Pickens County High School

Pickens County High School is a micro-enrollment senior high in Reform, Alabama, run under Pickens County. The school hosts 265 students in grades 5 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 61% leaner than the state mean of about 682.

Across the 6 schools in Pickens County (2,210 students total), Pickens County High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Pickens County High School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Pickens County High School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pickens County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.4%.

Around the school, Pickens County reports that median household income runs about $46,274, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Pickens County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,210 students), Pickens County High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Reform Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Pickens County High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 20%: 221 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 20% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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