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Las Cruces Public Schools (LCPS) is a school district headquartered in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school district covers the city of Las Cruces as well as White Sands Missile Range, the settlement of Doña Ana, and the town of Mesilla. The system has 25 elementary schools, nine middle schools, and six high schools. Of the high schools, St. Mary's Catholic high school, Alma D'Arte, Las Montañas, and Arrowhead Park Early College High School are alternative high schools, and there are nearly 25,000 students and 3,600 employees. LCPS is the second-largest school district in New Mexico.
History
In 1918, Las Cruces Union High School (now just Las Cruces High School) opened in the area. Segregation came to Las Cruces in the 1910s and was made an option for districts codified by state law in 1924. In Las Cruces, Lincoln High School opened in a church after African Americans were removed from integrated schools and in the 1930s Booker T. Washington School opened at 755 East Chestnut, serving African Americans of all grades Clara Belle Williams, who was the first African American to graduate from the predecessor of New Mexico State University was Lincoln's first teacher and taught at the schools for more than 20 years.
Service area
Areas in the district include: Las Cruces, Butterfield Park, Doña Ana, Fairacres, Mesilla, Organ, Picacho Hills, Radium Springs, San Pablo, San Ysidro, Tortugas, University Park, and White Sands. White Sands Missile Range is in the district.
Schools
= High schools
=Arrowhead Park Early College High School and Medical Academy
Centennial High School
Las Cruces High School
Mayfield High School
Organ Mountain High School
Rio Grande Preparatory Institute
= Middle schools
=Camino Real Middle
Lynn Middle School
Mesa Middle School
Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy
Picacho Middle School
Sierra Middle School
Vista Middle School
White Sands School
Zia Middle School
= Elementary schools
=Alameda Elementary School
Booker T. Washington Elementary School
Central Elementary School
Cesar Chavez Elementary School
Columbia Elementary School (school under reconstruction due to mold; currently based within Centennial High School)
Conlee Elementary School
Desert Hills Elementary School
Doña Ana Elementary School
East Picacho Elementary School
Fairacres Elementary School
Hermosa Heights Elementary School
Highland Elementary School
Hillrise Elementary School
Jornada Elementary School
Loma Heights Elementary School
MacArthur Elementary School
Mesilla Elementary School
Mesilla Park Elementary School
Monte Vista Elementary School
Sonoma Elementary School
Sunrise Elementary School
Tombaugh Elementary School
University Hills Elementary School
Valley View Elementary School
White Sands School
References
External links
Las Cruces Public Schools
Las Cruces Public Schools (lcps.k12.nm.us) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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