Las Cruces Public Schools

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 24 elementary schools, eight middle schools, and seven high schools. Of the high schools, San Andres High School and Arrowhead Park Early College High School are alternative high schools, a There are nearly 25,000 students and 3,600 employees. LCPS is the second-largest school district in New Mexico.[1]

History

Segregation came to Las Cruces in the 1910s as an irrigation project brough cotton farming. Segregation as an option for districts was codified in 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 served African Americans of all grades[2][3] 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.[2]

Schools

High schools
Las Cruces High School

Middle schools
  • Camino Real Middle School
  • Lynn Middle School
  • Mesa Middle School
  • Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy
  • Picacho Middle School
  • Sierra Middle School
  • Vista Middle School
  • White Sands Middle School
  • Zia Middle School

Elementary schools
  • Alameda Elementary School
  • Booker T. Washington Elementary School
  • Central Elementary School
  • Cesar Chavez Elementary School
  • Columbia Elementary 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 Elementary School

References
  1. "Education". Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=LPgNRyfXF4gC&pg=PA181&dq=booker+t+washington+school+las+cruces&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA1brUz-rmAhXVVs0KHdyJDgAQ6AEIODAC#v=onepage&q=booker%20t%20washington%20school%20las%20cruces&f=false
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=sO9zXRk7C8sC&pg=PA107&dq=booker+t+washington+school+las+cruces&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6n_T0zurmAhXOXc0KHficAzUQ6AEwAHoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=booker%20t%20washington%20school%20las%20cruces&f=false


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