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 an office on the main campus. Oak Ridge also supports an Air Force JROTC program.
History
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The Conroe ISD Academy of Science and Technology opened inside of Oak Ridge High School in 1987. The academy began moving students to the newly opened The Woodlands College Park High School in the fall of 2005 to accommodate the expected growth in students attending Oak Ridge from its attendance zone. The academy gradually transitioned from Oak Ridge to College Park from fall 2005 to spring 2007, allowing students already enrolled in the program at Oak Ridge in 2003–2004 to remain.[9]
By 2015, the school's enrollment exceeded its capacity. The combined, 9-12 enrollment of the school was 3,768.[10] To accommodate the school's population growth, the district allocated 24 portable classroom buildings for the main campus and 4 portables for the 9th grade campus.[10] In 2018, the district estimated the school's capacity to be 3,650.[11]
For the 2017–2018 school year, the Oak Ridge High student population had increased to 4,400.[12]Grand Oaks High School, which opened in August 2018, reduced the size of Oak Ridge's attendance zone.[11][13] Due to the opening of Grand Oaks High School, the district estimated that enrollment at Oak Ridge will drop to 2,270 by the year 2020.[14]
Conroe ISD opened its 3rd STEM academy, the Academy for Careers in Engineering and Science, inside the Oak Ridge 9th grade campus at the beginning of the 2018–2019 school year. It then expanded after changing leadership with an ACES office within the main campus.[15]
Demographics
In the 2022–2023 school year, there were 2,672 students enrolled at Oak Ridge High School. The ethnic distribution of students was as follows:[1]
39.0% White
36.6% Hispanic
15.2% African American
4.9% Asian
0.2% American Indian
0.0% Pacific Islander
4.1% Two or more races
42% of students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch.
Academics
For each school year, the Texas Education Agency rates school performance using an A–F grading system based on statistical data. For 2021–2022, the school received a score of 85 out of 100, resulting in a B grade. Schools were not rated in 2019–2020 or 2020–2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The school received a score of 89 in 2017–2018 and 2018–2019.[16]
Feeder schools
Feeder K–6 school(s) to Oak Ridge High School include:[17]
^ abcde"Oak Ridge H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
^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.
^ abc"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
^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.
Some school districts extend into other counties.
Some school districts (Richards ISD and Tomball ISD) serve sections of the county but do not operate high schools in it.
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