Pickens Middle

Pickens Middle is an intermediate school of mid-tier scale in Pickens, South Carolina, one of the schools within Pickens 01, serveing 566 students in grades 6 through 8.

Pickens Middle is one of 23 schools operated by Pickens 01, a district that enrolls 16,313 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pickens Middle lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. Compared to Pickens County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Pickens Middle logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the broader community, census data for Pickens County shows median household earnings sit near $61,064, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Pickens Middle is one of 27 public schools in Pickens County (combined enrollment of about 16,866 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hagood Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Pickens Middle's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 690 (now 566). White enrollment moved from 89% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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