Dexter Middle School
A Shelby County Tennessee School

The mission of Shelby County Schools is to produce citizens of high moral character who are enlightened, informed, caring, and committed to justice, who are prepared with competencies, attitudes, and the emotional health to be productive members in an ever increasingly technological society, and who are skilled in the abilities to communicate, to reason, to solve problems, and to continue their learning.

GENERAL
INFORMATION
STUDENT
DEMOGRAPHICS
FACULTY
PROFILE
Attendance Rate 94% Asian American 6.5% Faculty 30
Year Built 2002 African-American 49.7% BS Degree 100%
Grades Served 5-8 Am. Indian, Alaskan 0.8% MS Degree/Doctorate 78%
    Multi-race 2.8% TN License/Certified 100%
    Native Hawaiian, Pac Is. 0.0% 10+ yrs. exp. 33%
    White 39.9%    

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Winner of the Mid South Spelling Bee
  • 3rd Place Winner of the State Geography Bee
  • Commercial Appeal – Newspapers in Education Winner
  • Special Education Grant Technology Winner

PROGRAMS

  • APEX Language Arts
  • National Junior Honor Society
  • Student Council
  • Accelerated Reader
  • Yearbook Club
  • Honors Band
  • Honors Choir
  • Art Club
  • Winter Guard
  • Basketball Team
  • Cheerleading Team
  • Student Ambassadors

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School Website:
Dexter Middle School

Dr. Phyllis Jones
Principal

Tiffany Starnes
Santita Wright

Assistant Principals

Grades:
5-8

School Hours:
8:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.

Contact Information:
Phone: 901.373.3134
Fax: 901.373.3378
Dexter.ms@scsk12.org

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