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Pickens County High School

Public Grades 5-12

297^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 374 Alabama High Schools

Better than 21% of Alabama high schools

Summary

Pickens County High School is a public high school located in Reform, Alabama, serving grades 5-12 with a total enrollment of 289 students. The school is part of the Pickens County School District, which is ranked 104 out of 135 districts in Alabama and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pickens County High School has consistently ranked in the bottom third of Alabama high schools over the past decade, with a ranking between 269 and 364 out of 350-378 schools. The school has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade, indicating poor overall performance. While female students and African American students have performed better than the overall student population, white students and low socioeconomic status students have performed poorly, ranking in the bottom third of Alabama high schools for these subgroups. The school has maintained a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 87.8% to 93.9% over the past few years, but has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 8.8% to 17.9%.

Comparing Pickens County High School to nearby schools, Aliceville High School has a similar low performance profile, while Gordo High School, located just 7 miles away, has generally outperformed Pickens County High School in terms of statewide ranking, graduation rates, and test scores. The high poverty rate at Pickens County High School, with over 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, likely contributes to the school's poor academic performance, as research has shown a strong correlation between socioeconomic status and educational outcomes.

265

Students ?

17.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,001

Per pupil spending ?

78.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

205 4th Ave SE
Reform, AL 35481

(205) 375-2344

District: Pickens County

Racial breakdown:

African American:

72.5%

White:

20.0%

Two or more races:

3.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 16th percentile in 2014 → 21st in 2025

Strengths

✓97% graduate in 4 years — above the Alabama average (92%)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2014

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (23% vs 40% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg28%

Alabama avg40%

Middle school

319^th of 439

Alabama public middle schools ?

Bottom 27%▼ down 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 31% (2015) to bottom 27% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

297^th of 374

Alabama public high schools ?

Bottom 21%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3High Schools in the Pickens County

104^th of 135Pickens County among Alabama districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	27.9	319 of 439	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.5	394 of 442	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.6	317 of 437	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.7	348 of 432	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.4	402 of 440	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	22.4	345 of 437	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.6	301 of 423	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	31.7	313 of 432	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	25.3	333 of 432	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	31.8	298 of 430	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2014	33.1	309 of 438	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	50.2	269 of 436	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2012	25.6	349 of 436	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	30.6	326 of 435	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	10.2	403 of 435	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	19.4	374 of 425	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	16.6	377 of 417	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	16.8	367 of 412	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	26.9	326 of 409	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	37.1	286 of 415	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2004	46.1	218 of 407	46.4%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	42.7	129 of 259	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	27.4	203 of 269	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.8	135 of 263	48.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.3	192 of 271	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.8	257 of 266	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.0	217 of 252	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.0	143 of 247	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	47.0	89 of 205	56.6%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	42.0	244 of 415	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	17.0	359 of 426	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.1	266 of 417	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	21.5	341 of 423	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.0	366 of 415	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	352 of 399	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	30.6	288 of 380	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	33.4	295 of 428	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	14.6	392 of 437	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.4	295 of 410	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.0	320 of 421	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.4	389 of 415	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	26.9	306 of 396	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.3	225 of 396	43.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	18.2	353 of 422	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.9	402 of 428	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	25.8	326 of 419	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.6	357 of 427	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	10.3	406 of 418	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	28.6	294 of 399	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	43.0	230 of 397	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	34.3	259 of 380	31.8%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2023	44.1	191 of 370	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.7	243 of 376	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	21.7	312 of 369	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.5	199 of 331	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	20.9	212 of 247	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	20.1	297 of 374	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.3	311 of 378	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	68.1	94 of 367	74.4%	★★★★☆
2021	24.2	288 of 371	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.8	287 of 366	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.5	298 of 356	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.8	309 of 353	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	26.1	269 of 351	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	20.8	290 of 353	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	17.4	302 of 358	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	39.7	290 of 358	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	39.1	269 of 358	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	54.8	182 of 360	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	51.0	194 of 358	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	44.9	233 of 357	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2008	41.4	248 of 359	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	45.4	221 of 358	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2006	55.8	165 of 357	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2005	71.4	72 of 359	79.9%	★★★★☆
2004	65.8	106 of 357	70.3%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	41.8	110 of 228	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.4	124 of 231	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	54.8	60 of 222	73.0%	★★★★☆
2021	45.0	101 of 228	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.9	134 of 224	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.5	148 of 223	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2017	32.3	130 of 189	31.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	33.3	224 of 359	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.4	235 of 358	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.0	272 of 359	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.9	285 of 354	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.7	271 of 347	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	6.5	339 of 343	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	21.7	296 of 367	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.2	281 of 375	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	48.0	160 of 349	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.2	151 of 361	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	27.0	273 of 361	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.4	220 of 358	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	19.4	282 of 349	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	6.8	361 of 363	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	303 of 368	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	75.9	70 of 366	80.9%	★★★★☆
2021	25.0	279 of 366	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	282 of 357	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.9	310 of 350	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	35.2	215 of 339	36.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2023	29.2	213 of 317	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	80.4	52 of 326	84.0%	★★★★☆
2017	13.3	218 of 230	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Middle school

