2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pickens, SC vs Seneca, SC

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Highlights
- Seneca spends 39.0% more per student than Pickens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.1% lower in Seneca than in Pickens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seneca had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pickens
 Pickens, SCSeneca, SCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,306$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,509  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,061$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.42  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3594573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Pickens    3 Reviews

This is from a south Orange County, lifelong Southern California girl who knows what a beautiful environment is like. Well - South Carolina made So Cal seem like such  More

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Over 10 years ago

Pickens County, SC is a wonderful place to live, work and retire but the information you're posting regarding education is inaccurate. First of all, our per pupil  More

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Over 18 years ago

Pickens is a beautiful town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As recent home buyers I very much hope Pickens continues to grow and thrive, and at the same  More

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Reviews for Seneca    7 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Our family has now been here for 2 years. There's nothing not to love about this city. Asides from the gorgeous scenery and a college town right up the road, Seneca has  More

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For one thing, the statistics that this website gives are wrong. Allow me to give you a true sense of what Seneca, SC is like. The people who live here are primarily  More

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I begged my ex husband to move out west, where I had family, because I needed help with our son who was just starting to show what we now realize were signs of  More

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