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Oak Ridge High School

127 Providence Rd, Oak Ridge, TN, 37830-6345 -

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Definition of Terms

Oak Ridge High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Anderson County, TN

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1501 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

91 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 422 students

Grade 10 - 358 students

Grade 11 - 360 students

Grade 12 - 343 students

Grade Not Listed - 18 students

This School

( TN ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( TN ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	3%	1%
% Hispanic	3%	4%
% Black	13%	22%
% White	81%	67%

Additional Student Information

This School

( TN ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

n/a

n/a

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

n/a

n/a

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( TN ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Oak Ridge City School District

This School's Agency

( TN ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	8	7
Number of Students Managed	4,583 students	3,536 students
District Total Revenue	$44,123,000	$24,028,000
District Expenditure	$44,453,000	$24,329,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,628	$8,103
District Expenditure / Student	$9,700	$8,629
District Graduation Rates	84%	92%

Oak Ridge High School is the public high school for Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It was established in 1943 to educate the children of Manhattan Project workers. Since 1995, it has educated students in grades 9 through 12.
The mascot of Oak Ridge High is the wildcat. The Oak Ridge Wildcats football team were mythical national champions for 1958, and have won eight state championships.
Newsweek ranks Oak Ridge High School 465th on its 2006 list of the United States' 1200 best public high schools.
During the first week of December 2006, three seniors from ORHS presented their research on alternate fuel sources and won first place nationally in the annual Siemens Competition. Scott Molony, Scott Horton, and Steven Arcangeli will split a college scholarship worth $100,000. In 2005, Oak Ridge sent another group of three seniors to the national finals, where they finished fourth.
In April, 2006, another senior tied for first place in the Young Epidemiology Scholars Competition sponsored by the College Board, and still another received a smaller scholarship. Oak Ridge is also nationally famous for its consistent performance in Science Olympiad; a team from ORHS has made it to nationals for more than a dozen years running. Students from Oak Ridge also traditionally perform well on the American Math Competition exams.
Oak Ridge High School gained notoriety in November 2005 when former principal Becky Ervin censored the school's student newspaper, the Oak Leaf. The November issue originally contained an article with information on birth control and another with photographs of students' tattoos. Though the paper had already been printed, Principal Ervin attempted to confiscate all 1800 copies. The newspaper's staff, with the help of the Student Press Law Center, brought the controversy national attention.
On April 10, Oak Ridge High School was one of the recipients of the Jefferson Muzzle Award for free speech and first-amendment violations in the United States.
Notable alumni: Jennifer Azzi, former WNBA player and Olympic gold medalist.
General B.B. Bell, commander of the U.S. Armed Forces in South Korea.
Charlie Ergen, co-founder and CEO of EchoStar Communications Corporation.
Edgar Meyer, Grammy Award-winning bassist.
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About This Zip Code (37830)

School Zip (37830)

(TN) State Average

Population (Approximate)

27,279 people

5,490,060 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

43%

18%

Population Average Age

43 years old

35.9 years old

Average Household size

2.2 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$41,450

$37,476

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.5 rooms

5.4 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

51 years old

39 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

68% / 32%

67% / 33%

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Nearby Schools:


1. Oliver Springs High School - 508 students - view location
2. Byington Solway Vocational High School - n/a - view location
3. Karns High School - 1805 students - view location
4. Anderson Co. Career Technical Center - n/a - view location
5. Anderson County High School - 1074 students - view location
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