Dixon Unified’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 3rd to the 33rd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Elementary · 4 schools
from 3rd to 33rd · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary: 28th percentile, Developing
Tremont Elementary: 6th percentile, Needs Support
Gretchen Higgins Elementary: 3rd percentile, Needs Support
2Needs Support
2Developing
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One dot per school.
Middle and high school pictures
Middle · 2 schools
from 19th to 74th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests
Dixon Montessori Charter: 74th percentile, Solid
John Knight Middle: 19th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
1Solid
0Strong
High · 1 school
at 42nd · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests
Dixon High: 42nd percentile, Developing
0Needs Support
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One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 1 of the 6 ranked schools teaches two levels, so it appears in more than one picture.
The average elementary school in Dixon Unified had 16 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.
Middle schools
Which middle schools in Dixon Unified score highest?
Dixon Montessori Charter is highest, at the 74th percentile.
That’s higher than 74 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
Highest in Dixon Unified
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Where does the high school we score in Dixon Unified stand?
Dixon High is at the 42nd percentile.
That’s higher than 42 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). It’s the only public high school we score in Dixon Unified.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.
Continuation schools and court and community schools enroll students differently from a regular school, so each is compared only with its own kind or not ranked.
Dixon Community DayCommunity day school: students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion, so we don’t rank it
The district
Where does Dixon Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?
Dixon Unified spent $17,557 per student in the 2024–25 school year.
The typical California district spent $20,491. About 59 cents of every Dixon Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.
Spending by function
Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.
Share by function, 2024–25
Instruction59%
Instruction support9%
Student services8%
Administration13%
Buildings & maintenance10%
Other1%
Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.
What the district plans
$9.3 million
planned in its 2026–27 plan for 31 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 16% of its $56.8 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.
The plan in short
Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 162 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.
Where the money goes
Three actions take 56% of the money. The plan itself puts 96% of it toward staff.
Competitive Compensation to Improve Staffing $3.7 million
Class-size reduction (LREBG) $1.1 million
School Safety, Climate, and Behavior Intervention Programs (LREBG) $387,778
28 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help
10 of the plan’s 31 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.
Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
Reading $421,393
Math $357,668
Catch-up help $472,923
English learners $810,369
An action naming two of these appears under both.
Largest of these
Targeted ELD Instruction (LREBG)$249,837
Counseling and Credit Recovery Support$247,463
ELD Instructional Coaching and Professional Development (LREBG)$238,398
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students
It plans $7.5 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $8.9 million and estimates it spent $9.2 million, $0.3 million (3%) more than planned (our arithmetic).
$9.2 million spent (estimated)$8.9 million planned
What changed
The total is $246,066 (3%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Social-Emotional and Behavioral Leadership and Coordination, which went from $530,871 to $65,000.
Largest cuts
Social-Emotional and Behavioral Leadership and Coordination−$465,871
District-Level Coordination of Family Engagement and Outreach−$151,252
AVID−$125,152
Largest increases
Facility Improvements+$128,032
Peer Mentorship and Student Leadership Initiatives+$85,044
Playground Safety and Supervision Training+$75,947
New in the 2026–27 plan
Class-size reduction (LREBG)$1.1 million
School Safety, Climate, and Behavior Intervention Programs (LREBG)$387,778
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Expansion for Equity$377,440
Ask: What did Social-Emotional and Behavioral Leadership and Coordination pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $465,871 less?
What its goals measure
Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.
What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure
2024–25
2025–26
Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
32%
33%
up 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 1
24%
23%
down 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 2
22 in 100
21 in 100
1 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 2
5.0%
6.7%
up 1.7 pts
Goal 3 isn’t shown because it tracks other measures.
Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.
The plan’s own titles and amounts
Competitive Compensation to Improve Staffing · $3,702,962
Class-size reduction (LREBG) · $1,111,539
School Safety, Climate, and Behavior Intervention Programs (LREBG) · $387,778
The full plan3 goals, 38 measures and where the money goes
We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($9.3 million).
Where does the money go?
