Oberlin High School (Ohio)

Oberlin High School
Location
281 North Pleasant Street Oberlin , Ohio 44074 United States
Coordinates	41°17′57″N82°12′45″W / 41.29917°N 82.21250°W / 41.29917; -82.21250
Information
Type	Public
Established	1860
School district	Oberlin City School District
NCES School ID	390445901471 [1]
Principal	Chris Frank [2]
Teaching staff	20.34 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	218 (2024–25) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	10.72 [1]
Colors	Red, white, and blue [2]
Athletics conference	Lorain County League [2]
Team name	Phoenix [2]
Rival	Wellington Dukes, Clearview Clippers
Website	www.oberlinschools.net/our-schools/oberlin-high-school

Oberlin High School is a public high school in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Oberlin City School District.

Academics

There is a partnership between the high school and Oberlin College. Students who live within the district and attend Oberlin High School for their entire high school career may attend Oberlin College tuition-free, if accepted. ^[3]

Athletics

The school is a member of the Lorain County League (LCL)

The school colors are red, white and blue. The mascot is now the Phoenix, after the school board voted to discontinue use of its former Native American mascot at the end of the 2006–07 school year. The school's fight song is the Iowa Fight Song. The school mascot used to be the Oberlin Indians with the logo depicted by a Native American with a feathered headdress. ^[4] Sundance came across the high school's use of an offensive Native American mascot emblem. ^[5] He decided to petition the local school board to convince the school to adapt another mascot, while opposition argued for the mascot's "insignificance". ^[5] Several discussions took place before the final decision was rendered, and in 2007 the school decided to change its mascot and team name from the Oberlin Indians to the Oberlin Phoenix. ^[5] This discussion was made with a fair amount of backlash.

State championships

• Boys basketball - 1926, ^[6] 1986 ^[7]
• Boys track and field – 1932,1936 ^[8]

Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

Notable alumni

• Ross Gunn, scientist
• Charles Martin Hall, inventor of the Hall-Heroult process to extract aluminum from bauxite
• Robert Maynard Hutchins, influential American interdisciplinary educational philosopher
• David Lewis, philosopher
• Dwight Peabody, football player
• Jason Moore, football player
• Cliff Stoudt, former NFL Quarterback from 1977 to 1991, most notably with the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Hugh Thornton, football player
• Don Treadwell, head football coach at Miami University.
• Helen Hale Tuck, acting Dean of Women at Howard University, 1919 to 1922

Notes and references

1. "Search for Public Schools - Oberlin High School (390445901471)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved February 27, 2026.
2. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
3. "Oberlin College | 175th Anniversary".
4. "Indians Logo". Archived from the original (JPG) on March 4, 2016.
5. Glavic, Paul (December 2, 2013). "Another Front in the Redskins' Name-Change Battle: Cleveland?". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
6. Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball A". Archived from the original on January 13, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
7. Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball AA". Archived from the original on January 13, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
8. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site" . Retrieved December 31, 2006.

External links

• Official website