 The Oak Ridge school district was ranked number one in the state of Tennessee, and Oak Ridge High School was ranked the number three high school in the state of Tennessee, in the Niche 2017 Best School Districts.Oak Ridge is served by a daily newspaper, "The Oak Ridger", and was for many years the home of AM radio station WATO.A smaller daily newspaper in the area was "The Oak Ridge Observer," which ceased publication after a nine-year run in January 2014.