This web page contains California Exemplary Program Awardees by year.
Information about the California Exemplary Arts Education Award is available on the California Exemplary Arts Education Award web page.
Note: The California Department of Education (CDE) California School Recognition Program (CSRP) uses the CDE California School Directory for county, district, and school names on awardee lists and award recognitions. All county, district, and school names are shown at the time of the award.
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2020 - Elementary Schools
Additional information can be found on the January 7, 2020, State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces 2020 California Exemplary Arts Education Awards News Release #20-01.
California Exemplary Arts Education Program Awardees 2020
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Contra Costa |
San Ramon Valley Unified |
Coyote Creek Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
George Washington Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
Joaquin Miller Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
Providencia Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
William McKinley Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Compton Unified |
McKinley Elementary |
Monterey |
Monterey Peninsula Unified |
Martin Luther King |
Orange |
La Habra City Elementary |
Arbolita Elementary |
San Diego |
Chula Vista Elementary |
Finney (Myrtle S.) Elementary |
Santa Barbara |
Cold Spring Elementary |
Cold Spring Elementary |
Santa Barbara |
Lompoc Unified |
Los Berros Visual and Performing Arts Academy |
Solano |
Fairfield-Suisun Unified | Oakbrook Academy of the Arts |
Ventura |
Ventura County Office of Education |
Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2019 - Middle and High Schools
Additional information can be found on the March 8, 2019, State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Announces Exemplary Program Awards for Arts, Career Technical Education, and Physical Activity and Nutrition News Release #19-24.
California Exemplary Arts Education Program Awardees 2019
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Los Angeles |
El Segundo Unified |
El Segundo High |
Los Angeles |
Glendale Unified |
Crescenta Valley High |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Renaissance Arts Academy |
Los Angeles |
Torrance Unified |
West High |
Los Angeles |
Walnut Valley Unified |
South Pointe Middle |
Monterey |
Carmel Unified |
Carmel High |
Orange |
Anaheim Union High |
Lexington Junior High |
Orange |
Huntington Beach City Elementary |
Ether Dwyer Middle |
Orange |
Tustin Unified |
Arnold O. Beckman High |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Lowell High |
California Exemplary Career Technical Education Program Awardees 2019
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Alameda |
Pleasanton Unified |
Foothill High |
Los Angeles |
Glendale Unified |
Anderson W. Clark Magnet High |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies |
Los Angeles |
Temple City Unified |
Temple City High |
Orange |
Anaheim Union High |
Oxford Academy |
Orange |
Huntington Beach Union High |
Marina High |
Solano |
Vallejo City Unified |
MIT Academy |
Tehama |
Los Molinos Unified |
Los Molinos High |
Ventura |
Oak Park Unified |
Oak Park High |
California Exemplary Physical Activity and Nutrition Education Program Awardees 2019
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Kern |
Rosedale Union Elementary |
Rosedale Middle |
Los Angeles |
Glendale Unified |
Crescenta Valley High |
Los Angeles |
Hermosa Beach City Elementary |
Hermosa Valley Elementary |
Placer |
Placer Hills Union Elementary |
Weimar Hills |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2018 - Elementary Schools
California Exemplary Arts Education Program Awardees 2018
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Humboldt |
Arcata Elementary |
Union Street Charter |
Los Angeles |
Beverly Hills Unified |
El Rodeo Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
Walt Disney Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Carpenter Community Charter |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Gabriella Charter |
Los Angeles |
Pasadena Unified |
Alexander Hamilton Elementary |
Orange |
Newport-Mesa Unified |
Newport Coast Elementary |
Orange |
Westminster |
Sequoia Academy GATE Magnet Elementary |
Sacramento |
Sacramento City Unified |
William Land Elementary |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Sloat (Commodore) |
