Oak Grove High School | |
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Address | |
9494 Oak Grove Parkway 35023 United States | |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1916 |
School board | Jefferson County Schools |
CEEB code | 010320 |
Principal | Steven Ray |
Faculty | 41.00 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 6-12 |
Enrollment | 759 (2018–19) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 18.51 [1] |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Red and white and black |
Athletics | AHSAA Class 4A |
Nickname | Tigers |
Feeder schools | Oak Grove Elementary School, West Jefferson Elementary School |
Website | www |
Oak Grove High School is a combined middle school and high school. Its location is fifteen miles northwest of downtown Bessemer, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. It is physically located in the unincorporated community of Oak Grove for which the school is named. Oak Grove is one of fourteen high schools in the Jefferson County School System. School colors are red, white, and black and the athletic teams are called the Tigers. Oak Grove competes in AHSAA Class 4A athletics. [2]
Enrollment in grades 6-12 for the 2015-2016 school year was approximately 865 students. Roughly 95% are white, 4% are African-American, and 1% are Native American. 32% of students qualified for free or reduced price lunch. [3]
Oak Grove has a graduation rate of 82%. [4] Approximately 84% of its students meet or exceed state proficiency standards in reading, and about 66% do so in mathematics. The average ACT score for Oak Grove students is 25. [5]
On September 1st, 1959, Oak Grove High School organized their first school band, with thirty-nine inaugural members. The band program currently consists of both marching and concert ensembles, along with an indoor drumline, indoor winter guard, and jazz band.
State Championships
Oak Grove competes in AHSAA Class 4A athletics and fields teams in the following sports: (updated to 2017-2018 school year) [6]
Oak Grove has 5 region championships and 1 state championship. Its first team was started back in 1922. Oak Grove has an overall record of 333-472-27 (.410). Their first playoff appearance was in 1973. Since then, they have made the playoffs 13 times, with the latest one coming back in 2010. Their playoff record is 8-13. The Oak Grove team made nine appearances in the "Dental Clinic Classic," a football game played annually between 1948-1995 for the "Jefferson County Championship." Their record was 3-6 in those games winning for the first time in 1973 defeating Pleasant Grove High School by a score of 41-0. They also won the game in 1981 and 1983 defeating Corner and Warrior respectively. [7]
Oak Grove's main rivals are Corner High School, Brookwood High School (Alabama) and Hueytown High School.
Record vs. rivals:
An F5 tornado struck several communities of Jefferson County just before eight o'clock in the evening on April 8, 1998, with some of the most serious destruction in the Oak Grove community. The tornado resulted in more than 25 fatalities and destroyed numerous homes and businesses and destroyed the original Oak Grove High School on Lock 17 Road. The school, which at that point served grades K-12, was damaged beyond repair with the elementary school portion destroyed.
During the two years it took to construct the new school, students were relocated more than sixteen miles away to the campus of Gilmore-Bell Vocational School in Bessemer. The elementary and middle school grades were relocated to the old McAdory Elementary School in McCalla, which was more than twenty miles away. When the school was rebuilt, the County School Board made the decision to construct a separate campus for the elementary school grades. Oak Grove Elementary School is located across the road from the new high school on Tiger Cub Trail. [8]
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