five year-period in the post-2000 era, no Advanced Placement (AP) classes were offered at Central High. The post-2000 school began offering physics classes in 2013. Culture For a period in the post-2000 era the school had no yearbook nor a school newspaper. Academic achievement The State of Alabama designated it as a failing school in 2014, and was on the same list in 2017. The percentages of students in grades 9 and 10 in the 2015-2016 school year declared in "need of support" for subjects were, in the reading field, 68.6% of the total students and 44% of students taking the ACT, and in the mathematics field, almost 91% of the total students and about 65% of those taking the ACT. The school was removed from the failing schools list in 2019. Alumni Walter Maddox, politician David Robertson, baseball player Brandon Scott, actor Deontay Wilder, boxer References External links International Baccalaureate schools in Alabama Educational institutions established in 1979 High schools in Tuscaloosa, Alabama Schools in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Public high schools in Alabama 1979 establishments in Alabama