Year Minimum Foundation building program completed 1956-57 Wilson, finished in 1957, gave Tift County a new Black high school, relieving student load at Tift County Industrial.

Year of total integration 1970. Tift County Industrial continued as a fully integrated elementary. Wilson became Tift County Junior High - its name has returned to being Matt Wilson - stuffed to the gills with students in grades 7-9 until getting relief from a late-opening Northeast campus. The junior high load had increased not only from full integration, but Tift's decision to move on from the 1917-built Tifton Junior High.

Known high schools Tift County Industrial (Tifton) Wilson (Tifton) Wilson opened in 1957, moving high school grades from Tift County Industrial.

Known schools 1939-40: Tift County Industrial; 12 seven-grade schools (04/26/1940 Macon Telegraph) 1948-49: Chula, Eldorado, Little River, Omega, Tift County Industrial, Ty Ty; Openings of Eldorado and Little River delayed because of no teachers (09/14/48 Gazette) (full list) 1951-52: Chula, Omega, Tift County Industrial, Ty Ty 1954-55: Tift County Industrial, Ty Ty The Georgia Department of Education begins publishing a list of schools in 1956-57. 1956-57: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-12), Ty Ty (1-7). Not a complete list. 1957-58: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-7), Ty Ty (1-7), Wilson Elementary & High (1-12) 1958-59: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-7), Ty Ty (1-7), Wilson Elementary & High (1-12) 1959-60: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-7), Ty Ty (1-7), Wilson Elementary & High (1-12) 1960-61: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-8), Ty Ty (1-7), Wilson Elementary & High (1-12) 1961-62: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-8), Ty Ty (1-7), Wilson Elementary & High (1-12) 1962-63: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-8), Ty Ty (1-7), Wilson Elementary & High (1-12) 1963-64: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-8), Ty Ty (1-7), Wilson Elementary & High (1-12) 1964-65: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-7), Ty Ty (1-7), Wilson Elementary & High (1-12) 1965-66: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-7), Ty Ty (1-7), Wilson Elementary & High (1-12) 1966-67: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-7), Ty Ty (1-7), Wilson Elementary & High (1-12) 1967-68: Tift County Industrial (grades 1-5), Wilson Elementary & High (5-12) 1968-69: Industrial (grades 1-6), Wilson Elementary & High (6-12) 1969-70: Industrial (grades 1-6), Wilson Elementary & High (7-12)

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