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Schools in Pickens

Pickens’s public schools

Holmes County Consolidated School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pickens. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/7schools above Mississippi’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Mississippi’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
15%
2021–22
Math proficiency
22%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.3K
▲ 24% vs MS $12.4K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.0
MS 13.9
Schools in town
0
2,300 students on the public path
In brief

Pickens’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Pickens’s 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Mississippi’s 762 public schools. Holmes County Central High School places highest (better than 9%); Durant Elementary School lowest (0%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve Pickens, graded from D− to D, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and one high school: Holmes County Central High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Pickens, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD− to D
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD− to D
9–12Holmes County Central High Schoolin LexingtonD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Holmes County Consolidated School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Holmes County Consolidated School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 7 schools · 2,300 students, down 13% since 2020–21 · 14.0 per teacher (MS 13.9)
$15,344MS $12,392 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading15%
State average 41.7% · 1381 students tested
Math22%
State average 47% · 1357 students tested

Pickens vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Mississippi towns that share Pickens’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pickens—Holmes County Consolidated

Every school in Pickens

7 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Mississippi’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Pickensin other towns
William Dean Jr Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lexington
D−
426 students18:1Rate it →
S.V. Marshall Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lexington
D
214 students13:1Rate it →
Durant Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Durant
D−
242 students16:1Rate it →
GPE School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Goodman
D−
191 students13:1Rate it →
S.V. Marshall Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lexington
D−
321 students13:1Rate it →
Williams-Sullivan Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Durant
D
192 students11:1Rate it →
Holmes County Central High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Lexington
D
714 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Pickens’s schools

Are Pickens’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Pickens. Holmes County Consolidated School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pickens. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 7 district schools with test results score above the middle of Mississippi’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Pickens in?

Holmes County Consolidated School District.

Where do Pickens kids go to high school?

Holmes County Central High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.