Regular local school district · Pickens County
Pickens 01 School District, SC: schools, enrollment and spending
Pickens 01 School District runs 24 public schools with 16,313 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.8 students per teacher is about the same as the South Carolina figure of 14.4.Listed in NCES data as "Pickens 01".
At a glance
- Schools
- 24
- Students
- 16,313
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,178
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- SC: 14.4 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1348 Griffin Mill Road, Easley, SC 29640
- Phone
- (864)397-1000
- County
- Pickens County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4503330
- State district ID
- SC-3901
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,421
- School counselors (FTE)
- 43.0About 379 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 75.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.8
South Carolina14.4
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (15,689), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $201.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $21.0 million
- State revenue
- $102.7 million
- Local revenue
- $77.7 million
- Total spending
- $183.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,661
- Salaries
- $91.4 million49.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $216.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.4%
- State: 51.0%
- Local: 38.6%
South Carolina overall
- Federal: 11.3%
- State: 48.0%
- Local: 40.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,661
South Carolina$15,302
United States$16,826
Schools in Pickens 01 School District
By level: 5 high, 5 middle, 14 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ambler Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 316 | 14.4 |
| Central Academy of the ArtsCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 499 | 13.9 |
| Clemson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 794 | 14.7 |
| Crosswell ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 554 | 12.6 |
| D. W. Daniel High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,222 | 17.2 |
| Dacusville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 573 | 15.9 |
| Dacusville Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 356 | 14.2 |
| Easley High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,862 | 17.9 |
| East End Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 618 | 14.7 |
| Forest Acres Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 677 | 15.0 |
| Hagood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 567 | 15.3 |
| Liberty ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 470 | 13.4 |
| Liberty High | High | 9 to 12 | 640 | 13.6 |
| Liberty Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 458 | 13.5 |
| Liberty PrimaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 637 | 14.8 |
| McKissick Academy of Science & TechnologyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 519 | 14.4 |
| Pickens County Career and Technology Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Pickens ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 493 | 13.3 |
| Pickens High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,226 | 14.6 |
| Pickens Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 566 | 14.2 |
| R. C. Edwards Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 835 | 16.4 |
| Richard H. Gettys Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,217 | 14.7 |
| Six Mile Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 571 | 14.6 |
| West End ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 643 | 12.6 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.