Jenks High School is a secondary school located within Tulsa County in Jenks, Oklahoma, United States. It is a part of Jenks Public Schools, which first opened the high school location in 1955 and completing the junior and senior high school in 1959.[3] The high school has over 2,800 students in grades 10–12. With the attached Freshman Academy, the high school campus has over 3,600 students.
The school district (of which this is the sole comprehensive high school) includes most of Jenks and portions of the south side of Tulsa.[4]
Demographics
As of 2017, the average household income in the district was $100,600, compared with the state average of $65,400.[5]
As of 2018, 54% of students are white, 7% are Native American, 7% are black, 11% are Asian, and 13% are Hispanic, and 7% are more than one race.
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Academics
Jenks High School regularly has the most National Merit Scholars of any public school in the state, including 20 in 2016.[7] The school has produced three presidential scholars since 2001.[8] The college-going rate was 63.8%, compared with the state average of 50.9%.
The average ACT test score was 23.8, compared with the state average of 20.8 and the national average of 21.
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Athletics and OSSAA sponsored activities
Jenks football program won the 3A state championship in 1979 followed by a 5A state championship in 1982, and the Oklahoma 6A high school football championship in 1993, 1996–2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012–2015, 2020, and 2021 for a total of 18 state championships.[9] The 1997 team, led by Allan Trimble, went 14–0 and outscored its opponents 535–118 and is considered one of the greatest high school football teams in the history of Oklahoma.[10]R. Perry Beaver served as head football coach from 1977 to 1991.
The Trojan athletic and non-athletic programs have won 189 state championships in various Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) sponsored sports and non-athletic events, as well as state championships in non-OSSAA sports such as gymnastics, hockey, rugby, and lacrosse.
The following table is of the OSSAA sports and OSSAA non-athletic events in which the school compete, as well as the years, if any, during which the school's team won the state championship[12]
Table of OSSAA sports and non-athletic events Jenks High School championship wins
JHS has two competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender Trojanaires and the all-female Trojan Spirit.[17] Trojanaires has made it to national-level competitions.[18]
Orchestra
JHS has 3 orchestras including strings, concert, and chamber.[citation needed]