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This chart shows the percentage of Pickens County students on free and reduced lunch by school and by year.
For the 2016-2017 school year, reports show 52.49 percent of students in the Pickens County School District qualified for free or reduced lunch.
Of the 4,325 students enrolled in grades K-12 there are 2,311 eligible for the program. Of those who qualified, 1,894 receive free lunch and 366 receive a reduced price lunch.
Last year the state average for students receiving free or reduced lunch was 62.29 percent.
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