This allows Peabody students an opportunity to obtain college credit by taking courses at Dyersburg State while attending high school.

[citation needed] Peabody High School was established in 1877 with funds provided by philanthropist George Peabody.

[4] The first school building was constructed on the former site of Andrew College, which had been purchased by the school directors two years earlier.

The old Peabody High School building on South College Street was converted for residential use.

[5] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.