Oak Harbor High School is a public high school located in Oak Harbor, Ohio on State Route 163. It is the only high school in the Benton-Carroll-Salem Schools district. Their mascot is the Rockets, and their school colors are red and green. Presently, Keith Thorbahn serves as the principal.
The student graduation rate in 2005-06 was 92.4 percent, down from 96.8 percent in 2004-05. In the 2006-2007 school year, the high school received an excellent rating from the Ohio Department of Education.
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In the sun and in the snow,
Without pleasure, without pain,
On the dead oak tree bough.”
—Edward Thomas (1878–1917)
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