Jonathan Kellam Headmaster Noble Groves Upper School Head Kellen Lewis Director of College Advising Peggy Pfursich College Advisor Shawn Meadows 5900 W Pioneer Pkwy, Arlington, TX 76013 Athletic Director 817.451.4994 / fax 817.457.6681 / CEEB 442.551

Profile of the Graduating Class of 2016 History Grading System The Oakridge School, founded in 1979, is an independent, Scale GPA Scale GPA nondenominational, college preparatory school serving the 97-100 A+ 4.33 73-76 C 2.00 Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area. Oakridge is a coeduca- tional day school with an enrollment of 837 students consisting 93-96 A 4.00 70-72 C– 1.67 of grades preschool through 12, with 321 students in the upper 90-92 A– 3.67 67-69 D+ 1.33 school. The school educates students from 37 towns in Dallas/ 87-89 B+ 3.33 63-66 D 1.00 Fort Worth and 10 foreign countries. The first graduating class was in 1985. 83-86 B 3.00 60-62 D– 0.67 80-82 B– 2.67 0-59 F 0.00 Affiliations 77-79 C+ 2.33 Member National Association of College Admission Counselors Weighted Courses National Association of Independent Schools Advanced Placement: The Oakridge School weights courses Association of College Admission Counselors designated “AP” toward the student’s GPA by adding one Texas Association of Non-Public Schools additional quality point (1.0) for each grade of C– and above. The College Board Accreditation Honors: The Oakridge School weights “H” courses toward the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest student’s GPA by adding one-half quality point (0.5) for each grade of C– and above. Upper School Faculty Instructors 33 Graduation Requirements Masters’ Degrees 18 Course Credits Doctoral Degrees 4 ENGLISH 4.0 Five or more years of experience 31 MATHEMATICS 3.0 Student-Faculty Ratio 10:1 SCIENCE 3.0 Advance Placement and Honors Courses SOCIAL STUDIES 3.0 Advanced Placement courses are offered in Art History, Biology, FOREIGN LANGUAGE 3.0 Calculus AB and BC, Chemistry, Comparative Government, FINE ARTS 2.0 Computer Science A, English Language and Composition, Eng- ELECTIVES 5.0 lish Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, French Language, Music Theory, Physics, Spanish Language, Spanish ATHLETICS 6 Seasons Literature, Statistics, Studio Art, U.S. History, and U.S. Govern- A total of 23 units is required for graduation with one unit ment & Politics. Honors credit is offered in acting, broadcast- equivalent to two semesters. Students in grades 9-12 must ing, choir, digital production, English, film, foreign language, complete 60 hours of community service to graduate. mathematics, orchestra, science, social studies, studio art, theatre production, video production, and yearbook. Additional elective School Calendar offerings include anatomy and physiology, digital production, The school operates on a 36-week school year that is divided environmental science, film, forensic chemistry, revolutions in into two semesters; these semesters are divided into two 9-week history, and yearbook. See descriptions online, periods. All classes meet five days a week, 45 minutes per day. http://www.theoakridgeschool.org/page.cfm?p=4611. The school day consists of seven academic periods. Profile of the Graduating Class of 2016continued

Class Rank ACT Assessment It is the policy of The Oakridge School not to rank its students Composite average 26 other than to determine valedictorian and salutatorian. With Composite, middle 50% 22-29 small classes, ranking cannot always accurately reflect the Students tested 67 academic accomplishments of the students. The Oakridge School prepares its graduates to face the challenging academic Cumulative GPA Distribution demands of highly selective colleges and universities. 4.00+ 25 3.75-3.99 17 SAT Reasoning Test 3.50-3.74 12 Critical Reading average 583 3.25-3.49 11 Mathematics average 605 3.00-3.24 8 Writing average 587 Critical Reading, middle 50% 520-660 2.75-2.99 5 Mathematics, middle 50% 520-680 2.50-2.74 5 Writing, middle 50% 510-650 2.25-2.49 1 Students tested 60 Total Students 82

Colleges Accepting Oakridge Graduates from 2011-2015 In the past five years 100% of Oakridge graduates have enrolled in post-secondary education.

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