📍 150 Blue Flame Drive, Pickens, Pickens County, 29671
Pickens High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Pickens, Pickens County. The school has 1,376 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pickens 01 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 78% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 83%. The school offers 17 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pickens High enrolls 1,376 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 84 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino and 4.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1,207 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 79 | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 58 | 4.2% |
| Black or African American | 31 | 2.3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
914 of the school's 1,376 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 874 qualify for free lunch and 40 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pickens High 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 High 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 1,376 students, Pickens High is larger than the district average of about 680 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe