Best Public Schools in Zip Code 38578

Schools in zip code 38578 (Pleasant Hill, Tennessee) include just one school: Pleasant Hill Elementary School, a public PK–8 elementary school serving 588 students in the Cumberland County Schools district. The district itself is ranked 65th out of 141 districts in Tennessee, placing it at the 54th percentile with a 3-star rating. Pleasant Hill Elementary, however, has been consistently ranked in the mid-600s statewide over the past three years, hovering at the 35th–36th percentile and earning a 2-star rating. This means the school performs below its district overall, even though the district sits slightly above the statewide median.

Academically, the school trails both district and state averages in every core subject, with the smallest gap in mathematics (39.4% vs. 43.8% district and 43.0% state) and the largest in science (39.8% vs. 45.2% district and 46.9% state). There are clear bright spots: 8th grade mathematics proficiency is 49.0%, which is 10.7 points above the state average, and 8th grade science (49.0%) also exceeds the state. The school also improved significantly year over year in English language arts (+6.8 points) and social studies (+3.6 points), while science dropped by 3.7 points. Chronic absenteeism is a notable strength at 13.1%, well below the district (15.2%) and state (18.3%) rates.

Some grade-level areas need attention. Sixth grade science proficiency is just 26.3%, roughly 21 points below the district and nearly 22 points below the state, and 4th grade ELA sits at 33.3%, about 14 points under the state. Because the school serves grades PK through 8, it functions as both an elementary and middle school for the community, and its upper-grade performance in math and science is encouraging. Per-student spending is $12,268, though no student-teacher ratio or free/reduced lunch data was provided. Overall, Pleasant Hill Elementary is a school with mixed performance: it struggles in ELA and middle school science, but shows meaningful strengths in 8th grade math and science, low chronic absenteeism, and positive momentum in several subjects.