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Schools in Pickens

Pickens’s public schools

Randolph County 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?0/1schools above West Virginia’s middle

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

Reading proficiency
35%
2021–22
Math proficiency
25%
2021–22
Graduate on time
96%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.1K
▼ 10% vs WV $15.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.1
WV 13.5
Schools in town
1
29 students on the public path
In brief

Pickens’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Pickens’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of West Virginia’s 591 public schools. Pickens Elementary/High School places highest (better than 8%); Pickens Elementary/High School lowest (8%). 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–12Pickens Elementary/High SchoolRandolph County School DistrictD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Randolph County 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.

Randolph County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 14 schools · 3,494 students, down 8% since 2020–21 · 13.1 per teacher (WV 13.5)
$14,095WV $15,637 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading35%
State average 41.3% · 1812 students tested
Math25%
State average 32.2% · 1812 students tested

Pickens vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pickens—Randolph County

Every school in Pickens

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

District schools in Pickensby address
Pickens Elementary/High School
Grades PK–12
D
29 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about Pickens’s schools

Are Pickens’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Pickens. Randolph County 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 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of West Virginia’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Pickens in?

Randolph County School District.

Where do Pickens kids go to high school?

Pickens Elementary/High School.

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What Pickens families are saying about 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.