Pickens County High School

Pickens County High School is a senior high of medium-sized scale in Jasper, Georgia, one of the schools within Pickens County, instructing 1,219 students in grades 9 through 12.

Pickens County runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,970 students. Pickens County High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Pickens County High School logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic. Compared to Pickens County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pickens County High School has 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 48% of students at Pickens County High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Pickens County (around 58%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pickens County High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.3%, the actual is 52.5%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Pickens County put the typical household earns roughly $78,930 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Pickens County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,970 students), of which Pickens County High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Pickens County Junior High School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Pickens County High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pickens County High School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 43.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Pickens County High School's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,399 (now 1,219). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.