Schools · Dixon

Dixon, KS schools

Dixon’s public schools score well above Kansas’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 35.5% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 88%. Kids attend Argonia Elem through grade 5, then Argonia High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

A-School Grade

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Dixon’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Dixon’s kids attend outperform 84% of Kansas’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scores

Kansas school districts we grade (283)Better than 84%

Lower resultsHigher results

Kansas towns with similar household incomes (876)Better than 85%

Towns in Sumner County (30)Better than 90%

Lower confidence. Built on 85 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Kansas’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Kansas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Kansas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Dixon kids go to school

Grades PK–5

A-Argonia Elem 65 students · Argonia Argonia Public Schools Unified School District 359

Grades 6–12

BArgonia High 84 students · Argonia Argonia Public Schools Unified School District 359

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Argonia Public Schools Unified School District 359)42%

State average 35.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Argonia Public Schools Unified School District 359)37%

State average 27.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate

75%

KS: 88%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Dixon

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Argonia Public Schools Unified School District 359Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 149 students

$24,066 per studentKS $14,966A-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Dixon

There’s no college within 30 miles of Dixon. The closest is WellSpring School of Allied Health-Wichita in Wichita, KS, 33.3 miles away.

WellSpring School of Allied Health-WichitaCareer school · For-profit · Wichita33.3 mi67 students

Newman UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Wichita35.2 mi2,532 students Friends UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Wichita35.9 mi1,701 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Dixon. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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