The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in Science. The lowest is 38% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Trimble Elementary
Trimble Elementary is the public elementary school serving the small town of Trimble, Tennessee, within the Dyer County school district. It is a regular public school that serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school is located within the town itself, and the community is a very small, predominantly rural place in western Tennessee with a quiet, small-town character. Housing values in the area are well below state and national medians, and the town has experienced population decline in recent years; a typical home mortgage would be notably less expensive than the national average, and the area is currently more affordable to rent than to buy.
The school’s enrollment is small, with a student body that is overwhelmingly white. A small share of students identify as Hispanic, and the school reported only a handful of students from other racial backgrounds. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals was not available in the state data used for this profile, nor were counts of students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent may wish to ask the school directly about these support structures.
On Tennessee’s state assessments, Trimble Elementary’s math proficiency rate was below the midpoint among Dyer County’s districts, while its English language arts proficiency rate was above the midpoint within the same county comparison group. In science, proficiency was also above the midpoint among the county’s districts. Participation rates on these tests were high. Social studies data is older and from a different test form, so it is not directly comparable to current results. Across all tested subjects, the school’s overall proficiency index placed it above the midpoint relative to districts in Dyer County, meaning it performed in the higher half of the two districts that make up that county comparison set. The school does not serve high school grades, so no graduation rate applies.
As an elementary school, Trimble Elementary does not offer the high school pathways of AP or dual-credit courses. Its program offerings, such as any enrichment, arts, or intervention services, were not detailed in available data. The Dyer County district brief turned up no parent-relevant changes of lasting impact, so the district context appears stable for the near term.
For a family, this is a small-town elementary school in a shrinking rural community with below-average housing costs, where academic performance on state tests sits in a mixed position relative to other Dyer County schools. The school is integrated into a quiet town center with a town hall and library, and students who live in the Dyer County portion of Trimble would eventually attend Dyer County High School in nearby Newbern. A parent considering this school may want to follow up on the missing economic and special-population data points, particularly the share of students receiving support services, to get a fuller picture of the school’s daily context.
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