Oakville High School

Plans for a local high school have been contemplated by the old Oakville School District as far back as far back as 1911, but this planned institution would not be developed until the 1970s, long after the old Oakville School District was consolidated into the new Mehlville R-IX School District.[3] During that time, the district was struggling to keep up with skyrocking enrollments and severe overcrowding at Mehlville High School, mainly due to a major population increase in the Oakville area. The temporary solution was establishing a ninth-grade center; it was housed at the district's Jefferson Barracks Building near the historic Jefferson Barracks Military Post, and began offering classes in September 1970.[4] The district credits this date as the founding of Oakville High School as an institution.

It soon became clear to the district that the establishment of a second four-year high school was necessary to alleviate the overcrowding at Mehlville High, which was still a huge concern. It was decided that, in the fall of 1973, the ninth-grade center would be moved to a new building in Oakville and be formally established as Oakville Senior High School.

The construction of the new school building was not smooth sailing; it was weeks behind schedule. In fact, two weeks before the beginning of the 1973-74 school year, the building was still not ready to house students; electric panels were uncovered and the gym floor was not fully installed. Luckily, the building was able to be opened on time for the 1973-74 school year. It was not fully finished, but it was safe enough to house students.

Oakville High School was built on the top of a hill, overlooking the rolling Oakville suburbs, and for this reason, the campus didn't originally have a football field. The back lot of the school was left mostly empty because of sinkholes and landslides. Football games had to be played at Mehlville High School. It wasn't until Athletics Director Roger Estes and Superintendent Tom Blades filled the sinkholes in the school's back lot that a suitable field could be constructed on campus. The stadium would later be named "Roger E. Estes Field" after the Athletics Director.[3]

The school's colors are black and gold and the school mascot is the Tiger. The school uses similar branding to the University of Missouri Tigers, most notably with Oakville using the Missouri Tigers logo to represent them in athletics.

Oakville has a co-educational student body of 1,684 in the 2022-23 school year, increasing by about 10% over the past five school years. Most students come from Bernard Middle School and Oakville Middle School, with a handful coming from Washington Middle School. The racial makeup of the school is approximately 83.5% White, 7.2% Black, 3.6% Asian, and 2.8% Hispanic.[5]

For the 2013–2014 school year, the school offered 27 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, sideline cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, field hockey, 11-man football, boys and girls golf, music activities, scholar bowl, boys and girls soccer, softball, speech and debate, boys and girls swimming and diving, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls volleyball, water polo, and wrestling.[6] In addition to its current activities, Oakville students have won several state championships, including:

• Girls Water Polo: 2022
• Boys soccer: 1976, 2000
• Girls soccer: 1981, 1991 [7]
• Girls track and field: 1994
• Girls softball: 2010
• Boys Volleyball: 2011
• Wrestling: 1998[8]

Oakville High School Athletics Logo (mshsaa.com)

On May 12, 2022, the girls waterpolo team defeated Marquette to win the 2022 state championship. The team was led by offensive player of the year Senior Jenna Wolf with 206 Points and Senior Lauren Manning defensive player of the year. Brett Walters, an Oakville and University of Missouri graduate, coached the team and was named district coach of the year.

• Jackie Billet, Former U.S. international soccer player[9]
• Patrick (Pat) Maroon, NHL player for the Tampa Bay Lightning[10]
• Steve Ralston - Former MLS and USNT soccer player