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Richard Hardy Memorial School

Public, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12

787^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,009 Tennessee Alternative Schools

Better than 22% of Tennessee alternative schools

Summary

Richard Hardy Memorial School is an alternative public school serving grades PK-12 in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, with a total enrollment of 202 students. The school is part of the Richard City school district.

While the school has a reasonably high 4-year graduation rate ranging from 83.3% to 89.8%, it consistently underperforms the state average on TNReady assessments across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in Math (33.3%), ELA (21.4%), and Science (35.7%) were well below the state averages of 42.2%, 38.9%, and 46.1% respectively. The school's performance is also lower than the Richard City district average on these assessments, with specific areas of concern in 4th and 8th grade Math and ELA, where proficiency rates are in the single digits or low teens. Additionally, the school's performance on end-of-course exams like Algebra II, English I, and US History is significantly below the state averages.

Despite spending more per student ($12,313 in 2023-2024) compared to the state average and having a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.9, these resources do not seem to translate into better academic outcomes. Chronic absenteeism has been an issue at the school, ranging from 14.7% to 20.2% in recent years, which is likely a contributing factor to the poor academic performance. The school's graduation and dropout rates have also been volatile, with the dropout rate fluctuating between 6.7% and 16.7% in recent years, suggesting the school may be struggling to keep students engaged and on track to graduate.

183

Students ?

13.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,365

Per pupil spending ?

51%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1620 Hamilton Avenue
South Pittsburg, TN 37380

(423) 837-7282

District: Richard City

Racial breakdown:

White:

76.5%

African American:

9.8%

Two or more races:

6.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 20th percentile in 2022 → 30th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2022

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (27% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)

!Graduation rate below the Tennessee average (83% vs 90%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school27%

District avg27%

Tennessee avg43%

Elementary school

787^th of 1,009

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 22%▼ down 32 pts since 2015

From top 46% (2015) to bottom 22% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

411^th of 583

Tennessee public middle schools ?

Bottom 30%▼ down 19 pts since 2015

From bottom 49% (2015) to bottom 30% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	787 of 1009	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.2	819 of 1018	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.0	731 of 1020	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.2	700 of 1000	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.8	734 of 983	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.5	533 of 985	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.6	629 of 997	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	21.5	571 of 646	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	56.5	393 of 855	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2014	46.1	487 of 853	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	63.6	341 of 846	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2012	49.8	452 of 820	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2011	88.8	82 of 818	90.0%	★★★★★
2010	68.7	251 of 809	69.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	13.1	896 of 986	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.9	901 of 990	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.1	862 of 989	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	788 of 975	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.4	813 of 945	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	62.4	284 of 926	69.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2024	30.1	643 of 853	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.5	755 of 865	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	55.8	310 of 858	63.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	57.4	364 of 984	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.3	590 of 991	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	18.5	833 of 987	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	687 of 840	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.5	784 of 847	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	754 of 852	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.6	702 of 844	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.4	798 of 844	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	33.8	570 of 812	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.4	667 of 841	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	31.4	411 of 583	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.9	485 of 587	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.7	481 of 594	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	454 of 569	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.1	468 of 576	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.9	412 of 574	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.8	430 of 563	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	54.6	253 of 492	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2014	60.8	173 of 485	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	43.6	343 of 475	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	12.9	434 of 466	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	17.9	410 of 462	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	37.8	294 of 435	32.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	13.0	482 of 546	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.5	517 of 560	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.8	469 of 552	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	59.1	178 of 529	66.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2024	21.7	429 of 510	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	51.1	204 of 495	58.8%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	19.6	430 of 492	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	6.3	495 of 504	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.6	500 of 503	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.4	467 of 500	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.7	469 of 496	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	30.2	370 of 484	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.7	393 of 481	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2024	43.2	209 of 392	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.3	214 of 384	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	17.9	305 of 358	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.9	267 of 347	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.1	184 of 342	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.4	192 of 341	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2016	69.5	60 of 351	82.9%	★★★★☆
2015	52.7	174 of 300	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2014	71.6	46 of 296	84.5%	★★★★☆
2013	52.7	158 of 285	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2012	78.2	54 of 269	79.9%	★★★★☆
2011	55.0	151 of 273	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2010	21.2	243 of 267	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2019	53.5	103 of 302	65.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2023	48.2	154 of 359	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.5	84 of 329	74.5%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2024	36.9	198 of 326	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.1	262 of 325	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	299 of 312	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.7	275 of 306	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.8	176 of 301	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.0	204 of 307	33.6%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Male (2025)63rd percentile+41 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)25th percentile+5 vs school

White (2025)18th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2025)9th percentile-13 vs school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)16th percentile~ school

White (2025)13th percentile-17 vs school

Female (2025)12th percentile-18 vs school

High school

Low Socio Economic Status (2019)66th percentile+20 vs school

Male (2023)57th percentile+13 vs school

White (2024)39th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs Tennessee (2024-2025) ?

Science36%-10 vs state

Mathematics33%-9 vs state

English Language Arts21%-18 vs state

Social Studies18%-31 vs state

English I11%-28 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				TNReady Mathematics (2025)						TNReady English Language Arts (2025)						TNReady English I (2025)		TNReady Science (2025)						TNReady Social Studies (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 4th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 5th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 6th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 7th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 8th Grade	TNReady Mathematics All Grades	TNReady English Language Arts 4th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 5th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 6th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 7th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 8th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady English I 9th Grade	TNReady English I All Grades	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science 6th Grade	TNReady Science 7th Grade	TNReady Science 8th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	TNReady Social Studies 6th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 7th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 8th Grade	TNReady Social Studies All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Richard Hardy Memorial School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1620 Hamilton Avenue	South Pittsburg	37380	Marion County	Richard City	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 837-7282	202	15	13.9		166 (82.2%)	17 (8.4%)	4 (2.0%)	7 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.0%)								(n/a)	18.8	56.3	28.6	50.0	18.2	33.3	18.8	18.8	23.8	25.0	18.2	21.4	11.1	11.1	12.5	43.8	38.1	66.7	18.2	35.7	9.5	41.7	9.1	18.2	$15,365	$1,061	$13,465

Frequently Asked Questions about Richard Hardy Memorial School

What is the racial makeup of Richard Hardy Memorial School?

Students at Richard Hardy Memorial School are 77% White, 10% African American, 6% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 4% Hispanic.

What district is Richard Hardy Memorial School in?

Richard City

How many students attend Richard Hardy Memorial School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 183 students attended Richard Hardy Memorial School.

Is Richard Hardy Memorial School a good school?

Richard Hardy Memorial School ranks in the bottom 22.0% of Tennessee alternative schools.

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