Turner County High School is a public high school located in

Ashburn, Georgia The city of Ashburn is the county seat of Turner County, Georgia, United States. As of 2010, the city had a population of 4,152. Ashburn's government is classified as a council/manager form of municipal government. Ashburn is noted for its peanu ...

. It is the only high school in

Turner County, Georgia Turner County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9006. The county seat is Ashburn. The county was created on August 18, 1905, and named for Henry Gray Turner ...

History

Turner County initially had two separate high schools. In 1957, the two schools consolidated to form the current Turner County High School. At the time the school was founded, only whites were permitted to attend. Black students attended the nearby

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. Shortly before the school year started, future students and teachers chose the Rebel as their mascot. In 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in

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that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. However, Turner County High School did not integrate until 1970. Nonetheless, the school continued to host segregated proms until 2007. In 2021, 70% of students voted in favor of changing the school's mascot to the Titan, citing ties to

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ideology.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown by race/ethnicity of the 339 students enrolled for the 2021–2022 school year was: * Asian – 0.3% * Black – 64.9% * Hispanic – 6.5% * White – 24.5%

References

{{reflist Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state) Turner County, Georgia