 Pickens School District ranked the highest in the state with an "A-" transparency score from Sunshine Review.Pickens County is served by the Pickens County Library System, headquartered in Easley, with four branch libraries in the county.The Pickens County Sheriff's Office is the largest law enforcement agency in the county, and provides its services to all unincorporated areas of the county, incorporated communities without a police department, and may assist a city or town police department upon request by the department.