Littleton Public Schools (aka ''Arapahoe County School District No. 6'' or ''LPS'') is a

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in Littleton,

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which serves several communities within the southern Denver metropolitan area. It is governed by a five-member Board of Education, and administered by a superintendent and four executives. Its headquarters, the Education Services Center, is located in Downtown Littleton. It is the fifteenth largest school district in Colorado. LPS operates 13 elementary schools, four middle schools, three high schools, several alternative programs, a preschool, and two charter schools.

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 School

High schools

* Arapahoe High School * Heritage High School * Littleton High School

Charter schools

*Littleton Academy Public Charter School *Littleton Preparatory Charter School

Alternative 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 the

Colorado Department of Education The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) is the principal department of the Colorado state government that is responsible for education. It is headquartered in Denver. LPS has the lowest dropout rate and highest graduation rate of any school district in the Denver Metro Area. In 2013, ''Security Magazine'' ranked LPS 11th best in the nation for school security.

References

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