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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Dixie Elementary School, Opelika, AL

CEP schoolDixie Elementary School is a public elementary school in Opelika, part of Russell County Public Schools. It enrolled 251 students in 2024-25, with 16.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
251
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Students per teacher
16.7
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.5 lower than the district figure of 18.2. The Alabama average across schools is 17.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.7
District18.2
Alabama17.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
4914 US Highway 80 W, Opelika, AL 36804
Phone
(334)468-5323
District
Russell County Public Schools
County
Russell County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
010288001132
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
155
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
15561.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
155Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Russell County Public Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Opelika

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.