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Denver County School District 1
Denver Public Schools
Type School District, Government Owned Industry Education Founded Denver, Colorado (1859) Headquarters Denver, Colorado Key people Tom Boasberg, Superintendent Employees 13,087 Website www.dpsk12.org The Denver County School District No. 1, more commonly known as the Denver Public Schools (DPS), is the public school system in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, United States.
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History
The first school was a log cabin on the corner of 12th Street between Market and Larimer streets that opened in 1859. The school district was created in 1902 by a constitutional amendment that created the City and County of Denver and consolidated five school districts into today's School District No. 1.
Organization
Currently, DPS operates 87 elementary schools, 9 K-8 schools, 24 Middle Schools, 38 High Schools, and 30 Charter Schools. They also operate other school programs including the Denver School of the Arts, the Center for International Studies, Emily Griffith Opportunity School, DPS Online High School, an International Baccalaureate program, a Highly Gifted and Talented Program, and CEC Middle College of Denver. DPS also operates the Balarat Program, an outdoor education, western history, and environmental studies program at a 720-acre (2.9 km2) site in the mountains northwest of Boulder.[1]
In total, DPS educates 78,352 students as of October 2009. The ethnic/racial composition of these students are:
- American Indian: 1.1%
- Asian: 3.5%
- Black: 16.2%
- Hispanic: 54.1%
- White: 25.2%
According to the DPS website, the graduation rate of DPS students is 52%.[2] The district's dropout rate is 10.4%.
Although Denver is about 40% non-Hispanic White, minority groups represent double the regular Denver population. The reason for this has been white flight over the past few decades and extremely strong Hispanic school-age growth due to relatively high birth rates. The predominant heritage in the Denver Public School system is Mexican American. Denver has a high Hispanic percentage of roughly 40% and they are a majority in the public school system. In addition, Denver's African-American percentage overall is half that of Denver Public Schools.
There are 13,087 employees of DPS; 4,555 of them are teachers.[2]
Elementary schools
- Westerly Creek Elementary school - School Web Site
High schools
- Denver Online High School - School Website
- North High School - School Web Site
- South High School - School Web Site
- East High School - School Web Site
- West High School - School Web Site
- Thomas Jefferson High School - School Website
- George Washington High School - School Website
- John F. Kennedy High School - School Website
- Emily Griffith Opportunity School - School Website
- Abraham Lincoln High School - School Web Site
- Bruce Randolph 6-12 School - School Website
- Denver School of Science and Technology (Charter)- School Website
- Manual High School - School Website
- Montbello High School - School Website
- Contemporary Learning Academy - Alternative High School School Website
- CEC Middle College of Denver - School Website
- Denver Center for International Studies - School Website
- Denver School of the Arts 6-12 - School Website
Schools to open in 2010-2011
- Denver Green School - School Website
- Denver Language School - School Website
- Denver School of Science and Technology, GVR Campus - School Website
- Girls Athletic Leadership School (GALS) - School Website
- SOAR Charter School - School Website
- West Denver Prep, Lake Campus - School Website
- West Denver Prep, Northwest Campus - School Website
External links
References
- ^ "Balarat Outdoor Education Center". Denver Public Schools. http://balarat.dpsk12.org/. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ a b "Facts & Figures". Denver Public Schools. http://www.dpsk12.org/aboutdps/facts/. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
Categories:- Education in Denver, Colorado
- School districts in Colorado
- School districts established in 1902
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