Dyer County High School

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.

Dyer County High school
Location
1000 West Main Newbern , Dyer County , Tennessee 38059-1473 United States
Coordinates	36.103165°N 89.29179°W / 36.103165; -89.29179
Information
Type	Public
Established	1972; 53 years ago (1972)
School district	Dyer County Schools
NCES School ID	470105002028[1]
Principal	Stephanie Sanders
Staff	69.98 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,070[2] (2022–2023)
Student to teacher ratio	15.29[2]
Hours in school day	7
Campus type	Rural
Colors	Orange and white    [3]
Athletics conference	TSSAA
Mascot	Choctaw[3]
Rival	Dyersburg High School
Feeder schools	Northview Middle School Three Oaks Middle School
Website	dchs.dyercs.net

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:

• T. J. Frier, American football defensive tackle^[7]
• Robert Hubbs III, semi professional basketball player^[8]
• Connor Ray Edwards, singer/songwriter^[9]