There were 3,495 white students enrolled in Pickens County school in the 2023-24 school year, 0.4% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.
Data showed that Pickens County welcomed 3,919 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 89.2% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the six schools in Pickens County, Pickens County High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,125 students.
According to the Georgia Department of Education, over 1.6 million students were enrolled in Georgia’s public schools during the 2021-22 school year. The state boasted a diverse and closely distributed student body across grade levels, with roughly 44% of the students in elementary, 24.5% in middle school, and 31.5% in high schools.
The state also registered an ethnically diverse student body, with 34.4% of the students identified as white, 36.5% as Black, 17.1% as Hispanic, and 4.5% as Asian.
| School name | % of White Students | Total White Students | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickens County High School | 91% | 1,125 | 1,237 |
| Jasper Middle School | 90% | 528 | 587 |
| Hill City Elementary School | 89% | 460 | 517 |
| Harmony Elementary School | 89% | 440 | 495 |
| Pickens County Junior High School | 87% | 528 | 607 |
| Tate Elementary School | 87% | 414 | 476 |