San Mateo |
Menlo Park City Elementary |
Encinal Elementary |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara Unified |
Washington Elementary |
California Exemplary Physical Activity and Nutrition Education Program Awardees 2018
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Los Angeles |
Covina-Valley Unified |
Ben Lomond Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Hermosa Beach City Elementary |
Hermosa Valley Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Warner Avenue Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified |
Vista Grande Elementary |
Orange |
Tustin Unified |
Tustin Memorial Elementary |
Riverside |
Desert Sands Unified |
James Monroe Elementary |
Santa Cruz |
Live Oak Elementary |
Live Oak Elementary |
Ventura |
Oak Park Unified |
Oak Hills Elementary |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2017 - Middle and High Schools
California Exemplary Arts Education Program Awardees 2017
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Contra Costa |
Brentwood Union |
J. Douglas Adams Middle |
Contra Costa |
Walnut Creek |
Walnut Creek Intermediate |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
Burbank High |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
David Starr Jordan Middle |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
John Muir Middle |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
Luther Burbank Middle |
Los Angeles |
Culver City Unified |
Culver City High |
Los Angeles |
El Monte Unified |
Arroyo High School |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Eagle Rock Junior/Senior High |
Los Angeles |
San Gabriel Unified |
Gabrielino High School |
Los Angeles |
Walnut Valley Unified |
Diamond Bar High |
Placer |
Roseville Joint Union High |
Granite Bay High |
Riverside |
Temecula Valley Unified |
Great Oak High |
San Diego |
San Marcos Unified |
San Marcos High |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Herbert Hoover Middle |
Solano |
Benicia Unified |
Benicia High School |
Ventura |
Moorpark Unified |
Moorpark High |
California Exemplary Career Technical Education Program Awardees 2017
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
Luther Burbank Middle |
Los Angeles |
Downey Unified |
Griffiths Middle |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Downtown Magnets High |
Mariposa |
Mariposa County Unified |
Mariposa County High |
Placer |
Roseville Joint Union High |
Antelope High |
Placer |
Roseville Joint Union High |
Granite Bay High |
Solano |
Fairfield-Suisun Unified |
Public Safety Academy |
California Exemplary Physical Activity and Nutrition Education Program Awardees 2017
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Alameda |
Dublin Unified |
Eleanor Murray Fallon |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2016 - Elementary Schools
California Exemplary Arts Education Program Awardees 2016
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Alameda |
Berkeley Unified |
Malcolm X Elementary |
Fresno |
Sanger Unified |
Jefferson Elementary |
Fresno |
Sanger Unified |
Sanger Academy Charter |
Los Angeles |
ABC Unified |
Frank C. Leal Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
George Washington Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
Providencia Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
William McKinley Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Compton Unified |
Martin Luther King Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Gabriella Charter |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Nevin Avenue Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Monrovia Unified |
Wild Rose Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Pasadena Unified |
Sierra Madre Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Saugus Union Elementary |
Rosedell Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Saugus Union Elementary |
West Creek Academy |
Orange |
Los Alamitos Unified |
J.H. McGaugh Elementary |
Orange |
Magnolia |
Juliette Low Elementary |
Orange |
Newport Mesa Unified |
Abraham Lincoln Elementary |
Orange |
Newport Mesa Unified |
Harbor View Elementary |
Orange |
Newport Mesa Unified |
Sonora Elementary |
Orange |
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified |
Travis Ranch |
San Diego |
Carlsbad Unified |
Hope Elementary |
San Diego |
Chula Vista Elementary |
Wolf Canyon Elementary |
San Diego |
Encinitas Union |
Park Dale Lane Elementary |
San Diego |
Vista Unified |
