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Oakton High School is a public high school in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in proximity to Vienna, Virginia, in the United States. It is part of Fairfax County Public Schools in Northern Virginia.

Oakton High School was founded in 1967 in Vienna, Virginia. The original Oakton High School was located in the facility now used by Oakton Elementary School. When it opened, Oakton was the host facility for an IBM 1401, which was Fairfax County's first computer, and a computer curriculum, one of the first offered at the high school level, was available to full time Oakton High School students and students from several other county high schools on a part time basis. This system was retired in the early 1970s when Fairfax County installed an IBM 360 mainframe at the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Community College. In 1973, while W. T. Woodson High School in nearby Fairfax City was being repaired after it was struck and damaged by a tornado, Woodson students attended the remainder of the school year in a split shift at Oakton High School with Oakton students attending in the morning and Woodson students attending in the afternoon.

In 2009, the school suspended, and threatened to expel, a student for taking a birth control pill while on the school's premises. The incident was referenced during the August 3, 2009, episode of The Colbert Report, with the show satirically portraying the student as a "druggie".

Oakton operates on a block schedule five days a week, alternating between "Burgundy" and "Gold" days.

Crossfield Elementary School, Hunters Woods Elementary School, Mosaic Elementary School, Navy Elementary School, Marshall Road Elementary School, Oakton Elementary School, Waples Mill Elementary School, Franklin Middle School, Luther Jackson Middle School, Thoreau Middle School, and Rachel Carson Middle School are all feeder schools into Oakton High School.

The school offers various elective courses and allows students to participate in academy courses, including courses hosted by other schools at other school sites. Elective courses include psychology, various engineering courses, journalism, video production, accounting, multivariable calculus with linear algebra, astronomy, and six foreign languages. Oakton offers an Advanced Placement (AP) program and a large variety of AP classes in major subject areas, including English, Social Studies, Science, Foreign Languages, Math, Performing Arts, and Fine Arts. Post AP courses, including multivariable calculus and linear algebra, are available to sufficiently advanced students.

Oakton High School is a fully accredited high school based on Virginia's standards of Learning tests.

Oakton's Performing Arts Department, which includes band, choral, orchestral, and theatre arts departments, regularly earns distinction as one of the premier performing arts programs in the area. In 2008, the performing arts department won the Blue Ribbon Award, a result of Superior ratings for all Band, Choral, and Orchestra groups in state festivals.

The Oakton Band program consists of a marching band, two concert bands, two jazz bands, a winter color guard, a drumline program, and several guitar classes and ensembles. Oakton has been recognized as a Virginia Honor Band, the highest award for high school band programs, 23 times, including 11 consecutive years from 1995 to 2005. The award is given to bands that receive superior marks for marching and concert performances of the top band. The marching band has won other awards at competitions throughout the country and has been featured in parades and professional football games. The concert bands have made many appearances at Fiesta val competitions in Chicago, Myrtle Beach, Orlando, and Toronto. Oakton High School hosts the Oakton Classic marching band competition, a fundraiser. The Classic has been held annually, usually in October, since 1986, with a gap year in 2012.

Oakton High School has four regular in school choruses; Oakton Singers, Chamber Choir, Women's Treble Choir, and Men's Choir. The department also has three after school specialty groups: Jazz choir, men's a cappella (the Accents), and women's a cappella (The Actaves). Both a cappella groups are student run.

The school's drama program has put on Arsenic and Old Lace, The Wizard of Oz, and other plays and musicals. The 2007–08 season included The Importance of Being Earnest, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Into the Woods. The 2008–09 season included The Foreigner, and The Odd Couple (female version). The spring 2009 musical was Little Women. Performances usually occur in the Robert "Skip" Bromley Auditorium, dedicated in 2008. Oakton Drama is to, for the 2009–10 season, produce A Tisket, A Tasket, Four Dames and a Casket, a play written by a student attending Oakton High Schoo, and Rehearsal for Murder. Former student Henry Ragan starred in Oklahoma! by Rodgers and Hammerstein, for which he was nominated a Cappies award. Following spring musicals included Anything Goes (2011), Footloose (2012), Grease (2013), The Pirates of Penzance (2014), and Mary Poppins (2015). In the 2015–2016 season, Oakton Drama put on The Phantom of the Opera. In the 2016–17 season, the department put on Once In A Lifetime (a play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman), Cyrano (an 1897 play written by Edmond Rostand), a One Act Night, and Les Misérables: School Edition. In 2017 2018, the school produced Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Almost, Maine by John Cariani, and Orphie and the Book of Heroes by Kooman and Dimond, and Lin Manuel Miranda's 21 Chump Street. The season ended with their annual spring musical, Titanic. It was nominated for 16 total National Capital Area Cappie awards, the most to date. Oakton Drama won awards for Best Orchestra and Best Special Effects.