African American (2025)50th percentile+23 vs school

White (2023)48th percentile+21 vs school

Female (2025)41st percentile+14 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)31st percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)16th percentile-11 vs school

High school

African American (2025)52nd percentile+31 vs school

Female (2025)38th percentile+17 vs school

White (2023)33rd percentile

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)19th percentile~ school

Male (2025)1st percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English38%-15 vs state

Science26%-11 vs state

Mathematics7%-22 vs state

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Monday, May 18, 2009

Most of the teachers are very good. Discipline is fair.
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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)					Summative Assessment Science (2025)		Summative Assessment English (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 11th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Summative Assessment English 7th Grade	Summative Assessment English 8th Grade	Summative Assessment English 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pickens County High School	Public	5-12	205 4th Ave SE	Reform	35481	Pickens County	Pickens County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 375-2344	265	15	17.4	78.1%	53 (20.0%)	192 (72.5%)	9 (3.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.8%)	20.1	297^th of 374 public high schools	20.6%		18.3	311^th of 378 public high schools	17.7%	14	7.7	16.7	2.8	5.6	2.8	33.3	19.4	44.0	53.3	44.4	38.9	11.1	$13,001	$2,451	$10,507
Gordo High School	Public	7-12	630 4th St NW	Gordo	35466	Pickens County	Pickens County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 364-7353	473	22	21.8	53.3%	297 (62.8%)	112 (23.7%)	51 (10.8%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	41.2	204^th of 374 public high schools	45.5%		25.3	286^th of 378 public high schools	24.3%	82			26.4	13.5	8.9	41.9	28.2			50.6	56.0	25.3	$9,349	$1,650	$7,655
Pickens County College and Career Center	Public	10-12	377 Ladow Center Cir	Carrollton	35447	Pickens County	Pickens County	No	No	No	No	(205) 367-2080																			(n/a)
Aliceville High School	Public	7-12	417 3rd St Se	Aliceville	35442	Pickens County	Pickens County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 373-6378	338	13	26.8	82.0%	2 (0.6%)	330 (97.6%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.9	364^th of 374 public high schools	2.7%		31.8	257^th of 378 public high schools	32.0%	107			1.9	6.5	0.0	11.5	5.5			29.6	35.5	7.4	$14,223	$2,591	$11,588

Frequently Asked Questions about Pickens County High School

What is the racial makeup of Pickens County High School?

Students at Pickens County High School are 72% African American, 20% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic.

What district is Pickens County High School in?

Pickens County

Is Pickens County High School a good school?

Pickens County High School ranks in the bottom 20.6% of Alabama high schools.

How many students attend Pickens County High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 265 students attended Pickens County High School.

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2024–25 attendance data & graduation ratesDec 27, 2025

2024–25 Summative Assessment scoresAug 14, 2025

2021–22 through 2023–24 attendance data & graduation ratesDec 2, 2024

2016–17 through 2018–19 dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 7, 2024

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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