The result gives Dyersburg parents, students, educators and taxpayers a statewide comparison of local academic performance. It also identifies subject, grade and school results that can be reviewed as the district prepares for its next academic planning cycle.

ELA, math and social studies all improved

English language arts recorded the largest subject-level increase. The share of students meeting or exceeding grade-level expectations rose 7.03% districtwide.

Mathematics performance increased 5.43%, and social studies performance increased 3.85%. The report also said every Dyersburg City Schools grade level improved in mathematics compared with the prior year.

These figures describe year-over-year changes in the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations. They are not the same as showing that every student reached proficiency, and the available report does not provide absolute proficiency rates for every subject and grade.

Results varied by grade and school

Among the specific results identified in the report, 61.3% of English 10 students met or exceeded expectations. Dyersburg Intermediate School recorded the district’s greatest five-year improvement in ELA.

Seventh-grade social studies had the district’s highest reported proficiency rate at 56.2%. In fifth-grade math, 55.2% of students met or exceeded expectations.

The individual results show where the reported districtwide gains appeared by subject, grade and school. They do not establish that Dyersburg had Tennessee’s highest overall proficiency level. The statewide distinction concerns the percentage increase in proficiency, rather than the highest absolute rate.

What the result means for follow-up

For families and community members, the results offer a basis for tracking performance by grade and subject instead of relying only on the districtwide figure. For district leaders, the reported gains provide data for future academic planning, although the source packet does not identify a particular program, staff action or instructional change responsible for the improvement.

Dyersburg City Schools maintains official Board of Education agendas and minutes, which provide the district’s source path for local follow-up. No specific meeting, new initiative or deadline tied to the TCAP results was supplied in the available material.

WBBJ-TV reported the statewide ranking on July 15, 2026. The available source packet does not include a separate Tennessee Department of Education results page confirming that ranking, so the statewide comparison is presented as reported by WBBJ-TV.

The district’s overall proficiency increased 6.0% from 2024-25 to 2025-26. The result applies to Dyersburg City Schools, the district serving the city of Dyersburg in Dyer County, and does not represent a ranking of all schools in the county.

English language arts showed the largest subject increase

English language arts proficiency increased 7.03% across the district, the largest of the three subject-level gains reported for Dyersburg.

One reported local result was in English 10, where 61.3% of students met or exceeded expectations.

Math and social studies also improved

Mathematics proficiency increased 5.43% across Dyersburg City Schools. Fifth-grade math had a reported proficiency rate of 55.2%.

Social studies proficiency increased 3.85% across the district. Seventh-grade social studies had a reported proficiency rate of 56.2%.

What the comparison includes

The state’s all-subject comparison covers English language arts, mathematics and social studies. Science is not included because the subject was in a standard-setting year.

The Tennessee assessment data portal provides district- and school-level files for reviewing proficiency results by subject and grade. The files also include participation information and assessment details that are important when comparing results across years.

For local families, the results show year-over-year changes in Dyersburg’s tested subjects, with the largest reported subject-level increase in English language arts. They do not, by themselves, explain why scores changed or provide a complete measure of school quality. Student participation, grade-level differences and the broader assessment context also matter.

The 2025-26 results provide a current performance benchmark for Dyersburg City Schools. Future district plans or instructional changes should be considered separately from the assessment results themselves.

Sources

• Tennessee Department of Education TCAP dashboard release
• WBBJ Dyersburg TCAP report
• Tennessee assessment data downloads