Vista Academy of Visual and Performing Arts |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Gordon J. Lau Elementary |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Sunset Elementary |
San Luis Obispo |
Templeton Unified |
Templeton Elementary |
Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz City Elementary |
Westlake Elementary |
Sonoma |
Bennett Valley Union Elementary |
Strawberry |
California Exemplary Physical Activity and Nutrition Education Program Awardees 2016
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Fresno |
Sanger Unified |
Jefferson Elementary |
Kern |
Fruitvale School |
Endeavour Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Alhambra Unified |
Monterey Highlands Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Hermosa Beach City Elementary |
Hermosa View |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Hart Street Elementary |
Monterey |
Pacific Grove Unified |
Robert Down Elementary |
Riverside |
Desert Sands Unified |
Ronald Reagan Elementary |
Riverside |
Palm Springs Unified |
Cielo Vista Charter |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Gordon J. Lau Elementary |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2015 - Middle and High Schools
California Exemplary Arts Education Program Awardees 2015
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Butte |
Chico Unified |
Inspire School of Arts and Sciences |
Contra Costa |
Liberty Union High |
Liberty High |
Humboldt |
Norther Humboldt Union High |
Arcata High |
Kern |
McFarland Unified |
McFarland High |
Kern |
Sierra Sands Unified |
Sherman E. Burroughs High |
Kings |
Pioneer Union Elementary |
Pioneer Middle |
Los Angeles |
Glendale Unified |
Herbert Hoover High |
Los Angeles |
Las Virgenes Unified |
Calabasas High |
Los Angeles |
Las Virgenes Unified |
Lindero Canyon Middle |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Renaissance Arts Academy |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences |
Los Angeles |
Pasadena Unified |
Marshall Fundamental Secondary School |
Los Angeles |
Walnut Valley Unified |
South Pointe Middle |
Los Angeles |
Walnut Valley Unified |
Suzanne Middle |
Marin |
Larkspur-Corte Madera |
Hall Middle |
Orange |
Anaheim Union High |
Anaheim High |
Orange |
Anaheim Union High |
Sycamore Junior High |
Orange |
Fullerton Joint Union High |
Buena Park High |
Orange |
Irvine Unified |
Northwood High |
Orange |
Orange Unified |
El Rancho Charter |
Orange |
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified |
Esperanza High |
Orange |
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified |
Yorba Linda High |
Orange |
Tustin Unified |
Arnold O. Beckman High |
Orange |
Tustin Unified |
Orchard Hills |
San Bernardino |
Redlands Unified |
Citrus Valley High |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Lowell High |
Santa Clara |
Gilroy Unified |
Christopher High |
Santa Clara |
Moreland |
Moreland Middle |
California Exemplary Career Technical Education Program Awardees 2015
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Kern |
Southern Kern Unified |
Rosamond High |
Los Angeles |
Glendale Unified |
Anderson W. Clark Magnet High |
Los Angeles |
Paramount Unified |
Paramount High |
Orange |
Fullerton Joint Union High |
Buena Park High |
San Diego |
Vista Unified |
Vista High |
Santa Barbara |
Lompoc Unified |
Cabrillo High |
Santa Clara |
Morgan Hill Unified |
Ann Sobrato High |
Santa Clara |
Morgan Hill Unified |
Live Oak High |
Solano |
Vallejo City Unified |
MIT Academy High |
Tulare |
Dinuba Unified |
Dinuba High |
California Exemplary Physical Activity and Nutrition Education Program Awardees 2015
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Riverside |
Desert Sands Unified |
La Quinta Middle |
San Bernardino |
Bear Valley Unified |
Big Bear Middle |
Santa Clara |
Moreland |
Moreland Middle |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2014 - Elementary Schools
California Exemplary Arts Education Program Awardees 2014
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
Joaquin Miller Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Burbank Unified |
R.L. Stevenson Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
KIPP Raices Academy |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Overland Avenue Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
West Hollywood Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Walnut Valley Unified |
Evergreen Elementary |
Orange |
Newport-Mesa Unified |
Abraham Lincoln Elementary |
Orange |
Newport-Mesa Unified |
Newport Coast Elementary |
San Diego |
San Diego Unified |
