Pickens Elementary/High School

As a minimally staffed combined-grade school in Pickens, West Virginia, Pickens Elementary/High School enrolls 29 students from grades pre-K through 12, one of the schools within Randolph County Schools. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 212 students each, so Pickens Elementary/High School sits 86% leaner than that benchmark.

Randolph County Schools comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 3,494 students; Pickens Elementary/High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Pickens Elementary/High School logs that nearly all students (100%) are White. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.4:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Randolph County indicate median household income runs about $52,757, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Randolph County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,494 students), Pickens Elementary/High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hacker Valley Elementary School, roughly 9.4 miles away.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Pickens Elementary/High School's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 34 (now 29). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 5.2:1 in 2018 to 6.4:1 today.

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