Oak Ridge offers a wide range of classes in history, English, foreign languages, mathematics, science, physical education, and electives, as well as a large drama and art department.

The Oak Ridge marching band also plays and then sings the alma mater following each home football game.

The school offers an extensive list of sports programs to its students, including baseball, cross country, football, basketball, golf, lacrosse, soccer, ski and snowboard, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling.

The Oak Ridge football team won the D-II California State Championship in both 2003 and 2004, led by Austin Collie and Seyi Ajirotutu.

[8] Oak Ridge Girls Varsity Soccer team won the Sac-Joaquin Section Championship in February 2020.

[9] Oak Ridge Girls Varsity Soccer team won the NorCal State Championship in March 2022.

[14] In November 2018, Oak Ridge teacher Colleen Sanders reported receiving violent threats from a student, including "shooting up the school".

The El Dorado Union High School district worked with local law enforcement to investigate the threat.

[15] In February 2022, Oak Ridge students staged a mass walkout over the El Dorado Union High School district’s mask mandate.