Oldham County High School | |
Motto: | "We bring learning to life." |
Established: | 1953 |
District: | Oldham County Schools |
Grades: | 9-12 |
Principal: | Natalie Brown |
Staff: | 83.04 (FTE) |
Ratio: | 19.94 |
Enrollment: | 1,656 (2022-2023)[1] |
Colors: | Blue and white |
Team Name: | Colonels |
Newspaper: | The Clarion Colonel |
Location: | 1150 North Hwy. 393 Buckner, Kentucky 40010 |
Coordinates: | 38.388°N -85.437°W |
Information: | (502) 222-9461 |
Website: | https://ochs.oldham.kyschools.us |
Oldham County High School (OCHS) is a public high school in Buckner, Kentucky, United States. It was founded in 1953 and has a student body of approximately 1,600 students in grades 9-12. OCHS was given the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence award in 1985 and 2002 respectively.
In the early 20th century, high school classes in Oldham County were held in a two-room house in Centerfield. Oldham County had established the Oldham County Public High School by 1903,[2] i a purpose-built high school building. It moved to North Hwy 393 in LaGrange in 1953. The old high school was converted into First Baptist Church of La Grange in the mid-1960s. The original building burned in the 1990s, replaced by a church.[2]
In 1989 South Oldham High School opened due to overcrowding at Oldham, and in 2003 North Oldham High School opened as the community grew.[3]
The school gained accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1960.[4]