Dyer County High School

Dyer County High school
Address
Map
1000 West Main

Newbern
,
Dyer County
,
Tennessee
38059-1473

United States
Coordinates36°06′11″N 89°17′30″W / 36.103165°N 89.29179°W / 36.103165; -89.29179
Information
TypePublic
Established1972; 53 years ago (1972)
School districtDyer County Schools
NCES School ID470105002028[1]
PrincipalStephanie Sanders
Staff69.98 (FTE)[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,070[2] (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio15.29[2]
Hours in school day7
Campus typeRural
Color(s)Orange and white    [3]
Athletics conferenceTSSAA
MascotChoctaw[3]
RivalDyersburg High School
Feeder schoolsNorthview Middle School
Three Oaks Middle School
Websitedchs.dyercs.net

Dyer County High School is a public Title I high school located in Newbern, Tennessee. It is an operated by the Dyer County Schools system.

The school district (of which this is the sole comprehensive high school) includes a few outerlying parts of Dyersburg as well as the town of Newbern and the Dyer County portion of Trimble. It also includes the census-designated places of Bogota, Finley, Fowlkes, Lenox, and Miston.[4]

The school features its own botanical gardens located on the campus. Also, the company AltarNoire was founded by Barrett Rainey, an actively enrolled student at the time. [5] The school is home to the 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014-15 TSSAA State Cheerleading Champions as well as the 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014–15 UCA National High School Cheerleading Co-ed Champions.[6]

Notable alumni

Notable people to have attended the school include:

References

  1. ^ "Search for Public Schools - Dyer County High School (470105002028)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Dyer County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Dyer County High School". Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dyer County, TN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 6, 2024. - Text list
  5. ^ "Dyer County Horticulture". Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  6. ^ "Dyer County Schools". dchs.dyercs.net.
  7. ^ "T.J. Frier Stats - Pro Football Archives".
  8. ^ "Tennessee Vols' Robert Hubbs III to have season-ending surgery". The Tennessean.



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