About Dixon USD 170
Dixon USD 170 is a public school system serving Lee County, Illinois, based in Dixon. It serves 2,436 students across 6 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #162 largest of Illinois’s 862 school systems.
Size and structure
Dixon USD 170 enrolls 2,436 students in 6 schools — an average of about 406 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #162 of 862 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Dixon USD 170, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,436 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Dixon USD 170 employs about 158 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.4:1 — above the Illinois average of about 13.6:1. Total district staff is roughly 357.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Illinois funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Dixon USD 170 are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Illinois publishes the Illinois Report Card each year, reporting achievement and growth in English language arts and math, graduation, attendance, finances and climate, and assigns each school a summative designation (Exemplary, Commendable, Targeted or Comprehensive Support). Look up Dixon USD 170 on the Illinois Report Card.
Accreditation status
Illinois does not use an outside accreditor for public districts; the Illinois State Board of Education grants official recognition status based on compliance with state standards, and private accreditation (for example through Cognia) is voluntary. See ISBE’s public-school recognition.
Dixon USD 170 vs. Illinois
See every Illinois district side by side in the Illinois directory.
Look up Dixon USD 170’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):