Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Dixon’s public schools
North Scott Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dixon. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Iowa’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Dixon’s schools, in brief
School by school
7 of Dixon’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Alan Shepard Elementary School places highest (better than 90%); Neil Armstrong Elementary School lowest (53%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Five elementary schools serve Dixon, graded from B− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: North Scott High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Dixon, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Dixon · depends on your address
Alan Shepard Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 467 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Long Grove
Neil Armstrong Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 369 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Eldridge
Virgil Grissom Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 152 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Princeton
7th grade in Dixon
North Scott Junior High School
Grades 7–8 · 531 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Eldridge
8th grade in Dixon
North Scott Junior High School
Grades 7–8 · 531 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Eldridge
9th grade in Dixon
North Scott High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,081 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in Eldridge
10th grade in Dixon
North Scott High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,081 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in Eldridge
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the North Scott Community School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Dixon vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Iowa towns that share Dixon’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Dixon | — | North Scott |
Every school in Dixon
7 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Iowa’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Dixon’s schools
Are Dixon’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Dixon. North Scott Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dixon. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 7 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Dixon in?
North Scott Community School District.
Where do Dixon kids go to high school?
North Scott High School.
Parents talk
What Dixon families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Dixon → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.