District profile / Tennessee

Dyer County

Dyersburg, Tennessee · Public school district · #68 of 122 Tennessee districts by enrollment

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3,600

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,160

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Tennessee median

#68

Size rank in Tennessee

of 122 districts listed

Dyer County is a public school district based in Dyersburg, Tennessee, serving 3,600 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #68 of the 122 Tennessee districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 45% of them. Its schools average 450 students each, about the same as the Tennessee median of 467. It spends about $10,160 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median.

How Dyer County compares

Dyer CountyTennessee median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,160

Tennessee median $10,059 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,174

Tennessee median $6,268 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school450

Tennessee median 467 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$43.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 55%Local 31%

Measure	Dyer County	Tennessee median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,160	$10,059	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,174	$6,268	FY2020-21
Total spending	$43.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$43.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Tennessee median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Tennessee

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Lewis CountyHohenwald	3,731	7	$9,946	n/a	#65
DeKalb CountySmithville	3,644	7	$9,021	n/a	#66
TullahomaTullahoma	3,632	8	$11,359	n/a	#67
Dyer CountyDyersburg · this district	3,600	8	$10,160	n/a	#68
Giles CountyPulaski	3,595	8	$9,731	n/a	#69

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Walnut Creek ElementaryWalnut Creek, CA	3,603	$11,522	23.1
East Valley School District (Spokane)Spokane, WA	3,601	$15,862	17.6
Indianola Community School DistrictIndianola, IA	3,599	$11,326	15.1
Radnor Township School DistrictWayne, PA	3,598	$23,415	11.4

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-tn-dyer-county