Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the largest city and capital of the state of Colorado, United States of America. It is the largest city along the Front Range and forms the heart of the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area.

Education

Public Schools

Denver's public schools are operated by Denver Public Schools. The first school was a log cabin on the corner on 12th street between Market and Larimer streets that opened in 1859. Currently, DPS operates 73 elementary schools, 15 K-8 schools, 17 Middle Schools, 14 High Schools, and 19 Charter Schools. They also operate magnet programs and schools including the Denver School of the Arts, the Center for International Studies, the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, an International Baccalaureate program, a Highly Gifted and Talented Program, and others. DPS also operates the Balarat Program, a outdoor education, western history, and environmental studies program at a 720 acre site in the mountains northwest of Boulder http://balarat.dpsk12.org/.

Related Topics:
Denver Public Schools - Elementary schools - Middle Schools - High Schools - Charter Schools - International Baccalaureate - Boulder

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In total, DPS educates approximately 73,000 students. The ethnic/racial composition of these students are:

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American Indian: 1.2%

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Asian: 3.1%

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Black: 19.1%

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Hispanic: 57.3%

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White: 19.3%

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The graduation rate of DPS students is 76.9% with a dropout rate of 4.6%. (The rest of the percentage can be attributed to students moving out of the district).

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There are 13,452 employees of DPS, 4,061 are teachers. http://www.dpsk12.org

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Colleges and universities

• Colorado School of Mines (in Golden)
• University of Denver
• Metropolitan State College of Denver
• University of Colorado at Denver
• Johnson & Wales University
• Regis University
• Community College of Denver
• Teikyo Loretto Heights University
• Westwood College