Taylor County High School is a public high school in

Butler, Georgia Butler is the county seat of Taylor County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 1,972 at the 2010 census. Geography Butler is located at (32.557, -84.239). The city is located along U.S. Route 19, which is the main route through the city ...

, and the only public high school in the rural county. It is in the

Taylor County School District The Taylor County School District is a public school district in Taylor County, Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United ...

. Vikings are the school mascot and the school colors are blue, gold, and white. It was preceded by Butler Female College and Male Institute. In 1955 Mauk School was consolidated into Taylor High School. The old school building turned community center is listed on the

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. Reynolds High School in Reynolds, Georgia was consolidated into it in the 1960s. Byrd v. United States was described as a case of six "Negro" students being assigned, against their wishes, to a school with a white student body. In 1969, the school district was put under court jurisdiction. The student body of schools in recent decades has been roughly evenly split between whites and blacks. From 1967-1972 the Lady Vikings basketball team never lost a game. The team won 132 games and five state championships. The school's first integrated prom was held in 2003.

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High schools in Georgia (U.S. state) {{GeorgiaUS-school-stub

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