72% to Goal 1. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.
not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals
Every goal, in the plan’s order
Goal 1Engage all students in standards-aligned rigorous curriculum and learning that ensures preparation for…$6.7 million72% of action budgets
“Engage all students in standards-aligned rigorous curriculum and learning that ensures preparation for college, career, and success in a global society” p. 22 ↗
17 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $7.2 million (−$450,531)
Largest funded actions
Competitive Compensation to Improve Staffing$3.7 millionaction 1.6 · p. 113 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Class-size reduction (LREBG)$1.1 millionaction 1.16 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $902,060 is state funding counted toward those services
Expanded Support Staff for Data Monitoring and Planning (LREBG)$0.4 millionaction 1.20 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $172,935 is state funding counted toward those services
Targeted ELD Instruction (LREBG)$0.2 millionaction 1.8 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $167,818 is state funding counted toward those services
ELD Instructional Coaching and Professional Development (LREBG)$0.2 millionaction 1.9 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $11,920 is state funding counted toward those services
12 more funded actions in this goal
Teacher(s) on Special Assignment for Reading Intervention Coordination (LREBG) · action 1.21 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $63,441 is state funding counted toward those services$0.2 million
Elementary Reading and Math Supports for Multilingual Language Learners (LREBG) · action 1.15 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $6,824 is state funding counted toward those services$0.2 million
District Librarian and Library Technicians to Expand Library Access (LREBG) · action 1.18 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $46,877 is state funding counted toward those services$0.2 million
Mathematics Professional Development and Alignment (LREBG) · action 1.27 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $15,720 is state funding counted toward those services$0.2 million
Comprehensive Recruitment and Retention Plan · action 1.7 · p. 113 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
English Learner Specialist to support the administration of the ELPAC and support delivery of ELD · action 1.11 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$0.1 million
Curriculum and instructional materials with a focus on unduplicated student groups including Multilingual Language Learners. (LREBG) · action 1.13 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $10,000 is state funding counted toward those servicesunder $0.1 million
Teacher Professional Development for English Learners and Long-Term English Learners (LREBG) · action 1.10 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $500 is state funding counted toward those servicesunder $0.1 million
Newcomer Student Support Program · action 1.12 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Supplemental Pay for Professional Development Outside Regular Hours · action 1.29 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
AVID · action 1.31 · p. 115 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
"Improvement Science" Project with Solano County Office of Education · action 1.14 · p. 114 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
Supplemental Pay for Professional Development Outside Regular Hours−$94,744$99,744 → $5,000 · p. 115 ↗
Comprehensive Recruitment and Retention Plan+$29,258$94,258 → $123,516 · p. 113 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Competitive Compensation to Improve Staffing · $3.7 million → $3.7 million · p. 113 ↗unchanged
Class-size reduction (LREBG) · $1.1 million · p. 114 ↗new or renamed
Expanded Support Staff for Data Monitoring and Planning (LREBG) · $368,867 · p. 115 ↗new or renamed
Targeted ELD Instruction (LREBG) · $249,837 · p. 114 ↗new or renamed
ELD Instructional Coaching and Professional Development (LREBG) · $238,398 · p. 114 ↗new or renamed
Teacher(s) on Special Assignment for Reading Intervention Coordination (LREBG) · $225,460 · p. 115 ↗new or renamed
Elementary Reading and Math Supports for Multilingual Language Learners (LREBG) · $195,933 · p. 114 ↗new or renamed
District Librarian and Library Technicians to Expand Library Access (LREBG) · $162,446 · p. 115 ↗new or renamed
Mathematics Professional Development and Alignment (LREBG) · $161,735 · p. 115 ↗new or renamed
English Learner Specialist to support the administration of the ELPAC and support delivery of ELD · $85,462 → $89,793 · p. 114 ↗+$4,331
Curriculum and instructional materials with a focus on unduplicated student groups including Multilingual Language Learners. (LREBG) · $50,000 · p. 114 ↗new or renamed
Teacher Professional Development for English Learners and Long-Term English Learners (LREBG) · $5,500 · p. 114 ↗new or renamed
Newcomer Student Support Program · $5,000 → $5,000 · p. 114 ↗unchanged
"Improvement Science" Project with Solano County Office of Education · $500 → $1,328 · p. 114 ↗+$828
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 23 measures
None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 22 ↗.
