Dyer County Schools
Dyer County Schools is the public school district for Dyer County, Tennessee.
The district serves the entire county except for those served by the Dyersburg City Schools District. The district 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.
History
Reportedly, the first school in Dyer County was started at Key Corner in 1825 by Edith Kenley. The same year, Dr. Thomas Nash opened a school southeast of modern day Dyersburg. In 1884, Newbern and Trimble, Tennessee both had schools established.Schools
; Elementary schools:- Fifth Consolidated School in Dyersburg serving grades PK-5
- Finley Elementary School in Finley serving grades PK-5
- Holice Powell Elementary School in Dyersburg serving grades PK-5
- Newbern Grammar in Newbern serving grades PK-5
- Trimble Elementary School in Trimble serving grades PK-5
- Three Oaks Middle School in Dyersburg serving grades 6-8
- Northview Middle School in Newbern serving grades 6-8
- Dyer County High School in Newbern serving grades 9-12