Taylor County High School

Taylor County High School, a micro-enrollment senior high in Butler, Georgia, overseen by Taylor County, caters to 345 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 69% leaner than the state mean of about 1,120.

Across the 4 schools in Taylor County (1,176 students total), Taylor County High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Taylor County High School shows that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 43% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Taylor County High School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Taylor County High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 21.4%, a residual of -4.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Taylor County reports that median household income runs about $41,788, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. In all, Taylor County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,176 students), of which Taylor County High School is one.

Taylor County Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Taylor County High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Taylor County High School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 25.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 411 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 59% to 49% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Taylor County High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.