Students who live within the district and attend Oberlin High School for their entire high school career may attend Oberlin College tuition-free, if accepted.

The school mascot used to be the Oberlin Indians with the logo depicted by a Native American with a feathered headdress.

[4] Sundance came across the high school's use of an offensive Native American mascot emblem.

[5] He decided to petition the local school board to convince the school to adapt another mascot, while opposition argued for the mascot's "insignificance".

[5] Several discussions took place before the final decision was rendered, and in 2007 the school decided to change its mascot and team name from the Oberlin Indians to the Oberlin Phoenix.