Summary
Dyersburg Intermediate School is a public elementary school serving grades 3-5 in Dyersburg, Tennessee, with 571 students. The school is part of the Dyersburg District, which is ranked 85 out of 139 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Dyersburg Intermediate School consistently underperforms the state average in math, English language arts, and science proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's math proficiency rate was 40.5% compared to the state average of 42.2%. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 8.7% to 20.2% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. While the school's gifted and talented program is strong, ranking in the top 3 and top 1 Tennessee elementary schools in 2020-2021 and 2018-2019, respectively, its performance varies greatly across different student subgroups, with special education and low socioeconomic status students performing poorly.
Compared to nearby schools, such as Trimble Elementary, Spring Hill Elementary, and Yorkville Elementary, which generally have higher test scores and lower chronic absenteeism rates, Dyersburg Intermediate School underperforms. Despite increased spending per student, from $10,466 in 2020-2021 to $13,898 in 2023-2024, the school's academic outcomes have not improved, and the student-teacher ratio, while decreasing, is still higher than some of the nearby higher-performing schools.
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