The school district (of which this is the sole comprehensive high school) includes a few outerlying parts of Dyersburg as well as the town of Newbern and the Dyer County portion of Trimble.

It also includes the census-designated places of Bogota, Finley, Fowlkes, Lenox, and Miston.

[4] The school features its own botanical gardens located on the campus.

Also, the company AltarNoire was founded by Barrett Rainey, an actively enrolled student at the time.

[5] The school is home to the 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014–15 TSSAA State Cheerleading Champions as well as the 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014–15 UCA National High School Cheerleading Co-ed Champions.