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Oak Ridge High School (El Dorado Hills, California)

Oak Ridge High School
Location
1120 Harvard Way
El Dorado Hills 95762
United States
Coordinates 38°40′49″N 121°04′19″W / 38.68037°N 121.07187°W / 38.68037; -121.07187Coordinates: 38°40′49″N 121°04′19″W / 38.68037°N 121.07187°W / 38.68037; -121.07187
Information
Type Public
Established 1980
School district El Dorado Union High School District
Principal Aaron Palm
Enrollment over 2400
Color(s) Navy blue and gold
Mascot Trojan
Website

Oak Ridge High School is a public high school located 20 miles east of Sacramento, California, United States, in El Dorado Hills. It is part of the El Dorado Union High School District. Oak Ridge High School was established in 1980 with 222 students, though it currently has more than 2400 students.

Oak Ridge offers a wide range of classes in history, English, foreign languages, mathematics, science, physical education, and electives, as well as a large drama and art department. The school offers foreign languages such as Japanese, Italian, French, and Spanish. Oak Ridge is in the 96th percentile among Californian schools in SAT scores and has a 99.1% graduation rate as of 2008. The school was measured at 865 in the 2008 Academic Performance Index, compared with the California State average of 742 in 2008.

When sung or played, it goes to the tune of Cornell University's alma mater, "Far Above Cayuga's Waters". The song is intoned at the end of all ORHS football games, with the second verse and chorus omitted. The Oak Ridge Marching Band also sings or plays the alma mater following each home football game.

Oak Ridge is a member of the Division I Sierra Foothill League. Previously it spent 15 years as a member of the Sierra Valley Conference of the Sac-Joaquin Section of the CIF. The school offers an extensive list of sport programs to its students, including baseball, cross country, football, basketball, golf, lacrosse, soccer, ski and snowboard, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. Several sports are available through school-affiliated clubs, such as the Mother Lode Rugby Club, which combines men's and women's rugby for all of El Dorado County's high school students. Oak Ridge has had many student-athlete alumni go on to compete nationally at collegiate or professional levels.

The Oak Ridge football team won the D-II California State Championship in both 2003 and 2004, led by two outstanding athletes: Austin Collie and Seyi Ajirotutu. Collie is currently plays for the B.C Lions in Canada, and Ajirotutu plays for the San Diego Chargers.


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