The Oakton High School strings program consists of four orchestras, ordered in decreasing difficulty level: the Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphonic Orchestra, and the Concert Orchestra. The orchestras typically give four concerts a year, consisting of performances by the Chamber Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphonic Orchestra, and the Concert Orchestra. The program has participated in many festivals worldwide, in locations such as Hawaii, Italy, Orlando, and Chicago. In 2007, Concert Orchestra was introduced. This class meets every day during 4th period, allowing students to learn how to play a stringed instrument in a learner friendly environment. The other two orchestras meet on alternating days due to Oakton's block scheduling. In 2018, the newest orchestra, Philharmonic, was created. This class meets on Gold Days during the 8th period, where students continue developing their skills and focus on advanced technical and ensemble skills. The Chamber Orchestra participated in the Orchestra America National Festival in Indianapolis, part of the Music for All National Festival, in 2008. The orchestra applied and was accepted in 2007 and prepared an approximately 45 minute concert consisting of three pieces. On March 1, 2008, the Chamber Orchestra performed its selections at the Hilbert Circle Theatre, home of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Later that year, the Chamber Orchestra was accepted to perform at the American String Teachers Association National Conference, which took place in March 2009 in Atlanta. The group placed fourth, the highest ranking of a non magnet, non music school. In 2022, the Oakton Theatre Department performed Peter Pan.

Oakton High School has a student led Honor Council. The role of the Honor Council is to promote honesty and integrity throughout Oakton High School while enforcing the Oakton academic honor code. The Oakton HS Honor Council has two processes for students suspected of breaking the honor code: the Punitive Council or Restorative Justice.

The Punitive Council is the more traditional way the Honor Code has applied to students. If a teacher suspects a student of violating the Honor Code, the teacher fills out a form and turns it in to the Honor Council. The teacher also gives the suspect a form to fill out and for the suspect's parent or legal guardian to sign. The teacher and the student are allowed to prepare written testimonies about the possible Honor Code infraction. Usually, within a month, student representatives from the Honor Council and randomly selected staff members will be chosen to serve on a punitive council to determine whether or not a possible infraction occurred. The Punitive Council will read through both testimonies and evidence, if there is any, to decide on the possible infraction. The decision of the punitive council is final.

The Restorative Justice Program is a new development at Oakton HS. Restorative Justice is meant to help repair the relationships between the victim and the offender involved in an incident. The only way for a student to be able to participate in the Oakton Honor Council Restorative Justice is to admit to the Honor Code infraction. Once both the student and teacher agree, separate initial interviews will occur. Then, a circle with a Restorative Justice trained Honor Council member, and the offender and the victim discuss their actions and feelings and work towards an amicable solution to the Honor Code infraction.

Oakton's award winning publications provide many opportunities for students to express themselves. Its Publications Department produces a newspaper, The Outlook, a yearbook called Paragon, and a literary magazine, Opus. In October 2006, both The Outlook and Paragon received Trophy Class honors at the Virginia High School League, with a rating of Superior. In April 2008, Paragon received a Pacemaker award, one of the highest honors in high school journalism, as well as 8th in best of show. The Outlook placed 6th in best of show. The school used to have a radio club, Fat Cat Radio, and a daily television show, Cougar News. Every Friday, Oakton on Air, Oakton's student led news show, is broadcast by teachers during the day's first period.

Like most Fairfax County schools, the building is of considerable size, consisting of two stories to accommodate its large population of students. The school has separate hallways for individual subjects. English classes are predominantly on the second floor; History, Math, and Science classes are on both floors. Oakton High school is within walking distance of the Vienna Metro Station. Oakton High School began renovations in June 2018, which are expected to be completed by June 2022.

+ List of notable alumni of Oakton High School Name Class Year Notability Ref. (Reference(s))Casey Beathard 1984 country music songwriterDanny Burmeister 1982 former professional football player, Washington Redskins Zachary Adam Chesser 2008 pleaded guilty in February 2011 to aiding a terrorist organization Eugene Chung 1986 former professional football player, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots John Cochran 2005 winner, Survivor: Caramoan in 2011 Keira D'Amato née Keira Carlstrom 2002 women's only American 10 mile road race record holder Serena Deeb 2004 professional wrestler Mark Emblidge 1971 former president, Virginia Board of Education Jimmy Filerman 2014 professional soccer player, Maryland Bobcats FC Jacob Frey 1999 mayor, Minneapolis, Minnesota J. D. Gibbs 1987 former stock car racing driver and co owner, Joe Gibbs Racing Jared Green 2007 former professional football player, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, and Oakland Raiders Cody Grimm 2005 former professional football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Michaele Holt 1984 noted 2009 party crasher at a White House state dinner hosted by President Obama Jim Hill 1979 former distance runner, World Athletics ChampionshipsTheodore Ku DiPietro 2020 professional soccer player, D. C. United Ammar Malik 2006 professional songwriter, Maroon 5 and Gym Class Heroes Daphne Martschenko 2010 Stanford student athlete and winner of two gold medals, including the NCAA Division I rowing championship Nyambi Nyambi actor, Mike & Molly, The Good Fight Nathan Pacheco 1998 professional singer, Katherine Jenkins and Yanni Sean Parker 1996 co founder of Napster, founder of Plaxo, former president of Facebook Noah Pilato 2014 soccer player, Greenville Triumph SC in USL League One Joe Rizzo 2016 professional baseball player, Detroit Tigers Dave Sharrett 1999 Iraq War casualty in 2008 Jasmine Thomas 2007 former WNBA professional basketball player Scott Turner 2001 pass game coordinator, Las Vegas Raiders Stephanie Turner actress, director, and producer, Justine, a Netflix film Glenn M. Walters 1975 20th president, The Citadel, former 34th Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, retired U. S. Marine Corps four star general Michael Wardian marathoner and ultramarathoner Trey Watts 2009 former professional football player, Los Angeles Rams