Oak Ridge High School (Montgomery County, Texas)

Oak Ridge High School
Address
Map
27330 Oak Ridge School Road

Conroe
,
Texas
77385

United States
Coordinates30°10′16″N 95°26′36″W / 30.17111°N 95.44339°W / 30.17111; -95.44339
Information
School typeSecondary
Established1981
School districtConroe Independent School District
PrincipalShawn Almond
Faculty162.58 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12[1]
Enrollment2,672 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.43[1]
Color(s)Red, White, and Blue      
MascotWar Eagles
Websitehttp://orhs.conroeisd.net/

Oak Ridge High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Montgomery County, Texas, near Conroe, and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Shenandoah.[2][3] Built in 1981, Oak Ridge High School is classified as a 6A school in the Conroe Independent School District. In 2021–2022, the school received a B grade from the Texas Education Agency.

The school serves:[4] the city of Oak Ridge North,[3][5] portions of the City of Shenandoah,[3] the town of Woodloch, and the unincorporated communities of Imperial Oaks[4] and Tamina.[6] It also includes the former city of Chateau Woods.[7] The school has two campuses: The main campus for students in grades 10–12 and a 9th grade campus on an adjacent property.[8]

Oak Ridge High School housed the Conroe ISD Academy of Science and Technology, a science and technology based magnet program, from 1987 until the end of the 2007 school year when the program was transferred to The Woodlands College Park High School. The Academy for Careers in Engineering and Science, which opened in 2018–2019, operates inside the Oak Ridge 9th grade campus. Oak Ridge also supports an Air Force JROTC program.

  1. ^ a b c d "Oak Ridge H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  2. ^ Home. Oak Ridge High School. Retrieved on December 9, 2018. "27330 Oak Ridge School Rd. Conroe, TX 77385" This address is outside of the Conroe city limits.
  3. ^ a b c "Zoning Map." City of Shenandoah. March 2017. Retrieved on December 9, 2018. The school buildings are within the area marked "ETJ" - meaning extraterritorial jurisdiction - Campus locations are explicitly marked with blue icons in the ordinance map, which uses light blue to indicate the City of Shenandoah ETJ
  4. ^ a b "Oak Ridge/Grand Oaks Feeder Zone High School Attendance Zones." Conroe Independent School District. Retrieved on December 10, 2018. Imperial Oaks and "Oak Ridge N" are directly indicated on the map.
  5. ^ "City Map." Oak Ridge North. Retrieved on December 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Leonard, Marie. "Tamina community faces challenges as area expands: Sewer service fight continues." Community Impact Newspaper: January 18, 2016. Accessed on June 15, 2017.
  7. ^ 1990 COUNTY BLOCK MAP (RECREATED): MONTGOMERY County. U.S. Census Bureau. - Index map - Chateau Woods is on pages 35 and 43 - Compare to school district maps.
  8. ^ Oak Ridge High School 9th Grade Campus. Conroe Independent School District. Retrieved December 29, 2018