highest), a spread of 906 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Dixon Unified student-counselor ratio is 404:1 — 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.
Dixon Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 36.2% — 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.