Jenks High School is a

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located within

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, 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. 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

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Demographics

As of 2017, the average household income in the district was $100,600, compared with the state average of $65,400. 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.

Academics

Jenks High School regularly has the most National Merit Scholars of any public school in the state, including 20 in 2016. The school has produced three presidential scholars since 2001. 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.

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. 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. R. Perry Beaver served as head football coach from 1977 to 1991. The current head coach is Adam Gaylor. Jenks High School football has produced NFL players Rocky Calmus, Sean Mahan, Garrett Mills, Phillip Dillard, Jerry Wisne, and Chase Beeler among others. Jenks High School baseball has produced MLB all-star Josh Johnson. 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

Music

Marching band

The Jenks Trojan Pride Marching Band has participated in the 2016 and 2024 Rose Parade in

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Show choir

JHS has two competitive

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, the mixed-gender Trojanaires and the all-female Trojan Spirit. Trojanaires has made it to national-level competitions.

Orchestra

JHS has 3 orchestras including strings, concert, and chamber.

Notable alumni

* Thomas Hatch, MLB & NPB Pitcher * Darwin Thompson, NFL football player * Chase Beeler, NFL football player * Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006 *

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, Hollywood writer/producer/showrunner * Rocky Calmus, NFL football player * Brad Carson, U.S. House of Representatives member, 2001 to 2005 * Phillip Dillard, NFL football player * Georgia Frazier, Miss Oklahoma 2015 * Alecia Holden, contestant on the 32nd season of ''

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Sources

Champions
ossaa.com

External links

C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with JHS broadcast journalism teacher Clifton Raphael, August 14, 2016
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