Is Dexter Middle a good school?

Dexter Middle ranks in the bottom 19.2% of Tennessee middle schools.

How many students attend Dexter Middle?

In the 2021-22 school year, 367 students attended Dexter Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Dexter Middle?

Students at Dexter Middle are 69% African American, 15% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Dexter Middle School in Cordova TN

Performance Trends

Compare Details Dexter Middle ranks worse than 80.8% of middle schools in Tennessee. It also ranks 10^th among 35 ranked middle schools in the Shelby County School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.29. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (69.5%), Hispanic (15%), White (7.6%). (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dexter Middle is 19.1. 29 middle schools in the Shelby County School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Dexter Middle employs 19.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dexter Middle is $10,675. 19 middle schools in the Shelby County School District spend more per student.

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Schooldigger 2022 Rankings:

Dexter Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Dexter Middle 460^th of 569 Tennessee public middle schools. (See Dexter Middle in the ranking list.)

Shelby County:

SchoolDigger ranks Shelby County 136^th of 140 Tennessee school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Dexter Middle

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Rank History for all students at Dexter Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	TN State Percentile
2018	22.55	459^th	563	18.5%
2019	28.97	431^st	574	24.9%
2021	11.82	508^th	576	11.8%
2022	19.29	460^th	569	19.2%

Rank History for Special Education students at Dexter Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	TN State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	19.94	268^th	279	3.9%
2019	39.76	120^th	222	45.9%

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dexter Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	TN State Percentile
2018	27.80	377^th	481	21.6%
2019	41.52	291^st	490	40.6%
2021	16.30	431^st	483	10.8%
2022	30.37	349^th	495	29.5%

Rank History for Female students at Dexter Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	TN State Percentile
2019	22.77	431^st	529	18.5%
2021	10.61	488^th	538	9.3%
2022	19.33	455^th	552	17.6%

Rank History for Male students at Dexter Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	TN State Percentile
2019	36.44	339^th	523	35.2%
2021	16.01	446^th	529	15.7%
2022	20.07	434^th	540	19.6%

Rank History for African American students at Dexter Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	TN State Percentile
2018	33.90	178^th	284	37.3%
2019	40.23	150^th	293	48.8%
2021	25.86	196^th	277	29.2%
2022	28.38	194^th	299	35.1%

Rank History for Hispanic students at Dexter Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	TN State Percentile
2018	33.32	146^th	219	33.3%
2019	42.19	119^th	228	47.8%
2021	21.34	225^th	261	13.8%
2022	48.22	116^th	275	57.8%

Rank History for White students at Dexter Middle

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	TN State Percentile
2018	35.65	337^th	481	29.9%
2019	26.24	405^th	484	16.3%
2021	11.71	477^th	496	3.8%
2022	11.47	475^th	500	5.0%

Data source: test scores: Tennessee Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: Tennessee Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Dexter Middle

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
2014	81	207	28	75	0	0	8	399
2015	89	297	26	95	0	0	22	529
2016	62	303	12	100	0	0	18	495
2017	45	248	6	85	1	0	16	401
2018	36	267	7	84	1	1	16	412
2019	25	234	5	99	0	1	17	381
2020	32	246	10	78	0	1	20	387
2021	36	261	7	66	0	0	22	392
2022	28	255	5	55	0	0	24	367

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dexter Middle

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2014	399	23.0	17.3	59.9
2015	529	17.0	31.1	53.3
2016	495	26.0	19.0	72.3
2017	401	26.1	15.3	n/a
2018	412	22.9	17.9	n/a
2019	381	22.9	16.6	n/a
2020	387	20.2	19.1	n/a
2021	392	19.5	20.1	n/a
2022	367	19.1	19.1	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Student/Teacher Ratio Dexter Middle

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2014	399	23.0	17.3	59.9
2015	529	17.0	31.1	53.3
2016	495	26.0	19.0	72.3
2017	401	26.1	15.3	n/a
2018	412	22.9	17.9	n/a
2019	381	22.9	16.6	n/a
2020	387	20.2	19.1	n/a
2021	392	19.5	20.1	n/a
2022	367	19.1	19.1	n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Dexter Middle

Year	Expenditures from Federal Funds	Expenditures from State and Local Funds	Total Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019	$756 (6.5%)	$10,067 (86.7%)	$11,613
2020	$829 (7.6%)	$9,327 (85.9%)	$10,855
2021	$1,188 (11.1%)	$8,803 (82.5%)	$10,675

Data source: Tennessee Department of Education

Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Dexter Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Rank Pandemic (2021-2022)	Change (%)
Ranks 431^st of 574 Middle schools	Ranks 460^th of 569 Middle schools	5.8%

Test Scores

	% proficient Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	% proficient Pandemic (2021-2022)	Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Dexter Middle)	27.8	14	13.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Shelby County)	22.2	9.9	12.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)	39	31.5	7.5%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Dexter Middle)	21.1	14.7	6.4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Shelby County)	19.2	18.2	1%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)	33.4	36.3	2.9%
6th Grade Social Studies (Dexter Middle)	9.8	31.6	21.8%
6th Grade Social Studies (Shelby County)	21.2	19.4	1.8%
6th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)	38	43.6	5.6%
7th Grade Mathematics (Dexter Middle)	15	5.4	9.6%
7th Grade Mathematics (Shelby County)	17.5	12.6	4.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)	33.6	30.2	3.4%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Dexter Middle)	32.5	18.8	13.7%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Shelby County)	20	22.1	2.1%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)	35.4	35.7	0.3%
7th Grade Social Studies (Dexter Middle)	37.5	39.3	1.8%
7th Grade Social Studies (Shelby County)	25.4	25.3	0.1%
7th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)	43.2	45.5	2.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Dexter Middle)	23.3	15.4	7.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Shelby County)	20.9	11.3	9.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Tennessee)	35.1	30.7	4.4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Dexter Middle)	19.2	12.5	6.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Shelby County)	13.4	13.6	0.2%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Tennessee)	27.1	25.8	1.3%
8th Grade Social Studies (Dexter Middle)	31.7	27.9	3.8%
8th Grade Social Studies (Shelby County)	22.8	20.5	2.3%
8th Grade Social Studies (Tennessee)	41.5	41.5
All Grades Mathematics (Dexter Middle)	22.3	11.6	10.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Shelby County)	27.2	14.5	12.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Tennessee)	40.8	34.1	6.7%
All Grades English Language Arts (Dexter Middle)	24.1	15.3	8.8%
All Grades English Language Arts (Shelby County)	20.6	20.5	0.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Tennessee)	33.7	35.1	1.4%
All Grades Social Studies (Dexter Middle)	25.7	33	7.3%
All Grades Social Studies (Shelby County)	23.1	21.7	1.4%
All Grades Social Studies (Tennessee)	40.9	43.5	2.6%

Student Body

	Number of students Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)	Number of students Pandemic (2020-2021)	Change (%)
Total Students	381	392	2.9%
African American	234	261	11.5%
American Indian	0	0
Asian	5	7	40%
Hispanic	99	66	33.3%
Pacific Islander	1	0	100%
White	25	36	44%
Two or More Races	17	22	29.4%

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