Jenks High School, abbreviated as JHS, 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 completed 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 Tulsa.

Demographics As of 2017, the average household income in the district was $100,600, compared with the state average of $65,400.Reports ok.us 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 twenty in 2016. Moreover, as of 2025, Jenks High School has had ten or more National Merit Scholars in the last fifteen out of the past seventeen years. 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.Berry Tramel, "Top 100 Sports Teams in Oklahoma History" , The Oklahoman, July 29, 2007. 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.http://www.ossaa.com/Champions.aspx Click 'Select by School' and Select 'Jenks'

+Table of OSSAA sports and non-athletic events Jenks High School championship winsSport/EventNumber of championship winsYears wonEarliest winLatest winAcademic Bowl52008, 2009, 2010, 2022, 2023 20082023Baseball41997, 2000, 2002, 202119972021Boys Basketball0N/AN/AN/AGirls Basketball51991, 2000, 2001, 2003, 200419912004Cheerleading 22010, 201920102019Boys Cross Country151984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 201519842015Girls Cross Country161985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2019, 202119852021Debate42003, 2007, 2012, 201520032015Football 181979, 1982, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 202119792021Boys Golf81994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 200419942004Girls Golf161982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2022, 202319822023Boys Soccer81987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2006, 2019, 2023, 202419872023Girls Soccer 101988, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 202319882023Fastpitch Softball0N/AN/AN/ASlowpitch Softball1201120112011Boys Swimming211991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 202519912025Girls Swimming141990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2020, 2021, 2023, 202519902025Boys Tennis171991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 202319912023Girls Tennis201986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2023, 202419862023Boys Track81999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2014, 202519992025Girls Track81995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2021, 202219952022Volleyball 61996, 1997, 2006, 2014, 2021, 2023 19962023Volleyball (Boys)51978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 198619781986Wrestling0N/AN/AN/AOne Act Play21986, 198819861988

Music Marching band The Jenks Trojan Pride Marching Band has participated in the 2016 and 2024 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. It also participated in the Bandfest at Pasadena City College on December 30, 2015.

In November 2018, Trojan Pride was a first-time finalist in the Bands of America Grand Nationals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Show choir Jenks High School has three competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender Trojanaires, all-male airmen, and the all-female Trojan Spirit. The Trojanaires have made it to national-level competitions. In 2011, they won third-place honors in a New York City qualifying competition among other top fifteen high-school show choirs in the country.

Orchestra JHS has five orchestras including strings, concert, philharmonic, symphony, and chamber.

Notable alumni Thomas Hatch, MLB & NPB Pitcher Darwin Thompson, NFL football player Chase Beeler, NFL football player Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006 Jim Bridenstine, U.S. House of Representative member, 2013–2018; NASA Administrator, 2018-current Trey Callaway, 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 Survivor Brian Chad Johnson, TV personality Josh Johnson, MLB All-Star pitcher for the Florida/Miami Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays, and San Diego Padres. Ben Lamb, professional poker player Danielle Laney, Olympic bronze medalist in Taekwondo Sean Mahan, NFL football player Garrett Mills, NFL football player Tyrel Lacey, Professional soccer player Brian Nhira, contestant on season 10 of The Voice Tyler Ott, NFL football player Steven Parker, NFL football player Brian Presley, actor Jerry Wisne, NFL football player Ignacio Yockers, Spanish artistic gymnast AleXa (birth name Alexandra Christine Schneiderman), K-pop idol under ZB Label.

Sources

External links C-SPAN Q&A interview with JHS broadcast journalism teacher Clifton Raphael, August 14, 2016 Jenks Trojan Pride Marching Band - Official Website Jenks Orchestra - High School