📍 567 Hampton Avenue, Pickens, Pickens County, 29671
Pickens Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pickens, Pickens County. The school has 498 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pickens 01 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 36% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pickens Elementary enrolls 498 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 6% Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 426 | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 30 | 6% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 5.4% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
498 of the school's 498 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 498 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pickens Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SC-30, state senate district 2, state house district 4.
Pickens Elementary is one of 24 schools in Pickens 01, based in Easley, South Carolina. The district serves 16,313 students district-wide and employs 1,093 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 498 students, Pickens Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 680 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe