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===Primary and secondary education=== The [[Tuscaloosa City School System]] serves the city. It is overseen by the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education, which is composed of eight members elected by district and a chairman elected by a citywide vote. The Board appoints a Superintendent to manage the day-to-day operations of the system. Operating with a $100 million budget, the system enrolls approximately 10,300 students. The system consists of 24 schools: 13 elementary schools (12 zoned and 1 magnet), 6 middle schools (5 zoned and 1 magnet), 3 high schools ([[Paul W. Bryant High School]], [[Central High School (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)|Central High School]] and [[Northridge High School (Alabama)|Northridge High School]]), and 2 specialty schools (the Tuscaloosa Center for Technology, a vocational school, and Oak Hill School for special needs students). In 2002, the system spent $6,313 per pupil, the 19th highest amount of the 120 school systems in the state.<ref>[http://www.tusc.k12.al.us/about.html#students About Us: Students] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205035805/http://www.tusc.k12.al.us/about.html |date=February 5, 2005}}. ''Tuscaloosa City School System''. Accessed November 24, 2005.</ref> The Tuscaloosa County School System serves the county excluding the city. It is overseen by the Tuscaloosa County Board of Education, which is composed of seven elected members. The Board appoints a Superintendent to lead the school system. The system enrolls approximately 18,000 students which are served utilizing a budget of approximately $180 million. The school system consists of 34 schools—6 high schools, 8 middle schools and 19 elementary schools. It also provides services for special needs students at Sprayberry Education Center. In 2013 the school system hired its first minority superintendent of Hispanic/Latin origin who is also only the second female. Tuscaloosa is also served by several private schools, both secular and religious, including [[Tuscaloosa Academy]], [[American Christian Academy (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)|American Christian Academy]], [[Holy Spirit Catholic School]], North River Christian Academy, the Capitol School, and Tuscaloosa Christian School (in neighboring Cottondale). From 1923 to 2011, the state-run [[William D. Partlow Developmental Center]] has served the [[intellectual disability|intellectually disabled]], offering these citizens a public education as well as seeing to their other needs.
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