Driving School for Northwest Oklahoma City

ProDrive Academy has one office. It is at 5601 NW 72nd Street, Suite 124, in Warr Acres, just off Northwest Expressway. For most of Northwest Oklahoma City, that is a short trip down a street you already know.

From the area around Rockwell Avenue and Hefner Road, the drive is about 3 to 4 miles and about 10 minutes. Take Rockwell Avenue south to Northwest Expressway, then follow Northwest Expressway southeast toward MacArthur Boulevard. You can also take MacArthur Boulevard south to NW 72nd Street and turn east. From the Council Road and Memorial Road area, plan on about 6 miles and about 15 minutes.

Free pickup is included with the Deluxe package and with the Adult and International package for addresses within 10 miles of the office. Northwest Oklahoma City is inside that range. Even homes out by the Kilpatrick Turnpike are only about 6 to 7 miles away by road.

You take the road test with us. After you pass, you carry the approved result to a Tag Agency or a Service Oklahoma office, and that is where the state issues your license. These two Tag Agencies list driver license services and are close to the area:

• Westlake Tag Agency, 12317 N Rockwell Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73142
• Northwest Tag Agency, 6317 N Meridian Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73112

Much of this area is in Putnam City Schools. The district also covers Warr Acres and most of Bethany. It has three high schools. Putnam City North High School is at 11800 N Rockwell Ave, in the middle of the area. Putnam City High School is at 5300 NW 50th St, and Putnam City West High School is at 8500 NW 23rd St. Both of those are farther south.

District lines do not follow city lines here, so your address may be zoned to a different district. Your school can tell you.

For training after high school, Francis Tuttle Technology Center lists its address as 12777 N. Rockwell Ave. It is a career and technology center, not a university. Southern Nazarene University is at 6729 NW 39th Expressway in Bethany, which is a separate city to the south.

A new driver here needs to be comfortable on several kinds of road.

• Northwest Expressway (State Highway 3): a wide, multi-lane arterial that cuts across the street grid at an angle. You will practice lane choice, signals and left turns across several lanes.
• Lake Hefner Parkway (State Highway 74): a freeway along the east shore of Lake Hefner, with exits at NW 63rd Street, Hefner Road, Britton Road and NW 122nd Street. It is where you learn to merge and to leave at speed.
• Kilpatrick Turnpike (Interstate 344): the toll road across the north edge of the area. It has interchanges at Northwest Expressway, Council Road, Rockwell Avenue, MacArthur Boulevard and Meridian Avenue. Tolls are paid by PIKEPASS or PlatePay.
• Rockwell Avenue, MacArthur Boulevard and Council Road: the north and south arterials most trips start on. Rockwell passes Putnam City North High School, so watch for school zone signs and slower limits at the start and end of the school day.
• Hefner Road, NW 122nd Street and Memorial Road: east and west arterials with many signals, driveways and turning traffic.