Editing Denver (section)

==Education==
{{See also|List of higher education institutions in Denver}}
[[Denver Public Schools]] (DPS) is the public school system in all of Denver.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st08_co/schooldistrict_maps/c08031_denver/DC20SD_C08031.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722220101/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st08_co/schooldistrict_maps/c08031_denver/DC20SD_C08031.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-22 |url-status=live|title=2020 census - school district reference map: Denver County, CO|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-07-22}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st08_co/schooldistrict_maps/c08031_denver/DC20SD_C08031_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> It educates approximately 92,000 students in 92 elementary schools, 44 K-8 schools, 34 [[secondary school|middle schools]], 18 high schools, and 19 [[charter school]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpsk12.org/aboutdps/facts/ |title=Denver Public Schools |publisher=Dpsk12.org |access-date=November 5, 2017 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928025552/http://www.dpsk12.org/aboutdps/facts/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first school of what is now DPS was a log cabin that opened in 1859, which later became [[East High School (Denver, Colorado)|East High School]]. [[East High School (Denver, Colorado)|East High School]], along with the other three directional high schools ([[West High School (Denver, Colorado)|West]], [[North High School (Denver, Colorado)|North]], and [[South High School (Denver, Colorado)|South]]), made up the first four [[high schools]] in Denver.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ross |first1=Ariana |title=North, South, East, West - Denver's Iconic Public High Schools |url=https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/north-south-east-west-denvers-iconic-public-high-schools |publisher=Denver Library |date=September 9, 2016}}</ref> The district boundaries are coextensive with the city limits.<ref name="Schooldistrict">"[http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st08_co/c08031_denver/DC10SD_C08031_001.pdf School District Reference Map (2010 Census): Denver County, CO]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131214010331/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st08_co/c08031_denver/DC10SD_C08031_001.pdf Archive]) [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on May 16, 2013.</ref> The [[Cherry Creek School District]] serves some areas with Denver postal addresses that are outside the city limits.<!--The source says that the district serves some of Denver but the US census bureau map at http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st08_co/c08031_denver/DC10SD_C08031_001.pdf shows all of Denver being in the same school district--><ref name="Schooldistrict" /><ref name="Aboutus">"[http://www.cherrycreekschools.org/AboutUs/Pages/default.aspx About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425145620/http://www.cherrycreekschools.org/AboutUs/Pages/default.aspx |date=2013-04-25 }}." Cherry Creek School District. Retrieved on May 14, 2013.</ref>

Denver's many colleges and universities range in age and study programs. Three major public schools constitute the [[Auraria Campus]]: the [[University of Colorado Denver]], [[Metropolitan State University of Denver]], and [[Community College of Denver]]. The private [[University of Denver]] was the first institution of higher learning in the city and was founded in 1864. Other prominent Denver higher education institutions include [[Johnson & Wales University]], Catholic ([[Jesuit]]) [[Regis University]], and the city has Roman Catholic and Jewish institutions, as well as a health sciences school. In addition to those schools within the city, there are a number of schools throughout the surrounding metro area.
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File:East High School in Denver, Colorado LCCN2015633554.tif|[[East High School (Denver)|Denver East High School]]
File:CU Denver Student Wellness Center and Student Commons Building on the Downtown Denver Campus .jpg|University of Colorado-Denver in downtown
File:Ritchie Center sunrise 2006.jpg|The Ritchie Center at University of Denver
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