Can I use Pike County's school score to choose a house?

No. Use the Pike County school score as a first-pass county screen, then verify the exact district, attendance boundary, transfer rules, and grade pathway for any address you are considering.

Does SchoolsByCounty confirm school attendance boundaries in Pike County?

No. SchoolsByCounty publishes NCES and Census-backed public-school records. Attendance zones, magnet eligibility, charter lotteries, transportation, and transfer rules must be confirmed with local districts.

How should parents compare public schools in Pike County?

Start with the 5 listed public schools and 1 district entry, then compare similar grade bands and confirm the address-level rules locally.

Pike County Schools & Education

Name: Pike County, Georgia Education Data
Creator: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Pike County, Georgia

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

School Score

53/100

Percentile-style score

Score Band

Midrange Signal

Graduation Rate

95.0%

National avg 87.5%

Education Statistics

Graduation Rate

95.0%

National avg 87.5%

State avg 88.1%

Per-Pupil Spending

$6,232

National avg $13,239

State avg $7,405

School Score

53/100

Percentile-style score

State avg 50/100

State Score Position

#69

of 159 counties by score

Education Data Brief: Pike County

Measured School Summary

Pike County performs at an average level with a school score of 53/100 and a solid graduation rate of 95.0%.

Funding Context

At $6,232 per pupil, Pike County operates with limited funding, which may constrain staffing, materials, and extracurricular offerings.

Neighbor Context

Its school score is 7% above the Georgia average, and its graduation rate exceeds the state average by 6.9 percentage points, while per-pupil spending is 16% lower than the state norm.

School Data Brief

How to read Pike County before comparing districts

County-level education data is best used as a screening layer. It summarizes the local school environment, then points you toward the district and school records that matter for local review.

Local context that changes the interpretation

5 public schools and 1 district are represented below. Use those school and district records to confirm whether the county-level context fits the neighborhoods you are actually considering.

Overall screen

53/100

Mixed county signal. Ranks #69 of 159 Georgia counties with school score data.

Completion

95.0%

6.9 pts above the state average

Funding context

$6,232

$1,173 below the state average

School coverage

1 district represented in the county school list.

Start with measured county context

This county needs a closer look at district mix, school level, and local context. Compare the score, graduation rate, and spending together rather than treating any single metric as final.

Check the local school mix

Pike County has 5 public schools across 1 district, so school-level fit can vary inside the county.

Verify local rules

Use this page as county-level context, then confirm attendance zones, transportation, special programs, and current school boundaries with local districts.

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Parent decision brief

What Pike County school data means before you move

County averages are useful for screening, but parents choose addresses, grade pathways, and district rules. This brief turns the public data into the checks that matter before you sign a lease or mortgage.

Small-system county

Pike County has a compact public-school footprint. A single school change, boundary rule, or district update can move the lived experience more than the county score suggests.

State position

#69

of 159 Georgia counties with school score data. The county score is 3 points above the state average.

Data confidence

Usable

3 of 5 county signals are present, and 100% of listed schools report enrollment. Compare schools, then verify missing fields locally.

K-12 continuity check

These are the largest visible district slices in the county data. They show whether elementary, middle, and high school records appear together or whether a family needs to investigate transition points.

Pike County

Elementary to high school visible

3,584 students

Elementary 2Middle 1High 2Other 0

5 listed schools in this county slice.

District reality check

Pike County is the largest listed district slice, with 5 schools. County pages do not prove address assignment, so verify boundaries with local district tools.

What the data cannot tell you

NCES records do not confirm current attendance zones, private-school options, transfer approvals, program capacity, transportation, or whether a listed school is available to a specific address.

Questions to ask before choosing an address

Which district actually serves the addresses we are considering in Pike County?

Which attendance zones, transfer rules, and transportation policies apply inside the local district?

What changes at the elementary-to-middle and middle-to-high transitions in the district pathway we would likely use?

Which charter, magnet, or virtual options require a lottery, application window, separate transportation plan, or address eligibility check?

Are the largest listed schools the ones our address can actually attend, or are they only county-level context?

Data Story

Pike County Per-Pupil Spending Below Half of National Average

Education data brief for Pike County, Georgia.

By Evan Brooks, Data EditorPublished Jul 7, 2026Reviewed by Evan Brooks, Data Editor

Lead metric:Per-pupil spending

Pike County operates on a per-pupil expenditure of $6,232, a figure that is less than half of the national average of $13,000 and lower than the Georgia state average of $7,405. Despite this spending level, the county reports a 95.0% graduation rate, exceeding both the state average of 88.1% and the national average of 87.0%. The county's single school district serves 3,584 students across five campuses, including Pike County High School, which is the largest facility with 1,105 students. The system is composed of two elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools, all categorized as rural by the NCES. The composite school score for the county is 53.3, which is above the state average of 49.6 and the national median of 50.0. No charter schools are active in this district. Compare district boundaries before drawing conclusions.

Sources

NCES Common Core of Data
U.S. Census Bureau ACS

School Overview

Total Schools

in Pike County

Reported Enrollment

3,584

5 schools reporting

School Districts

district

Charter Schools

0% of total

School Level Breakdown

Elementary2

Middle1

High2

Other0

1 School District in Pike County

Pike County

Guide

5 schools

3,584 students enrolled

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5 Public Schools in Pike County

Sorted by reported enrollment. Dedicated profile pages are available for 1 high-enrollment school; every NCES public school remains listed here.

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

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Public schools in Pike County, including district, location, profile availability, grades, type, and enrollment.
School Name	Profile	District	Location	Grades	Type / Flags	Reported Enrollment
Pike County High School	Profile	Pike County	Zebulon, 30295Rural: Distant	9–12	High	1,105
Pike County Middle School	Record	Pike County	Zebulon, 30295Rural: Distant	6–8	Middle	836
Pike County Primary School	Record	Pike County	Zebulon, 30295Rural: Distant	PK–2	Primary	804
Pike County Elementary School	Record	Pike County	Zebulon, 30295Rural: Distant	3–5	Primary	783
Zebulon High School	Record	Pike County	Zebulon, 30295Rural: Distant	9–12	Virtual	56

Pike County High School

Pike County