Goal 2Engage all students in social-emotional and behavioral learning which ensures engaging, safe, healthy, and…$2.3 million25% of action budgets
“Engage all students in social-emotional and behavioral learning which ensures engaging, safe, healthy, and culturally responsive schools so that all students graduate college and career ready” p. 53 ↗
10 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.4 million (+$926,527)
Largest funded actions
School Safety, Climate, and Behavior Intervention Programs (LREBG)$387,778action 2.9 · p. 117 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $363,928 is state funding counted toward those services
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Expansion for Equity$377,440action 2.7 · p. 116 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Playground Safety and Supervision Training$330,560action 2.14 · p. 117 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Facility Improvements$297,127action 2.16 · p. 117 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Actions and Initiatives to Improve Attendance Rates for Unduplicated Students (LREBG)$273,410action 2.3 · p. 116 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $259,410 is state funding counted toward those services
5 more funded actions in this goal
Counseling and Credit Recovery Support · action 2.6 · p. 116 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$247,463
Site-Based Mental Health Clinicians and Interns (LREBG) · action 2.5 · p. 116 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $8,035 is state funding counted toward those services$155,540
Peer Mentorship and Student Leadership Initiatives · action 2.10 · p. 117 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$95,044
PBIS Coaching and Implementation · action 2.12 · p. 117 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$88,776
Social-Emotional and Behavioral Leadership and Coordination · action 2.4 · p. 116 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services$65,000
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
Social-Emotional and Behavioral Leadership and Coordination−$465,871$530,871 → $65,000 · p. 116 ↗
Facility Improvements+$128,032$169,095 → $297,127 · p. 117 ↗
Peer Mentorship and Student Leadership Initiatives+$85,044$10,000 → $95,044 · p. 117 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
School Safety, Climate, and Behavior Intervention Programs (LREBG) · $387,778 · p. 117 ↗new or renamed
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Expansion for Equity · $377,440 · p. 116 ↗new or renamed
Playground Safety and Supervision Training · $254,613 → $330,560 · p. 117 ↗+$75,947
Actions and Initiatives to Improve Attendance Rates for Unduplicated Students (LREBG) · $273,410 · p. 116 ↗new or renamed
Counseling and Credit Recovery Support · $247,463 · p. 116 ↗new or renamed
Site-Based Mental Health Clinicians and Interns (LREBG) · $155,540 · p. 116 ↗new or renamed
PBIS Coaching and Implementation · $88,776 · p. 117 ↗new or renamed
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 10 measures · 3 quoted
Middle School Dropout Rates as Reported in AERIESp. 55 ↗
Baseline
2023-2024: 0%
Target for year 3
0%
High School Dropout Rates as Reported in Aeriesp. 55 ↗
Bilingual Parent Liaison Program (LREBG)$221,841action 3.4 · p. 118 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2,909 is state funding counted toward those services
District-Level Coordination of Family Engagement and Outreach$21,826action 3.3 · p. 118 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Translation and Interpretation Services$12,971action 3.6 · p. 118 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
Engage with Community Partners to Increase Opportunities for Students and Families (LREBG)$5,000action 3.2 · p. 117 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2,091 is state funding counted toward those services
Changes from last year’s plan, same title
District-Level Coordination of Family Engagement and Outreach−$151,252$173,078 → $21,826 · p. 118 ↗
Translation and Interpretation Services+$7,971$5,000 → $12,971 · p. 118 ↗
Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan
Bilingual Parent Liaison Program (LREBG) · $221,841 · p. 118 ↗new or renamed
Engage with Community Partners to Increase Opportunities for Students and Families (LREBG) · $5,000 · p. 117 ↗new or renamed
A reworded title counts as new.
How the plan measures it · 5 measures · 1 quoted
Promotion of Parental Participation: Number of Responses for LCAP Annual Survey as Tracked Using Parentsquarep. 68 ↗
All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.
Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends
Student mix
2024–25 · October enrollment count, 3,460 students
1Hispanic or Latino59%
2White27%
3Two or more races5%
4Not reported3%
5Filipino2%
6Black or African American2%
7Asian1%
8American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
9Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.
Free or reduced-price meals
61%
Across California, 63% of students qualify.
2024–25 · 2,096 of 3,452 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.
The district’s state records
Is the state giving the district extra help?
Dixon Unified isn’t getting extra state help in 2026, only the standard support every district gets.
How English learners moved up on the state’s English test
From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 46% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (225 of 484 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.
2 schools getting state support, 2025–26
Anderson (Linford L.) Elementary (Extra targeted support) · Maine Prairie High (Continuation) (Most intensive support, graduation rate)
This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.
Which public schools in Dixon Unified rank highest?
Elementary: Dixon Montessori Charter, 33rd percentile (Developing). Middle: Dixon Montessori Charter, 74th percentile (Solid). High: Dixon High, 42nd percentile (Developing). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.
Does living in the Dixon Unified district decide which school my child attends?
Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
More questions (5)
Are the public schools in Dixon Unified good?
Dixon Unified’s 4 public elementary schools run from the 3rd to the 33rd percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 2 Developing and 2 Needs Support. Dixon Unified’s 2 public middle schools run from the 19th to the 74th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 1 Solid and 1 Needs Support. Dixon Unified has one public high school we score, Dixon High, at the 42nd percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Developing. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.
How does chronic absence in Dixon Unified compare with California?
The average elementary school in Dixon Unified had 16 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.
How much does Dixon Unified spend per student?
Dixon Unified spent $17,557 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 59 cents of every Dixon Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.
What is in Dixon Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?
The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $9.3 million into 31 funded actions in 3 goals, 16% of its $56.8 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $6.7 million, 72% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.
Where do these results come from?
California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.
Sources and methodology
This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Dixon Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.
Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school
Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.