Editing Claremore, Oklahoma (section)

== Education ==
[[Image:Rogersstate-strattontaylorlibrary.JPG|thumb|right|Stratton Taylor Library at [[Rogers State University]].]]
Claremore is home to the main campus of [[Rogers State University]], which grants master's, [[bachelor's]], and [[associate's]] degrees. The university serves more than 4,300 students. It is the only public four-year university in the [[Tulsa metropolitan area]].

Claremore is also home to one of four campuses of [[Northeast Tech]], a vocational training school.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.netech.edu/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1256153&type=d&pREC_ID=1479165 |title=About Us|publisher=Northeast Tech|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>  The Claremore campus serves over 200 students and offers both full-time and short-term classes.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.netech.edu/apps/pages/claremore |title=Claremore Campus|publisher=Northeast Tech|access-date=August 3, 2020}}</ref>

The public school district serving Claremore is the Claremore Independent School District, consisting of [[Claremore High School]], Will Rogers Junior High, Catalayah Elementary, Westside Elementary, Claremont Elementary, and Stuart Roosa Elementary Schools, and the Alternative Learning Center.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Claremore Public Schools|url=https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/|access-date=2020-09-19|website=www.claremore.k12.ok.us|language=en}}</ref> The first school in the Claremore area was opened to students in 1870.  The first major high school was built in 1919; it was the most expensive public-school building in Oklahoma at the time. The building was used as a school for almost 80 years, until 1999. The increasing costs of maintenance of the old building forced its closure.