Public | 6-12 | 871 students |
Bessemer's Oak Grove High School serves grades 6-12 in the Jefferson County School District. It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 5 out of 10, based on its performance on state standardized tests.
This school has an average Community Rating of 4 out of 5 stars, based on reviews from 25 school community members.
School highlights:
| COMPARE | SCHOOL | GREATSCHOOLS RATING | COMMUNITY RATING |
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4.3 miles | |||
6.3 miles | |||
Jefferson County Couns and Learning Center-West 9.6 miles | |||
10.6 miles |
I go to Oak Grove and it's a nice school and I like it some teachers are amazing while others.....well they do their job to as low a standard as possible to get paid.Although as I stated earlier some of the teachers go above and beyond.Especially my eighth grade teacher Mrs.Powers she was an amazing teacher so if you have a child in the eighth grade they will fall in love with her class!
My son graduated from Oak Grove High School two years ago and he did very well. Yes I agree there are some teachers there that need to retire or find another career. But there are also a lot of teachers that care. He is in his second year of college and doing very well.
All of my children attended OGHS. Two of the them finished college, one graduating summa cum laude. They received a better than average education at Oak Grove. My third child will finish college in another two years. I am proud of the school and its teachers.
My kids are students at this school and yes, there are some teachers there who are tenure and are there for a check. There is nothing that the administration can do about their employment. If you check anywhere, all schools have teachers who are like this. Oak Grove is a wonderful school! The members of administration are always available to answer your calls and questions. They are more than fair and each one of them treats each student as they would their own child. My kids transferred to OG from another highschool 2 years ago and this was the best move that we have ever made! I recommend this school to everyone!!!
My friend and I attend Oak Grove High School and we would not change for the world. This School has a good attletic department even though were not that good at them jk well we disagree with all the other reviews. Most of them state that we are a very bad school yes i do agree that some of the teachers should have really thought about what career they wanted to go in to b/c its definatly not teaching.
This schools teachers are there to get their check and go home most of them are lazy and dont care about you learning but their money their are like a handfull of good teachers they come up with more ways to make school a great experience for you but most of them put notes on the board and say copy them this is not the best school
I was a student at Oak Grove High School from the sixth grade until I graduated there from last year. While Oak Grove may be the safest, and cleanest school in this area there are absolutely downsides. There are a handful of 'decent' teachers, but overall if asked to rate the teachers it would be upseting. More than half of the teachers put notes on a projector for you to copy, or tell you to read the chapter. I agree notes are essential to a lecture but these teachers dont lecture. The only thing I enjoyed at Oak Grove were the friends I made. I know you may think this sounds like a typical review from a student, only interested in socializing. However, as I started college last fall I realized that OGHS prepared me in NO way for college.I would never send my children to this school.
My child attended this school, and was bullied from day ONE. After communicating this to the staff, repeatedly, it STILL continued, therefore resulting in my child quitting school for their own safety. This school does not have an 'Anti-bullying' rule as they claim they do, and will allow your child to be bullied unless they are on the Football team or in another athletic group (aka 'in the click'), and if the bully is 'in the click', you can forget ANY type of reprecussion being taken against that student. Most of, but not all of, the teachers fail to communicate with the parents, and allow the children to bully and be bullied, with some even participating themselves, in the classroom. I do NOT recommend you sending your child to this school once they have reached the middle-school level.
My son started Oak Grove in the 7th grade last year. The one thing that I would like to see an improvement in, is the communication to parents. It would be nice if there were a website that parents could see upcoming tests, grades and any other school information that would be helpful.
Our family chose to move to Oak Grove because of the reputation of the schools in this area. Because we are a military family, we have moved quite a bit, and our kids have attended several different schools in different states. We have not been disappointed. Sure, there are a couple of teachers who really should re-evaluate whether or not teaching is their calling. That is true of any school. Overall, though, we have found this school to be a very safe, clean, and encouraging environment for our kids. There are LOTS of extra-curricular activities, if students want to be involved. Yes, football is king, but name a southern school where it isn't! This is by far a better school than any other we have been associated with. We have turned away job assignments in other locations to stay here for our kids' sake. They love it!.
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