Summary:
Zip code 37380 covers South Pittsburg, Tennessee, and contains three public schools serving roughly 1,114 students: South Pittsburg Elementary School (PK–6, 515 students), South Pittsburg High School (7–12, 416 students), and Richard Hardy Memorial School (PK–12, 183 students), an alternative school. Two of the schools belong to Marion County Schools, while Richard Hardy Memorial operates under its own Richard City Special School District.
South Pittsburg High School stands out for its ranking recovery: it fell from the 30th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 17th percentile in 2024-2025, then jumped to the 36th percentile in 2025-2026, with a 90.6% graduation rate that slightly beats the state average. Richard Hardy Memorial School has the best attendance by far, with a chronic absenteeism rate of just 10.5% compared to 14.7% at the elementary school, 24.2% at the high school, and an 18.3% state average. South Pittsburg Elementary School, the only dedicated elementary school, shows a pocket of strength in 4th-grade science (43.3% proficient) but its overall state rank has slipped to the 21st percentile.
Math is the weakest subject across all three schools, with proficiency rates of 17.6% at the elementary, 16.8% at the high school, and 29.3% at Richard Hardy Memorial, all far below the 43.0% state average. Richard Hardy spends the most at $15,365 per student—roughly $3,200 more than the other two schools—yet its scores remain mixed, leading in math but lagging in social studies. Chronic absenteeism at the high school is a major concern at nearly one in four students. Still, the high school's English II proficiency (57.4%) nearly matches the state, and no school in the zip code meets state averages in all-grades core subjects. The biggest opportunities are reducing absenteeism, addressing math gaps, and learning from Richard Hardy's engagement model.
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