Dixie Middle

Dixie Middle is a secondary school in St. George, Utah, serving grades 8–9 and enrolling 844 students in the Washington District. The district ranks 42nd of 92 Utah districts, around the 54th percentile statewide, and has a 3-star rating. Dixie is larger than Pine View Middle but smaller than Crimson Cliffs Middle and Desert Hills Middle. Its student population has a moderate level of reported economic need compared with these nearby schools.

Dixie’s academic results are mixed. Science is the clearest strength: 54.2% of eighth graders and 60.1% of ninth graders were proficient in 2025–2026, both above state averages. Ninth-grade English Language Arts was also stronger than the state average, at 51.1%. Mathematics remains the main challenge, with proficiency rates of 40.9% in eighth grade and 39.6% in ninth grade, both below district averages. Eighth-grade ELA is another concern, at 42.6%, below both the district and state. Overall, Dixie’s average performance across the six reported subject-grade measures was about 48%—higher than Pine View’s approximately 41%, but below Desert Hills at about 60% and Crimson Cliffs at about 78%.

Parents may also want to consider attendance and classroom conditions. Dixie’s chronic absenteeism rate was 24.8% in 2024–2025, higher than the district rate and well above Desert Hills’ 13.4%, though equal to Pine View’s rate. Its student-teacher ratio was 26.2, the highest among the comparison schools. The school has shown encouraging improvement in science, especially ninth-grade science, and in ninth-grade ELA, but progress has been uneven in math and eighth-grade ELA. Desert Hills may offer a more practical nearby benchmark for studying attendance and instructional practices, while Dixie’s strongest opportunity is to build on its science success and improve math, literacy, attendance, and student support.