Oak Grove High School is a combined

middle school Middle school, also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school, is an educational stage between primary school and secondary school. Afghanistan In Afghanistan, middle school includes g ...

and

high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

. Its location is fifteen miles northwest of downtown Bessemer, a suburb of

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. The population was 200,733 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List ...

. It is physically located in the unincorporated community of Oak Grove for which the school is named. Oak Grove is one of fourteen high schools in the Jefferson County School System. School colors are red and white, and the athletic teams are called the Tigers. Oak Grove competes in AHSAA Class 4A athletics.

1998 Tornado & campus reconstruction

An F5 tornado struck several communities of Jefferson County just before eight o'clock in the evening on April 8, 1998, with some of the most serious destruction in the Oak Grove community. The tornado resulted in more than 25 fatalities and destroyed numerous homes and businesses and destroyed the original Oak Grove High School on Lock 17 Road. The school, which at that point served grades K-12, was damaged beyond repair with the elementary school portion destroyed. During the two years it took to construct the new school, students were relocated more than sixteen miles away to the campus of Gilmore-Bell Vocational School in Bessemer. The elementary and middle school grades were relocated to the old McAdory Elementary School in McCalla, which was more than twenty miles away. When the school was rebuilt, the County School Board made the decision to construct a separate campus for the elementary school grades. Oak Grove Elementary School is located across the road from the new high school on Tiger Cub Trail.

Performing arts

On September 1st, 1959, Oak Grove High School organized their first school band, with thirty-nine inaugural members. The band program currently consists of both marching and concert ensembles, along with an indoor drumline, indoor winter guard, and jazz band. The band has been invited to several nationally recognized parades, performing in the Rose Parade in 1988, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1992, the New York St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2016, and the Fiesta Flambeau Parade in 2023. Additionally, the band program has been competitively successfully across multiple performing ensembles and competitive circuits. ''Alabama Marching Band Championships'' *4A State Champions: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 ''Bands of America'' *Class A Regional Champions: 2011, 2012, 2023 *Class A Super Regional Champions: 2008, 2010, 2012 *Regional Finalist: 2023, 2024 ''Southeastern Color Guard Circuit'' * Winter Guard ** Cadet Class Alabama State Champions: 2022, 2025 ** SRA Class Alabama State Champions: 2018, 2021, 2022 ** SRA Class Circuit Champions: 2007, 2018, 2022 ** SAAA Class Alabama State Champions: 2025 ** SAAA Class Circuit Champions: 2025 ** SAA Class Circuit Champions: 2011 *Indoor Drumline **PSA Class Alabama State Champions: 2012, 2016, 2018, 2025 **PIA Class Alabama State Champions: 2014 *Indoor Winds **WSA Class Alabama State Champions: 2016, 2018 ''Alabama Bandmasters Association'' * Music Performance Assessment - Superior Rating: 1979, 1982, 1984, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025

Athletics

Oak Grove competes in AHSAA Class 4A athletics and fields teams in the following sports: (updated to 2017-2018 school year) * Baseball * Boys Basketball * Girls Basketball * Bowling * Cheerleading * Boys Cross Country * Girls Cross Country * Football * Boys Golf * Girls Golf * Boys Outdoor Track & Field * Girls Outdoor Track & Field * Softball * Boys and Girls Tennis * Volleyball * Wrestling

Oak Grove football

Oak Grove has 5 region championships and 1 state championship. Its first team was started back in 1922. Oak Grove has an overall record of 359-529-27 (.407). Their first playoff appearance was in 1973. Since then, they have made the playoffs 15 times, with the latest appearance occurring in 2024. Their playoff record is 8-15. The Oak Grove team made nine appearances in the "Dental Clinic Classic," a football game played annually between 1948-1995 for the "Jefferson County Championship." Their record was 3-6 in those games winning for the first time in 1973 defeating Pleasant Grove High School by a score of 41-0. They also won the game in 1981 and 1983 defeating

Corner Corner may refer to: People *Corner (surname) *House of Cornaro, a noble Venetian family (''Corner'' in Venetian dialect) Places * Corner, Alabama, a community in the United States *Corner Inlet, Victoria, Australia * Corner River, a tributary o ...

and Warrior respectively.

Notable alumni

* Euil "Snitz" Snider, U.S. Olympic Sprinter (1928 Games in Amsterdam), Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, Class of 1975 and Head Football Coach at Bessemer High School from 1933-1963 compiling record of 157-69-12AL.com, Josh Bean 2/14/17 * John R. Vines, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Retired) was Commander, U.S. Army XVIII Airborne Corps & Multi-National Corps-Iraq

References

External links

Oak Grove school websiteOak Grove school profile on SchoolDiggerOak Grove school profile on NicheOak Grove High School Band WebsiteOak Grove athletics websiteOak Grove football history
{{authority control Public high schools in Alabama Schools in Jefferson County, Alabama Educational institutions established in 2000 Public middle schools in Alabama 2000 establishments in Alabama