Photo above: The front of Dixon High School in Dixon, California, 2022. Kiddo27, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Dixon Unified School District serves the city of Dixon, and it assigns your neighborhood school by address. To check a specific home, open the Boundary Map linked on the district’s home page at dixonusd.org, then call the district at (707) 693-6300 to confirm before you write an offer.
Don’t rely on a listing’s school line. Listing sites guess, and boundaries can change.
Which schools does Dixon Unified run?
Six neighborhood and alternative schools are named on the district’s website (Dixon Unified School District home page, checked September 25, 2026):
- Elementary: Anderson Elementary, Gretchen Higgins Elementary, Tremont Elementary
- Middle: John Knight Middle School
- High: Dixon High School and Maine Prairie High School (listed on the Dashboard as a continuation school)
The California School Dashboard also lists Dixon Community Day as a district school (California School Dashboard, Dixon Unified 2025 school list, read September 25, 2026). The district’s enrollment page calls Gretchen Higgins its only Dual Language Immersion school, in English and Spanish, and lists an informational meeting for the program (Dixon Unified, Enrollment page, checked September 25, 2026).
How do I check one Dixon address?
One map, one call, and do it early.
- Boundary Map. The district’s home page links a Boundary Map. Find the home on it and note the elementary school area.
- Call the district. (707) 693-6300. Ask which elementary, middle and high school the exact address feeds into for the grade you need.
- Read the enrollment rules. Dixon Unified says students enroll in their neighborhood school based on address, and if a grade is full, a student may be reassigned to another school, with notice by email. To ask for a different school, you finish the regular enrollment first, then apply for an intradistrict transfer (Dixon Unified, Enrollment page, checked September 25, 2026).
So an address sets your resident school, but it doesn’t lock in a seat. Ask about space in the grade you need before your contingencies run out.
What do the state numbers say about Dixon Unified?
These come from the 2025 California School Dashboard, which reports the 2024 to 2025 school year. We read them from the Dashboard’s public data for Dixon Unified (CDS code 48705320000000) and the state on September 25, 2026.
“Points below standard” is how far the average student’s score sits under the “Standard Met” line on the state tests. “Prepared” is the share of graduates the state counts as ready for college or a career.
| Measure (2025 Dashboard) | Dixon Unified | California |
|---|---|---|
| English | 47.2 points below standard (down 5.3) | 8.1 below |
| Math | 72.5 points below standard (down 1.3) | 42.4 below |
| Graduation rate | 90.8% | 87.8% |
| College/career “Prepared” | 40.9% | 51.7% |
| Chronic absenteeism | 23.9% (down 3.9 points) | 17.1% |
| Suspension rate | 4.9% | 2.9% |
| English learner progress | 46.4% | 46.4% |
The honest read: Dixon Unified is above the state on graduation and below it on English and math scores, college and career readiness, and attendance, on the 2025 Dashboard. District numbers blend every school, and the school your address feeds into can differ.
What do the numbers look like school by school?
Here are the 2025 Dashboard figures for each Dixon Unified school, read from the same public data on September 25, 2026. English and math are points above or below standard. The change from the year before is in parentheses.
| School | English | Math | Chronic absenteeism |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Elementary | 43.1 below (up 7.2) | 43.9 below (down 3.1) | 26.4% |
| Gretchen Higgins Elementary | 71.1 below (down 15.0) | 67.5 below (down 16.0) | 18.8% |
| Tremont Elementary | 25.9 below (up 10.8) | 41.6 below (up 5.4) | 19.7% |
| John Knight Middle | 61.2 below (down 14.5) | 84.0 below (down 1.5) | 27.2% |
| Dixon High | 2.6 below (down 1.5) | 85.7 below (up 2.9) | not reported |
Dixon High’s 2025 graduation rate was 96.2%, and 47.3% of its graduates were counted as “Prepared” for college or a career (same source).
One year is a snapshot. Look up each school at caschooldashboard.org, compare two or three years, and read its School Accountability Report Card on the district website for class sizes and staffing. Then verify the school assignment with the district.
What about school ratings sites?
They are private sites with their own formulas. We don’t quote their scores as fact. If you use them, read how the score is built and compare it with the state’s own Dashboard numbers.
Could the school for my Dixon address change?
It could, especially near new construction. The proposed Harvest at Dixon master plan southeast of town includes a proposed elementary school site, and the city expects the Draft EIR in early 2027 (City of Dixon, Harvest at Dixon page, checked September 25, 2026). New schools and growth can lead the district to redraw attendance areas through its school board. If you’re buying new construction, ask the builder which schools the lots are assigned to, then confirm with the district, because the builder doesn’t set boundaries.
Questions people also ask
What school district is Dixon, CA in?
Dixon is served by Dixon Unified School District. Its website names Anderson, Gretchen Higgins and Tremont elementary schools, John Knight Middle School, Dixon High School and Maine Prairie High School. The district assigns a neighborhood school by address, so check the Boundary Map on dixonusd.org and call (707) 693-6300 to confirm for a specific home.
What high school will a Dixon home go to?
Dixon High School is the district’s main high school, and the California School Dashboard lists Maine Prairie High as a continuation school. On the 2025 California School Dashboard, Dixon High’s graduation rate was 96.2%. Confirm the assignment for your exact address and grade with the district before you buy.
How do Dixon Unified test scores compare with the state?
On the 2025 California School Dashboard, Dixon Unified was 47.2 points below standard in English and 72.5 below in math, compared with 8.1 and 42.4 below for California. Its graduation rate was 90.8%, above the state’s 87.8%. Individual schools vary, so look up each school at caschooldashboard.org and verify boundaries with the district.
Does buying a home in Dixon lock in a spot at the neighborhood school?
No. Dixon Unified’s enrollment page says students enroll in their neighborhood school based on address, but if space is unavailable at their grade level, a student may be reassigned to another school and notified by email. Call the district at (707) 693-6300 and ask about the grade you need before your contingencies end.
Your next step
Found a Dixon home you like? Send us the address. We’ll check it against the district’s Boundary Map and pull the Dashboard pages for the schools it feeds into, so you can verify with the district before your contingencies run out. Ask a Dixon agent on our team or call (510) 949-5525.
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By Bill Davis, DRE #01880656, The Davis Team at eXp Realty, Dixon, CA. Updated September 25, 2026.
Sources
- Dixon Unified School District, home page (school list, Boundary Map link, phone): dixonusd.org (checked September 25, 2026)
- Dixon Unified School District, Enrollment page: dixonusd.org/student-enrollment (checked September 25, 2026)
- California School Dashboard, 2025 (2024 to 2025 data), Dixon Unified (CDS 48705320000000), its schools, and the state summary, read from the Dashboard’s public data service at api.caschooldashboard.org; public report page caschooldashboard.org/reports/48705320000000/2025 (checked September 25, 2026)
- City of Dixon, Harvest at Dixon: cityofdixonca.gov/harvestatdixon (checked September 25, 2026)