Oak Ridge High School

Set in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Oak Ridge High School is an expansive high school, part of Oak Ridge. It educates 1,635 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 117% larger than the state mean of about 754.

Oak Ridge comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,078 students; Oak Ridge High School is among them.

Demographically, Oak Ridge High School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Anderson County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Anderson County) reports that median household earnings sit near $66,183, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Oak Ridge High School is one of 30 public schools in Anderson County (combined enrollment of about 12,059 students).

Nearest neighbor: Robertsville Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 16%: 1,414 students in 2018 compared to 1,635 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.