The curriculum provides the basic skills to develop lifelong learning abilities and the full development of each child's potential. An enormous variety of options and electives are available.

• Denver schools have the lowest student to teacher ratio in the metropolitan area.
• Of the major metropolitan school districts, Denver has the lowest property tax and is tied for first place in the per student expenditure.
• Denver students consistently take twenty-five percent of the state's AP (college level) tests.
• Computer and instrumental music education are available in all grades.
• Homework is expected in all grades. Homework Hotline 4 offers assistance with homework from 5 to 9:30 pm Monday through Thursday. For assistance phone 303-758-PASS.
• Most of Denver's schools are neighborhood, walk-in schools. However, because of magnet programs, special and vocational educational opportunities, 13,800 students are transported by bus. Nine-thousand are transported for integration.