History
In 1889, Littleton Public Schools (then Littleton School District Six) was officially incorporated with the State of Colorado. It was established in the fall of 1864 when residents of the South Platte Valley voted to establish a public school district, the boundaries of which extended from what is now Sheridan Boulevard thirty miles east to the Kansas territorial line. The first president of the school district was Lewis B. Ames, for whom an elementary school and administrative building are now named. In the winter of 1864, construction of the first school, a log cabin, was completed. In 1868, Littleton's second school, a frame building, was erected on the Lilley Ranch west of the Platte River. In 1873 the Rapp Avenue School was built, a one-room, brick structure with one teacher and 70 students. Littleton Public Schools then grew exponentially, experiencing the most growth during the " baby boom" era. Most LPS schools were built between 1950 and the late 1970s.Schools
Elementary schools
*Benjamin Franklin Elementary School *Carl Sandburg Elementary School *Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education *Damon Runyon Elementary School *East Elementary School *Eugene Field International Baccalaureate Elementary School *Highland Elementary School *Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary School *Lewis Ames Elementary School (closed) *Lois Lenski Elementary School *Mark Hopkins Elementary School *Mark Twain Elementary School *Peabody Elementary School *Ralph Moody Elementary School *The Village for Childhood Education (students ages 3–5)Middle schools
There are four traditional middle schools in Littleton Public Schools and one alternative middle school, serving grades six through eight: *Euclid Middle School *Goddard Middle School *Isaac Newton Middle School *John Wesley Powell Middle SchoolHigh schools
* Arapahoe High School * Heritage High School * Littleton High SchoolCharter schools
*Littleton Academy Public Charter School *Littleton Preparatory Charter SchoolAlternative programs
*Options Academy *Pathways (7th-9th grade)Achievements
LPS is the only school district in the Denver Metro Area that is "Accredited With Distinction" by theReferences
External links
* {{School districts in Colorado School districts in Colorado Littleton, Colorado Education in Arapahoe County, Colorado 1889 establishments in Colorado School districts established in 1889