The Arizona Educational Foundation has give its A+ awards to 53 public schools in the state.

The A+ School of Excellence program was developed 42 years ago to identify Arizona public schools being recommended for the U.S. Department of Education’s National Blue Ribbon Award.

Qualities in the judging include having leadership that inspires collaboration and professional development, high-quality teachers and staff, rigorous standards-alligned curriculum.

The schools receiving the award for 2025-29 were:

• Aguilar Elementary, Tempe Elementary Schools
• Andrada Polytechnic High School, Vail School District
• Ashland Ranch Elementary, Gilbert Public Schools
• Augusta Ranch Elementary, Gilbert Public Schools
• Belen Soto Elementary, Litchfield Elementary School District #79
• Black Mountain Elementary, Cave Creek Unified School District
• Bogle Junior High School, Chandler Unified School District
• Booker T. Washington Elementary, Mesa Public Schools
• Boulder Creek Elementary, Gilbert Public Schools
• Camp Mohave Elementary, Mohave Valley School District
• Canyon del Oro High School, Amphitheater Public Schools
• Carol Rae Ranch Elementary, Gilbert Public Schools
• Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology, Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology
• Clarendon Elementary, Osborn School District #8
• Chandler Traditional Academy - Freedom Campus, Chandler Unified School District
• Desert Shadows Middle School, Nogales Unified School District #1
• Desert View Elementary, Washington Elementary School District
• Desert Vista High School, Tempe Union High School District
• Gilbert Elementary, Gilbert Public Schools
• Greenway High School, Glendale Union High School District
• Highland Lakes School, Deer Valley Unified School District
• Hohokam Elementary, Scottsdale Unified School District
• The Innovation Academy, Amphitheater Public Schools
• Kyrene de la Mirada Leadership Academy, Kyrene School District
• Kyrene de las Brisas Elementary, Kyrene School District
• Kyrene de las Lomas Elementary, Kyrene School District
• Kyrene Monte Vista Elementary, Kyrene School District
• Lawrence W. Cross Middle School, Amphitheater Public Schools
• Marcos de Niza High School, Tempe Union High School District
• Mica Mountain High School, Vail School District
• Mountain Pointe High School, Tempe Union High School District
• Nautilus Elementary, Lake Havasu Unified School District #1
• Navajo Elementary, Scottsdale Unified School District
• Osborn Middle School, Osborn School District #8
• Paradise Honors High School, Paradise Schools
• Porter Elementary, Mesa Public Schools
• Pueblo Elementary, Scottsdale Unified School District
• Quartz Hill Elementary, Gilbert Public Schools
• Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary, Marana Unified School District
• Rim Country Middle School, Payson Unified School District
• Robert M. Bracker Elementary, Nogales Unified School District #1
• Sonoran Science Academy East, Sonoran Schools
• Sossaman Middle School, Higley Unified School District
• Starline Elementary, Lake Havasu Unified School District #1
• Stetson Hills School, Deer Valley Unified School District
• T. Dale Hancock Elementary, Chandler Unified School District
• Terramar Academy of the Arts, Deer Valley Unified School District
• Verrado Middle School, Litchfield Elementary School District #79
• Village Meadows Elementary, Sierra Vista Unified School District
• Vista del Sur Accelerated Academy, Laveen School District
• Wrightson Ridge School, Sahuarita Unified School District
• Youngker High School, Buckeye Union High School District
• Zuni Hills Elementary, Peoria Unified School District