Dickson County High School

I have had children in Rutherford Schools, Metro-Nashville Schools and now Dickson High School. Overall, their EOC scores are higher, the disciplen is better, there are more honors/AP offerings, more varied elective offerings - and in my opinion they demand far more personal responsibility from my children. This is a good way to prepare them for college. I moved to this county because of the district's good reputation for being a safe, strict, and structured learning environment. And they have not dissappointed me.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is one of the worst schools in the state of Tenn. If your student is having any troubles at all they will put him/her in "special classes" in which all they do is discipline the student and read everything to them, the school WILL NOT do anything to help them learn. The staff is never on the same page and do not know what other staff is saying or doing, one so called staff member will tell you one thing and another staff member will say the exact opposite. Then if you try to contact them you will be ignored for long periods of time and when you do get a hold of someone they will flat out lie to your face. As for the good reviews on this site I have been personally told by a staff member at Dickson High School that they have been encouraged to go on the internet and post reviews of the school to make it look better. If you care about your children s education at all please, please do not force them to go to this school.
--Submitted by a parent

this school is great i go there and the school spirit is wonderful so are the acedemics everything is wonderful.
--Submitted by a student

Some of the students were barely literate. If you stick with the honors classes and take an ACT / SAT prep course, you might make it through college. Don't count on it, though. The honors students were mostly druggies, and the good kids were to clique-ish to get to know.
--Submitted by a student

This school is Horrible. The Things that they are Teaching here are very Far Behind and the Language courses there's only 2 to choose from.

Wonderful School with caring staff. No student is overlooked. Hardly any 'trouble makers' in a school of this size is impressive.

Dickson County High School....What I love so much about it.... 1. The extracurricular activities 2. The teachers 3. The principals 4. The staff 5. The spirit of Dickson County High 6. The commitment of keeping the bulding standing strong 7. The sportsmanship 8. The competitveness 9. The Year-round schedule 10. Experincing the real highschool life
--Submitted by a student

I love the high school. It has something for everybody. Like they have a good football, golf, wrestling,baseball, softball, and a lot of other teams to be on. The teachers care about their students. They are very nice and do not like to see someone do bad. DCHS has a good music department. They have a marching band, concert band, a jazz band, and their brass section is great. They have a program that they just started called G.A.M.E. it is so big. It keeps all the students to be good so we can get game points.
--Submitted by a student

I only went to DCHS 1 year and I had a good time. The teaching was wonderful, Another thing is thr prices are to high for anything ex: milk carton 1.00, grab bags of chips 1.50, slice of pizza 1.75. other than that it was a good school.
--Submitted by Ashley Peterson, a former student

This school has positives and plenty of negatives. Tradition is written all over the administration and staff: and the tradition of our 'fathers' isn't always a good thing. Academics are overlooked and sports are put on a peddlestool. They're more concerned about looks than brains - the school offers minimal higher learning.
--Submitted by a student