Editing Wewoka, Oklahoma (section)

==Education==
The majority of the town is in the [[Wewoka Public Schools]]<!--UNI 32460--> school district, while a portion to the south is in the [[Justice Public School]]<!--ELM 15900--> elementary school district.<ref name=CensusSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40133_seminole/DC20SD_C40133.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Seminole County, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-12}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40133_seminole/DC20SD_C40133_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

The "[http://ok.gov/sde/sites/ok.gov.sde/files/API2011.pdf 2011 Academic Performance Index]" score for the Wewoka School District was 749. The statewide average score for this measure for 2009–10 was 1092. In comparison, [http://ok.gov/sde/sites/ok.gov.sde/files/API2011.pdf other public schools] in the region scored as follows: 
* Holdenville, 979
* Wetumka, 925
* Konawa, 1060
* [[Seminole High School (Oklahoma) | Seminole]], 966
* Varnum, 985

Wewoka Public Schools was not marked as a "School in Need of Improvement" in this state-generated report card. Although the school system was scored low, some Wewoka Public School system alumni of all races and social-strata regularly earn Ph.D.s, J.D.s, and other professional degrees in later life.

The Wewoka Public School system has a large brick high school building, designed and constructed during the [[Great Depression]] by the [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]]. The high school auditorium serves for community events as well.

Wewoka is a 20-minute drive from an associate degree-granting college at [[Seminole State College (Oklahoma)|Seminole State College]]. In addition, Wewoka is a 45-minute drive from two Ph.D.-degree-granting universities in Shawnee: [[Oklahoma Baptist University]] and [[St. Gregory's University]] (St. Gregory's University is now closed). [[East Central University]] is a 50-minute drive from Wewoka. The [[University of Oklahoma]] is an hour and 20 minutes from Wewoka, with [[Oklahoma State University]] being one hour and 45 minutes away.