📍 72 Poplar Street, Finley, Dyer County, 38030
Finley Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Finley, Dyer County. The school has 242 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dyer County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Finley Elementary enrolls 242 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 222 | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3.3% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Finley Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-80, state senate district 27, state house district 77.
Finley Elementary is one of 8 schools in Dyer County, based in Dyersburg, Tennessee. The district serves 3,600 students district-wide and employs 236 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 242 students, Finley Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 450 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant