Award Winning Schools

NCUST is pleased to announce our winners for the 2012 National Excellence in Urban Education Awards. Click here to read more about the winning schools and how they are improving urban education across the nation.

“If every school in America served diverse populations of students as well as the National Excellence in Urban Education Award schools, achievement gaps would be eliminated,” affirms Dr. Joseph F. Johnson, Jr., Executive Director of the National Center for Urban School Transformation at the San Diego State University College of Education.

Through the Excellence in Urban Education Award program, NCUST identifies, awards and celebrates America’s best urban schools!

The goals of the NCUST Excellence in Urban Education Awards program are to:

* Recognize the talent, dedication, and hard work of urban school educators and students;
* Educate the public about the accomplishments and potential of urban schools;
* Provide a benchmark of excellence that motivates the reform efforts of urban schools and districts; and
* Deepen the knowledge base of best practices for promoting urban school transformation.

Sixty-two schools in 40 school districts and 17 states have won Excellence in Urban Education Awards since 2006. Click on the links below to visit official school or school district websites.

Arizona:

• Tuscon Unified (Tuscon, AZ): C.E. Rose Elementary (2012)

California:

• Bakersfield City School District (Bakersfield, CA): Franklin Elementary School (2008)

• Centinela Valley High School District (Lawndale, CA–Los Angeles): Lawndale High School (2009)

• Chula Vista ESD (Chula Vista, CA) : Lauderbach Elementary, Montgomery Elementary, Otay Elementary, Mueller Charter (2012)

• Compton Unified School District (Compton, CA–Los Angeles): Bursch Elementary (2009)

• Cucamonga School District (Rancho Cucamonga, CA–San Bernardino): Rancho Cucamonga Middle School (2007)

• Glendale Unified School District (Glendale, CA–Los Angeles): Horace Mann Elementary (2010), Columbus Elementary (2012)

• KIPP Charter (San Diego, CA): KIPP Adelante Academy (2009)

• Long Beach Unified School District (Long Beach, CA–Los Angeles): International Elementary (2010), Signal Hill Elementary (2008), Tucker Elementary (2008), Thomas Edison Elementary (2007)

• Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA): Lemay Elementary (2010), Nueva Vista Elementary (2010)

• Montebello Unified School District (Montebello, CA–Los Angeles): Montebello Gardens Elementary (2009)

• National School District (National City, CA–San Diego): Ira Harbison Elementary (2009), National City Middle (2102)

• Sacramento City Unified School District (Sacramento, CA): Golden Hill Elementary (2009)

• San Diego Unified School District (San Diego, CA): Kearny High School of International Business  (2009)

• Santa Ana Unified (Santa Ana, CA): Jim Thorpe Fundamental   (2012)

• Sweetwater Union high School Dsitrict (National City, CA) – National City Middle School (2012)

Florida:

• Broward County Public Schools (Ft. Lauderdale, FL): William Dandy Middle School (2008, 2012)

• Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, FL): Muller Elementary (2006)

• Miami-Dade County Public Schools (Miami, FL): Southside Elementary Museums Magnet School (2008)

Georgia:
• Atlanta Public Schools (Atlanta, GA): Whitefoord Elementary (2010), Charles L. Gideons Elementary (2007)

Illinois:

• Peoria Public Schools (Peoria, Illinois): Whittier Primary School (2006)

Kansas:

• Wichita Public Schools (Wichita, KS): Horace Mann Dual Language Magnet (2010)

Maryland:

• Montgomery County Public Schools (Silver Spring, MD): Highland Elementary School (2010)

Massachusetts:

• Lawrence Public Schools (Lawrence, MA): Community Day Charter Public School (2006)

Michigan:

• Public Charter School (Detroit, MI): Detroit Edison Public School Academy (2007)

New Jersey:

• Newark Public Schools (Newark, NJ): Branch Brook School (2010), Harriet Tubman Blue Ribbon School (2008)

New York:

• Mt. Vernon Public Schools (Mt. Vernon, NY–NYC): Cecil H. Parker Elementary School (2007)

• NYC Dept. of Education (Bronx, NY): Marble Hill High School of International Studies District 10 (2010)

• Rochester City School District (Rochester, NY): Dr. Charles T. Lunsford School #19 (2010), World of Inquiry Elementary (2009)

North Carolina:

Durham School District (Durham, NC): R.N. Harris Integrated Arts  (2012)

Ohio:

• Cleveland Metropolitan School District (Cleveland, OH): Louisa May Alcott Elementary School (2008), William Bryant Middle, MC2 STEM High (2012)

• Columbus Public Schools (Columbus, OH): Columbus Alternative High School (2007)

Oklahoma:

• Oklahoma City Public Schools (Oklahoma City, OK): Linwood Elementary (2006)

Pennsylvania:

• School District of Philadelphia(Philadelphia, PA): Franklin Towne Charter High School (2009), Bridesburg Elementary (2008)

Texas:

• Austin Independent School District (Austin, TX): Dorinda L. Pillow Elementary School (2007)

• Dallas Independent School District (Dallas, TX): Nathan Adams Elementary (2010), Bonham Elementary (2009), Trinidad Garza Early College    (2012)

• Aldine Independent School District (Houston, TX): Hambrick Middle School (2010), Mary Walke Stephens Elementary (2010), MacArthur Senior High School (2008)

• Socorro Independent School District (El Paso, TX): Escontrias Elementary (2010)

•  Uplift Education Charter School Network     (Dallas, TX): Uplift Education Peak Prep (2012)

Virginia:

• Norfolk Public Schools (Norfolk, VA): Dreamkeepers Academy at J.J. Roberts Elementary (2008)

• Richmond Public Schools (Richmond, VA): Thomas H. Henderson Middle School (2008), Ginter Park Elementary (2006)

• Roanoke City Public Schools (Roanoke, VA): Fallon Park Elementary (2009)