Druid High School

{{Short description|Defunct high school in Alabama, United States}}{{Infobox school

| former_name = Industrial City High School

| closed = 1979

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Druid High School, originally Industrial City High School{{cite news | last=Wilson | first=Haley | date=October 21, 2021 | title=Dr. Archie Wade, UA’s First Black Faculty Member, Gets Building Renamed in His Honor | work=The Birmingham Times | url=http://www.birminghamtimes.com/2021/10/dr-archie-wade-uas-first-black-faculty-member-recalls-making-history-and-bear-bryant/ | accessdate=November 3, 2021 }} was a senior high school for black students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and a part of Tuscaloosa City Schools.

The school had black children from all social classes. The instruction emphasized manual trades instead of university careers, and lacked the resources held by the all-white Tuscaloosa High School. The school had a reputation for strong teachers as African-Americans at the time had few other prestigious career options. Nikole Hanna-Jones of ProPublica stated "Druid was a source of pride within the city’s black community."{{cite magazine|author=Hanna-Jones, Nikole|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/04/segregation-now/359813/|title=Resegregation in the American South|magazine=The Atlantic|date=April 16, 2014|accessdate=January 14, 2019}}

In 1970 the school was desegregated but only with a handful of students attending.

In 1979 it was consolidated with Tuscaloosa High School to form Central High School (Tuscaloosa, Alabama). The former school identity, including mascots and colors, was discarded.