NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools TN

Best-Resourced Schools in Dyersburg, TN

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7 public K-12 schools in Dyersburg from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
3,761
Students
46.4/100
Avg Resource Index
14.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Dyersburg has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Dyersburg sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Dyersburg's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 25-point gap between Dyersburg Intermediate School and Holice Powell Elementary shows the range hidden by Dyersburg's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 60%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
76th percentile
Teacher staffing
62nd percentile

Dyersburg Primary accounts for 19.8% of all Dyersburg public-school enrollment

That concentration means Dyersburg-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Dyersburg school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities

Dyersburg school enrollment ranges from 252 students (lowest) to 744 students (highest), a spread of 492 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Dyersburg student-teacher ratio is 14.4:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Dyersburg is typically wider than the Dyersburg-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Dyersburg Intermediate School 60
2. Dyersburg High School 57
3. Fifth Consolidated School 46
4. Three Oaks Middle School 45
5. Dyersburg Primary 42
6. Dyersburg Middle School 40
7. Holice Powell Elementary 35

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Dyersburg

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Dyersburg Intermediate School 65.7/100
  2. 2 Dyersburg Middle School 65.7/100
  3. 3 Dyersburg Primary 63.8/100
  4. 4 Dyersburg High School 63.1/100
  5. 5 Holice Powell Elementary 22.4/100

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Which Dyersburg school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Dyersburg Intermediate School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Dyersburg schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Dyersburg, TN? ▼

Dyersburg has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,761 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.