Oakwood High School (OHS) is a public secondary school in Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio. As of the 2023–2024 school year, there are around 700 students. The school mascot is the Lumberjack.
Oakwood was named A National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 1990–91 and 2007. In the 2021–22 school year, Oakwood was ranked second in the state on the Ohio Department of Education's High School Performance Index.
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Clubs and activities
Speech and Debate
The school's speech and debate program has existed for nearly a century. It has competed in the National Forensics League National Championship Tournament over sixty times. The team offers competition in seven oratory and interp events, and Public forum, Lincoln Douglas, and Congressional debate. They won the Statewide competition in the 2024-2025 season.
Academic Decathlon
The Oakwood Academic Decathlon team is part of the Academic Decathlon of Ohio and has won the state championship each year between 2011 and 2023. The team has also won the Division III National Championship in 2012–17, 2019, 2021–23 and won the Division II National Championship in 2018. The Oakwood Academic Decathlon set the highest score record for any Division III school in 2016. Oakwood is notable for having the only four competitors in Ohio to break 9000 points at a competition.
Athletics
Oakwood High School plays in the Southwestern Buckeye League.
Oakwood High School's boys' golf team won the SWBL each year between 1992 and 2019.
Oakwood's girls' cross country team has had success with various individual runners. The girls' track and field team also won the Division II State Meet, with Hartman and Butler winning individual titles as well.
Varsity sports offered include basketball, baseball, cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
Boys Baseball – 1997
Boys Golf – 1985, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
Boys Track and field – 1929, 1930, 1931
Girls Tennis – 2005
Boys Swimming – 2013, 2014
Girls track & field - 2021, 2022, 2026
Girls Cross Country - 2025
Notable alumni
Jesse Cox, YouTube gaming personality, comedian, voice actor, and commentator
Michael Hoecht, professional football player, Los Angeles Rams
Barry MacKay, tennis champion, tournament director, and tennis broadcaster
James Reston, journalist and syndicated columnist with The New York Times and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
John Sauer, former professional football player, Los Angeles Rams
Douglas Shulman, former Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Beth Stelling, comedian and writer
Annie Wang, entrepreneur and co-founder of Her Campus
Charles W. Whalen Jr., former U.S. Congressman