Tift County High School

Tift County High School is a senior high of expansive scale in Tifton, Georgia, run under Tift County, instructing 2,207 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 97% bigger than typical.

Tift County runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 7,471 students. Tift County High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Tift County High School lists that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 35% Black, 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Tift County High School logs 126 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Tift County High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.7%; this one delivers 37.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Tift County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $53,255 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Tift County High School is one of 11 public schools in Tift County (combined enrollment of about 7,471 students).

The closest other public school is G. O. Bailey Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tift County High School. On composite proficiency, Tift County High School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 35%: 1,640 students in 2018 compared to 2,207 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 39% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.