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Enrollment
566
Middle
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 622
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PICKENS 01·NCES 450333001293
Pickens Middle
140 Torch Lane, Pickens, SC 29671 · (864) 397-4100 · Pickens County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of South Carolina public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded South Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 191 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 182 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 193 | 34% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 67% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
52.9%
SC avg 59.7% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
28.5%
SC avg 44.2% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.9% | 34.2% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Pickens Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Pickens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #139 of 249 ▼ 34 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #132 of 249 ▼ 1 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #140 of 256 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #132 of 241 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #217 of 241 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #40 of 137 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
566
-47 (-8%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 805
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 566 | 40 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 78% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 84% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 62% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 40.8 | 16.9:1 | 57% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 55% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 833 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 48% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 878 | 61 | 14.4:1 | 34% (295) |
| 1990-91 | 805 | 43 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pickens Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (690 to 566); teachers down 2% (40.8 to 40).
About Pickens Middle
Pickens Middle is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Pickens, South Carolina. It had 566 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
Pickens Middle is one school in a 23-school district, Pickens 01, which enrolls 16,313 students.
White students are 80% of those enrolled at Pickens Middle. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Pickens County, where about 84% of residents are White. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Pickens Middle are from different groups.
Its staff includes 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.2 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for middle schools in South Carolina.
Among South Carolina public middle schools, Pickens Middle outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The school is in Pickens County, where median household income comes to about $61,064, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Pickens County counts 27 public schools with about 16,866 students.
Hagood Elementary is about 0.7 miles from Pickens Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles.
Pickens Middle is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased 8% over 4 years, reaching 566 in 2024-25.
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Pickens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
134,629
Census ACS
Median income
$61,064
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
16,866 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pickens 01
- Easley HighHigh · 1,862 students
- Pickens HighHigh · 1,226 students
- D. W. Daniel HighHigh · 1,222 students
- Richard H. Gettys MiddleMiddle · 1,217 students
- R. C. Edwards MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- Clemson ElementaryElementary · 794 students
Other schools in Pickens
- Pickens HighHigh · 1,226 students
- Hagood ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- Pickens ElementaryElementary · 493 students
- Ambler ElementaryElementary · 316 students
- Youth Leadership AcademyMiddle · 290 students
- Summit AcademyMiddle · 59 students
Nearby schools
- Hagood Elementary0.7 mi · 567
- Pickens Elementary0.9 mi · 493
- Pickens High1.5 mi · 1,226
- Youth Leadership Academy3.3 mi · 290
- Summit Academy3.3 mi · 59
- Ambler Elementary5.3 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Pickens MiddleHow large is Pickens Middle?
Pickens Middle enrolls approximately 566 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pickens Middle serve?
Pickens Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Pickens Middle have?
Pickens Middle employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Pickens Middle?
Student demographics at Pickens Middle are roughly 80% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Pickens Middle?
Pickens Middle is overseen by Pickens 01 in Pickens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.