Editing Wampum, Pennsylvania (section)

==Education==
[[File:Former_Wampum_High_School.jpg|thumb|Former Wampum High School located on Main Street Extension]]
Wampum had its own [[school district]] called Wampum Public Schools from 1914 to 1962. The district also included students from nearby [[Chewton, Pennsylvania|Chewton]] and, after 1954, [[New Beaver, Pennsylvania|New Beaver]]. Since 1962, children in Wampum proper and Chewton have attended [[Ellwood City Area School District]], which is considered the legal successor to Wampum Public Schools due to state-mandated school consolidation in the 1960s.

Due to a dispute with the former Big Beaver Township School District that had an informal union with Wampum Public Schools but never fully merged with Wampum, children in New Beaver have attended Big Beaver's successor [[Mohawk Area School District]] since Ellwood City absorbed Wampum Public Schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lawrencecountymemoirs.com/lcmpages/87/wampum-public-schools-wampum-pa|title = Lawrence County Memoirs: Wampum Public Schools - Wampum, PA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mohawk.k12.pa.us/our-district/about-us |title=About Us |website=www.mohawk.k12.pa.us |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005511/http://www.mohawk.k12.pa.us/our-district/about-us |archive-date=2013-12-03}}</ref>

Wampum High School was home to the Wampum Indians. L Butler Hennon coached the team from 1933-1961. The Wampum Indians all-time record stood at 521-126 (.805). The Wampum Indians won the sectional title 16 times, three state championships (1955, 1959, 1960) and a record setting 82 consecutive games<ref>{{Cite web |title=Basketball - Lawrence County Historical Society |url=https://www.lawrencechs.com/museum/exhibits/sports/basketball/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=www.lawrencechs.com}}</ref> between 1953-1959.