Oakland High, 2225 Patriot Drive: Rutherford County Schools, grades 9-12, 1,872 students (2024-25), state grade A.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: ohs.rcschools.net, Rutherford County Schools, Tennessee Department of Education data files, the NCES school directory and the TSSAA.

Oakland High School is a Rutherford County Schools (RCS) high school for grades 9 to 12 on Patriot Drive in northeast Murfreesboro, near Oakland Middle School on DeJarnette Lane. The teams are the Patriots.

Who to call
Address 2225 Patriot Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Phone 615-904-3780
Grades 9 to 12
School day 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
District Rutherford County Schools
State letter grade, 2024-25 A

Principal

Principal Dr. John Marshall, according to the school’s website staff directory.

International Baccalaureate

Oakland is the RCS home of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. Its website lists two IB programs for 11th and 12th graders, the IB Diploma Program and the IB Career-related Program, plus a track for ninth and 10th grade IB students. Students from outside the Oakland zone apply for IB seats through the RCS choice program, which took 2026-27 applications Dec. 1, 2025, through Jan. 31, 2026, and fills seats by random lottery, according to the Rutherford Choice page.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 1,947 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 135 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 14 students per teacher.
  • State count: 1,872 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.

State report card

Tennessee gives every public school an A-F letter grade each year, explained on the Department of Education’s school letter grades page. The grade combines indicators each scored from 1 to 5: student achievement, academic growth and growth of the highest-need students, plus college and career readiness for high schools.

Oakland High earned an A for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 4.9 out of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.

Indicator Score (1 to 5)
Achievement 5
Growth 5
Growth of highest-need students 5
College and career readiness 4
Overall success rate, all students, 2024-25 tests 49.1%

Spring 2026 TCAP tests (share of students who met or exceeded expectations, from the state’s 2026 school assessment file):

Subject Met or exceeded Valid tests
Algebra I 30.8% 451
Algebra II 47.1% 518
Biology 62.9% 552
English I 54.3% 514
English II 61.1% 565
Geometry 44.9% 581
U.S. history 50.8% 380
  • Graduation rate, class of 2025: 93.3% of a cohort of 465 students, in the state’s graduation rate file.
  • ACT, 2024-25: average composite score 19.6; 38.5% of test takers scored 21 or higher, per the state ACT file.

The full report, with chronic absence, subgroup results and more, is on the Tennessee State Report Card.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address on the RCS 2026-27 zone map, linked from the district’s bus routes and school zones page, or call RCS Transportation at 615-893-5815, ext. 22100.

On the district’s 2026-27 zone map, the Oakland High zone takes in nearly all of the Oakland Middle zone and part of the Whitworth-Buchanan Middle zone.

The map also marks a Riverdale High and Oakland High dual zone, where students may attend either school. RCS created dual zones for high school students rezoned from Rockvale, Riverdale, Smyrna or Blackman high schools during 2025-26, and families who wanted to return to their previous school had to apply by April 1, 2026, according to the Rutherford Choice page.

These shares are measured from the district’s map layers; zones follow streets, not city limits, so always check the exact address.

Calendar and bell times

From the RCS 2026-27 academic calendar (revised June 3, 2026):

  • Tuesday: parent-teacher conferences
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, no school for students
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Friday, Dec. 18: two-hour day, end of the second nine weeks
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; Jan. 4 is an in-service day, and students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • March 29 to April 2, 2027: spring break, after Good Friday, March 26
  • Friday, May 28, 2027: last day, a two-hour day

Classes run 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., with four lunch periods and an activity period after lunch; students in early classes report at 7:15 a.m., according to the school’s bell schedule.

Sports and activities

Oakland High plays football in Class 6A, Region 3 for 2026-27, according to the TSSAA’s current alignments, with Blackman, LaVergne, Riverdale, Rockvale, Siegel, Smyrna and Stewarts Creek. In basketball it is in Class 4A, District 10, with Riverdale, Rockvale and Siegel.

Schedules and team pages are on the school’s athletics website.

Scores and previews: our Friday night football page and the high school scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Oakland High School serve?

Oakland High serves grades 9 through 12. It is part of Rutherford County Schools and sits at 2225 Patriot Drive, Murfreesboro.

What is Oakland High School’s state letter grade?

Oakland High earned an A in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 4.9 out of 5. Its class of 2025 graduation rate was 93.3%.

Which middle schools feed Oakland High?

On Rutherford County Schools’ 2026-27 zone map, the Oakland High zone takes in nearly all of the Oakland Middle zone and part of the Whitworth-Buchanan Middle zone. Check your address on the district’s zone map.

What time does Oakland High start?

Oakland High’s school day runs 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., according to the school’s posted bell schedule.