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Mary Hughes School

Serves grades PK - 5

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
240 Austin Springs Rd
Piney Flats, TN 37686
Phone
(423) 354-1835
District
Sullivan County
County
SULLIVAN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
339
Classroom Teachers
25

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Tennessee

7

(10 is best)

Better than 66.2% of all TN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Better than 60.5% of all U.S. schools.


Mary Hughes School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
43%
40%
39%
40%
47%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
51%
44%
49%
44%
52%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
39%
30%
37%
30%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 20 5.9%
Kindergarten 52 15.3%
Grade 1 60 17.7%
Grade 2 42 12.4%
Grade 3 45 13.3%
Grade 4 69 20.4%
Grade 5 51 15.0%
Total 339 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 97.0% 96.0% 61.4%
Black 0.0% 0.7% 21.6%
Hispanic 2.7% 2.8% 14.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.4% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 78,911 7,051,339
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 236.4 170
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.3% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.7% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.9% 33.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.1% 25.7%
65 OR OLDER 22.0% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 32,359 2,713,635
Single Parent Households With Children 5.7% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.5% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.7% 29.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.4% 14.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 15.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.6% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.1% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.5% 17.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.9% 12.6%
$15,000 or less 8.3% 9.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,412 $53,735,000 53.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $507 $4,249,000 4.2%
Staff $575 $4,818,000 4.8%
General Administration $215 $1,805,000 1.8%
School Administration $624 $5,226,000 5.2%
Operation $1,214 $10,175,000 10.1%
Transportation $557 $4,668,000 4.6%
Other $145 $1,219,000 1.2%
Total Support $3,838 $32,160,000 32.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,742 $14,599,000 14.5%
Total Expenditures $11,992 $100,494,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,239 $6,281,389,000 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $566 $569,482,000 4.9%
Staff $647 $651,842,000 5.6%
General Administration $220 $221,150,000 1.9%
School Administration $648 $652,278,000 5.6%
Operation $805 $810,908,000 7.0%
Transportation $354 $355,941,000 3.1%
Other $305 $307,059,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,545 $3,568,660,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,723 $1,734,683,000 15.0%
Total Expenditures $11,507 $11,584,732,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%