Oak Mountain students can take one or more of the following Advanced Placement courses:[2] Oak Mountain students are also eligible for dual enrollment at Jefferson State Community College and Auburn University, allowing them to earn high school and college credit simultaneously.

[citation needed] Oak Mountain competes in AHSAA Class 7A athletics and fields teams in the following sports:[3] Oak Mountain's soccer programs have been two of the best programs in the country during the last twenty years.

In addition to these state championships, the Eagles were voted as national champions in 2005 and 2016.

On the hardwood, the Eagles have found recent success, advancing to their first-ever state semifinal berth in 2020, where the Eagles lost to eventual champion R. E. Lee-Montgomery.

In 2021, the Eagles once again advanced to the AHSAA Final Four, this time finding success in the two games, winning the team's first AHSAA state championship, at any classification, after defeating the Enterprise Wildcats 41–37.