Its location is fifteen miles northwest of downtown Bessemer, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama.

It is physically located in the unincorporated community of Oak Grove for which the school is named.

School colors are red and white, and the athletic teams are called the Tigers.

The Oak Grove team made nine appearances in the "Dental Clinic Classic," a football game played annually between 1948-1995 for the "Jefferson County Championship."

Their record was 3-6 in those games winning for the first time in 1973 defeating Pleasant Grove High School by a score of 41-0.