Oxnard High School was established in 1902 as the first public high school in the city of
Oxnard (the private
Santa Clara High School opened the year before). The original campus, a site on Fifth Street west of downtown, served all of the
Oxnard Plain and the
Conejo Valley until 1956 when
Adolfo Camarillo High School opened. However, the school eventually stood in the flight path of
Oxnard Airport, which opened in 1934 and presented a safety hazard. In 1995, the
Oxnard Union High School District opened a new OHS campus on approximately of farmland in northwest Oxnard. The city of Oxnard later purchased the Fifth Street site with the intent to repurpose it as a recreational complex. While some of the old school buildings remained intact, including a gymnasium used by the
Police Activities League, most of the campus was demolished in 2008.
Virtual learning was established as a safer alternative for students to attend classes. On July 13, 2020, Oxnard High School held a graduation ceremony in which followed social distancing guidelines. The Ceremony featured a car paraded that took place in the school's parking lot. The mural at the front of the school was created by the class of 2020, whose senior year was interrupted by the
COVID-19 pandemic. They used funds they had raised for their prom and other events which had been canceled. ==Athletics==