Mary Hughes School

Mary Hughes School operates as a close-knit elementary-level community in Piney Flats, Tennessee, one of the schools within Sullivan County. Current enrollment sits at 333 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% leaner than the state mean of about 470.

Within Sullivan County, which oversees 15 schools and 7,878 students, Mary Hughes School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Mary Hughes School lists that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Sullivan County put median household earnings sit near $58,807, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Sullivan County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,066 students), Mary Hughes School is one campus in the mix.

Bluff City Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 28%: 461 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025.

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