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Demographic Overview

The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes outstanding public and non-public schools every year. The program represents the full diversity of American schools: public schools including charter schools, magnet/choice schools, Title I schools, and non-public schools including parochial and independent schools. The annual demographic profiles present the map of awardees across each state and entity, the percentage of awardees by school grade level, geographic locale, public school type, and non-public school affiliation.

2023

2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools. 353 schools recognized in 46 states plus District of Columbia and Department of Defense Education Activity
A map showing the number of 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools in each state: Alabama 5, Alaska 3, Arizona 4, Arkansas 3, California 33, Colorado 4, Connecticut 4, Delaware 3, District of Columbia 4, Florida 14, Georgia 8, Hawaii 2, Idaho 1, Illinois 20, Indiana 11, Iowa 5, Kansas 4, Kentucky 7, Louisiana 9, Maryland 6, Massachusetts 7, Michigan 11, Minnesota 9, Mississippi 3, Missouri 8, Montana 3, Nebraska 4, New Hampshire 3, New Jersey 9, New Mexico 3, New York 22, North Carolina 8, North Dakota 3, Ohio 19, Oklahoma 4, Pennsylvania 13, Rhode Island 3, South Carolina 5, South Dakota 3, Tennessee 6, Texas 29, Utah 2, Virginia 10, Washington 2, West Virginia 3, Wisconsin 8, Wyoming 2, Department of Defense Education Activity 1. States not participating in 2023 include Maine last participation 2020, Nevada last participation 2022 and U.S. Virgin Islands last participation 2014. States not participating for over 15 years include Oregon last participation 1998, Vermont last participation 1994, Bureau of Indian Education last participation 1996, and Puerto Rico last participation 1999.

313 Public schools; 57% of schools with 40% or more disadvantaged students
Public School Level
A chart showing the percentages of the NBRS public schools at each school level: Kindergarten through Grade 12 3 percent, elementary 74 percent, middle school 9 percent, high school 14 percent.

Public Geographic Locale
A chart showing the percentages of the NBRS public schools in each geographic locale: suburban 44 percent, rural or small city or town 35 percent, urban or large central city 20 percent.

Public School Type
A chart showing the percentage of the NBRS public schools of the school type Title 1 50 percent, Choice 13 percent, Magnet 9 percent, Charter 7 percent.

40 Non-public schools
Non-Public School Level
A chart showing the percentages of the NBRS nonpublic schools at each school level: Kindergarten through Grade 12 2 percent, elementary 75 percent, middle school 0 percent, and high school 23 percent.

Non-Public Geographic Locale
A chart showing the percentages of the NBRS nonpublic schools in each geographic locale: suburban or rural or small city or town 70 percent, urban or large central city 30 percent.

Non-Public Affiliation
A chart showing the percentage of the NBRS nonpublic schools of the affiliation Catholic 90 percent, Christian 5 percent, Other 5 percent.

2022

Picture of a map of the United States with the number of 2022 National Blue Ribbon School Awardees in each state. The map includes 297 schools recognized in 45 states plus District of Columbia and Department of Defense Education Activity. 
Graphs providing demographic information about 273 Public School Awardees and 24 Non-Public School Awardees. 
Public Schools:
School Level: 3 percent are K-12, 71 percent are elementary, 11 percent are middle, and 15 percent are high school.
47 percent of public school awardees have 40 percent or more disadvantaged students.
Geographic Locale: 47 percent are suburban, 37 percent are rural or small city/town, and 16 percent are urban or large central city.
School Type: 49 percent are Title 1, 10 percent are choice, 5 percent are charter, and 1 percent are magnet.
Non-Public Schools:
School Level: 4 percent are K-12, 75 percent are elementary, 0 are middle, and 21 percent are high school.
Geographic Locale: 54 percent are in urban or large central city and 46 percent are suburban or rural or small city/town.
Affiliation: 92 percent are catholic, 4 percent are Christian, and 4 percent are Jewish.

2021

2021 NBRS Schools Map

2020

2020 NBRS Schools Map

2019

2019 NBRS Schools Map

2018

2018 NBRS Schools Map