📍 240 Austin Springs RD, Piney Flats, Sullivan County, 37686
Mary Hughes School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Piney Flats, Sullivan County. The school has 339 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sullivan County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mary Hughes School enrolls 339 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% White, 2.9% Two or more races and 2.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 319 | 94% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mary Hughes School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-10, state senate district 4, state house district 3.
Mary Hughes School is one of 17 schools in Sullivan County, based in Blountville, Tennessee. The district serves 7,878 students district-wide and employs 609 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 339 students, Mary Hughes School is smaller than the district average of about 463 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe