Editing Okemah, Oklahoma (section)

===History===
S. L. O'Bannon was the teacher in the first school, which opened in 1902 with funds gained by subscribers.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} Classes were held in a store building. The first school building was built in 1902. It was later replaced by the Wilson School on the same site. The first public school was opened with Dr. Z. Cheatwood as superintendent in 1904.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

A store building housed one of the first public schools, and the other was held in a building where the [[American Legion]] building now stands. Noble School, completed in 1907, was named for Miss Mae Noble. Okemah High School gained accreditation in 1912. It met in the old Noble School building until the building of 1918 was erected. In the high school complex, the band shop building was erected 1941 and a vocational building in 1948.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}