Pickens County High School
500 Dragon Dr
Jasper GA, 30143, Pickens County
Phone: 706-253-1800
Ranking: 
(142 out of 392, top 36%)*
(142 out of 392, top 36%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Pickens County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 75 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 85 | 84 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,293 | 1,256 | 1,244 | 1,222 | 1,230 | 1,261 | 1,234 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 379 | 29.3% | 387 | 30.8% | 382 | 30.7% | 378 | 30.9% | 365 | 29.7% | 404 | 32.0% | 391 | 31.7% |
| Grade 10: | 367 | 28.4% | 362 | 28.8% | 350 | 28.1% | 327 | 26.8% | 357 | 29.0% | 358 | 28.4% | 354 | 28.7% |
| Grade 11: | 288 | 22.3% | 258 | 20.5% | 246 | 19.8% | 279 | 22.8% | 259 | 21.1% | 271 | 21.5% | 241 | 19.5% |
| Grade 12: | 259 | 20.0% | 249 | 19.8% | 266 | 21.4% | 238 | 19.5% | 249 | 20.2% | 228 | 18.1% | 248 | 20.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 687 | 53.1% | 656 | 52.2% | 641 | 51.5% | 615 | 50.3% | 615 | 50.0% | 619 | 49.1% | 621 | 50.3% |
| Female: | 606 | 46.9% | 600 | 47.8% | 603 | 48.5% | 607 | 49.7% | 615 | 50.0% | 617 | 48.9% | 590 | 47.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 9 | 0.7% | 6 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.5% | 6 | 0.5% |
| Hispanic: | 42 | 3.2% | 29 | 2.3% | 25 | 2.0% | 34 | 2.8% | 40 | 3.3% | 26 | 2.1% | 21 | 1.7% |
| Black: | 13 | 1.0% | 16 | 1.3% | 16 | 1.3% | 13 | 1.1% | 13 | 1.1% | 12 | 1.0% | 12 | 1.0% |
| White: | 1,203 | 93.0% | 1,178 | 93.8% | 1,168 | 93.9% | 1,140 | 93.3% | 1,145 | 93.1% | 1,196 | 94.8% | 1,172 | 95.0% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 24 | 1.9% | 24 | 1.9% | 26 | 2.1% | 26 | 2.1% | 25 | 2.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 525 | 40.6% | 478 | 38.1% | 483 | 38.8% | 442 | 36.2% | 428 | 34.8% | 396 | 31.4% | 324 | 26.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 118 | 9.1% | 126 | 10.0% | 119 | 9.6% | 105 | 8.6% | 119 | 9.7% | 112 | 8.9% | 116 | 9.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.26 | 15.70 | 15.36 | 14.67 | 15.13 | 14.90 | 14.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 78% | 82% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 80.7% | 84.6% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 76.2% | 76.2% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 28.6% | 28.6% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83% | 83% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.3% | 81.3% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.2% | 83.2% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.5% | 84.5% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.7% | 89.7% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.8% | 89.8% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.6% | 85.6% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 97.7% | 97.7% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 84% | 84% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 74.3% | 74.3% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 56.5% | 56.5% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 66.3% | 66.3% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 81.9% | 81.9% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 78.5% | 78.5% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 74.2% | 74.2% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 83.1% | 83.1% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 26.6% | 26.6% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 79% | 79% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 71.1% | 71.1% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 74.1% | 74.1% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 75.7% | 75.7% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 72.7% | 72.7% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 80% | 80% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 86.2% | 86.2% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 92.5% | 92.5% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 87.4% | 87.4% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 82.1% | 82.1% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 70.7% | 70.7% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 65.3% | 65.3% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 60% | 60% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 25% | 25% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 58.5% | 58.5% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 54.4% | 54.4% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 57.3% | 57.3% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 59.6% | 59.6% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 62% | 62% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 63.9% | 63.9% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 62.9% | 62.9% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.5% | 78.5% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.1% | 88.1% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.5% | 86.5% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.9% | 82.9% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87.9% | 87.9% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 81% | 81% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 59.5% | 59.5% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 58.2% | 58.2% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 81.9% | 81.9% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 83.8% | 83.8% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 83.7% | 83.7% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 76.6% | 76.6% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 85.4% | 85.4% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 81% | 81% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 81.1% | 81.1% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 65.9% | 65.9% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 74.7% | 74.7% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 69% | 69% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 81% | 81% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 83.6% | 83.6% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 80.3% | 80.3% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 90.1% | 90.1% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 89.37% | 89.3% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 89.5% | 89.5% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 89% | 89% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 92.5% | 92.5% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 86.75% | 86.8% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 87.7% | 87.7% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 96% | 96% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 81.4% | 81.4% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 88% | 88% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 94.7% | 94.7% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 96.17% | 96% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 71% | 71% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 79.2% | 79.2% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 85% | 85% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 89.2% | 89.2% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 89.36% | 89% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Pickens County High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.