Tuscaloosa City Schools

Tuscaloosa City Schools
Address
1210 21st Avenue Alabama Tuscaloosa , Alabama, 35401 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	Pre K-12
Superintendent	Dr. Michael J. Daria
Schools	23[1]
Students and staff
Students	10,500
Staff	1,300
Other information
Website	tuscaloosacityschools.com

Tuscaloosa City Schools is a public school district headquartered in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. The district's boundaries include almost all of the city limits of Tuscaloosa.^[2]

There are approximately 10,000 students enrolled in Tuscaloosa City Schools.^[3] The Tuscaloosa City Schools provides instruction to more than 10,000 Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade students throughout metropolitan Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Twenty-three schools comprise the district, including 12 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, 3 high schools, and 3 campuses dedicated to specialty education: one for students with special needs and those receiving alternative education, a school for students studying performing arts, and a career technical facility for grades 9 – 12.

The system has a checkered past regarding integration following the Brown v. Board decision. After this integration, forced by a court order in 1979, the system created one "mega-high school," Central High School, where all the students in the city attended. However, in the early to mid-1990s opposition from parents and lawmakers in Tuscaloosa caused the system to create a proposition to return to "neighborhood schools." This proposition was granted in 1995 with the creation of Rock Quarry Elementary School, and continued with the creation of Paul W. Bryant High School and Northridge High School in 2000.^[4]