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===Primary and secondary schools===

[[Denton Independent School District]] (DISD) provides the public [[primary education|primary]] and [[secondary education|secondary]] educational system in the majority of the city.<ref name=DentonCountyISDzone>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48121_denton/DC20SD_C48121.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Denton County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2022-10-03|archive-date=June 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627214150/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48121_denton/DC20SD_C48121.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The district comprises four comprehensive high schools ([[Braswell High School|Braswell]], [[Denton High School|Denton]], [[John H. Guyer High School|Guyer]], and [[Billy Ryan High School|Ryan]]), two alternative high schools, and multiple elementary and middle schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dentonisd.org/Page/43182 |title=About Our District |access-date=2012-11-23 |publisher=[[Denton Independent School District]] |archive-date=November 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112175107/http://www.dentonisd.org/Page/43182 |url-status=live }}</ref> Small portions of the city extend into the [[Argyle Independent School District|Argyle]], [[Krum Independent School District|Krum]], [[Ponder Independent School District|Ponder]], and [[Sanger Independent School District|Sanger]] school districts.<ref name=DentonCountyISDzone/> The respective comprehensive high schools of these districts are: [[Argyle High School|Argyle]], [[Krum High School|Krum]], [[Ponder High School|Ponder]], and [[Sanger High School (Texas)|Sanger]].

Denton is also host to several private schools with religious affiliations and alternative education models. According to the 2010 United States Census, 35.1% of all adults over the age of 25 in Denton have obtained a bachelor's degree, as compared to the state average of 25.8%, and 86.1% of residents over the age of 25 have earned a high school diploma, as compared to the state average of 80%.<ref name="census" />

The high school residential program [[Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science]], for gifted students, is in Denton.

The Roman Catholic Immaculate Conception Catholic School, a [[K–8 school]] of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth]], opened in 1995. Construction on the current facility started on July 15, 2001, with its opening on August 19, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catholicschooldenton.org/history|title=History|publisher=Roman Catholic Immaculate Conception Catholic School|access-date=2019-11-02|archive-date=November 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101195137/https://catholicschooldenton.org/history|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[charter school]] operator Life's Beautiful Educational Centers Inc. (closed 1999) operated the school L.O.V.E. in Denton.<ref name=Eskenazi>{{cite web|author=Eskenazi, Stuart|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/news/learning-curves-6567111|title=Learning Curves|work=[[Houston Press]]|date=1999-07-22|access-date=2019-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317012046/http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/1999-07-22/feature_4.html|archive-date=March 17, 2006}}</ref>