An equity score of 50/100 ranks Dyersburg #24 of 141 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,650 per pupil, Dyersburg ranks #19 of 142 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,613
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,650
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dyersburg operates 4 public schools serving 2,613 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Dyer County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,650 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 142 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending. See how Tennessee compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.2% local, 41.5% state, and 26.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 50/100, ranked #24 of 141 in Tennessee against a state average of 38, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 400.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.5% White, 39.9% African American, 7.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Dyersburg Intermediate School, with a diversity index of 65.7/100.
Its largest campus is Dyersburg Primary, enrolling 744 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Dyersburg Primary accounts for 28.5% of all Dyersburg student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dyersburg-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
Dyersburg student-counselor ratio is 400:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Dyersburg chronic absenteeism rate is 18.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Dyersburg is typically wider than the Dyersburg-aggregate figure suggests.