Ocean Beach Elementary |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Chinese Immersion School at DeAvila |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Creative Arts Charter |
Santa Clara |
Santa Clara County Office of Education |
Bullis Charter |
Ventura |
Ventura County Office of Education |
Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary |
California Exemplary Physical Activity and Nutrition Education Program Awardees 2014
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Alameda |
Dublin Unified |
Harold William Kolb |
Fresno |
Sanger Unified |
Jefferson Elementary |
Kern |
Kern County Office of Education |
Grimmway Academy |
Los Angeles |
Alhambra Unified |
Monterey Highlands Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Covina Valley Unified |
Merwin Elementary |
Los Angeles |
La Canada Unified |
Palm Crest Elementary |
Los Angeles |
La Canada Unified |
Paradise Canyon Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
KIPP Raices Academy |
Los Angeles |
Redondo Beach Unified |
Madison Elementary |
Orange |
Fullerton Elementary |
Hermosa Drive Elementary |
Orange |
Tustin Unified |
Tustin Memorial Elementary |
Riverside |
Palm Springs Unified |
Cielo Vista Charter |
Riverside |
Palm Springs Unified |
Rio Vista Elementary |
San Diego |
Del Mar Union Elementary |
Del Mar Heights Elementary |
San Mateo |
Hillsborough City Elementary |
North Hillsborough |
San Mateo |
San Mateo-Foster City |
College Park Elementary |
Shasta |
Bella Vista Elementary |
Bella Vista Elementary |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2013 - Middle and High Schools
California Exemplary Arts Education Program Awardees 2013
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Kings |
Pioneer Union Elementary |
Pioneer Middle |
Los Angeles |
Downey Unified |
Warren High |
Los Angeles |
William S. Hart Union High |
Hart High |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
Renaissance Arts Academy |
Los Angeles |
Walnut Valley Unified |
South Point Middle |
Orange |
Irvine Unified |
Northwood High |
Orange |
Saddleback Valley Unified |
Mission Viejo High |
Riverside |
Temecula Valley |
Vail Ranch Middle |
Sacramento |
Natomas Unified |
Natomas Charter Performing & Fine Arts Academy |
San Diego |
Grossmont Union High |
Grossmont High |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Lowell High |
Santa Clara |
Milpitas Unified |
Rancho Milpitas Middle |
Sonoma |
Gravenstein Union Elementary |
Hillcrest Middle |
California Exemplary Career Technical Education Program Awardees 2013
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Los Angeles |
Downey Unified |
Warren High |
Riverside |
Temecula Valley Unified |
Vail Ranch Middle |
California Exemplary Physical Activity and Nutrition Education Program Awardees 2013
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Alameda |
Castro Valley Unified |
Canyon Middle |
Los Angeles |
Downey Unified |
Warren High |
Los Angeles |
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified |
Arlie F. Hutchinson Middle |
Santa Clara |
Milpitas Unified |
Rancho Milpitas Middle |
Ventura |
Oak Park Unified |
Oak Park High |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2011 - Middle and High Schools
California Exemplary Career Technical Education Program Awardees 2011
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Contra Costa |
Antioch Unified |
Dozier-Libbey Medical High |
Kern |
Sierra Sands Unified |
Burroughs High |
San Diego |
Coronado Unified |
Coronado High |
San Diego |
Romana Unified |
Romana High |
San Diego |
San Diego Unified |
Mira Mesa High |
San Diego |
San Dieguito Union High |
San Dieguito High Academy |
Sonoma |
Santa Rosa City Schools |
Santa Rosa High |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2009 - Middle and High Schools
California Exemplary Career Technical Education Program Awardees 2009
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Placer |
Western Placer Unified |
Lincoln High |
Sacramento |
Elk Grove Unified |
Elk Grove High |
San Diego |
Grossmont Union High |
Grossmont High |
San Diego |
San Diego Unified |
Kearny School of Digital Media and Design |
Ventura |
Conejo Valley Unified |
Newbury Park High |
Ventura |
Conejo Valley Unified |
Thousand Oaks High |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2007 - Middle and High Schools
California Exemplary Career Technical Education Program Awardees 2007
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
El Dorado |
Black Oak Mine Unified |
Golden Sierra High |
Los Angeles |
Whittier Union High |
California High |
San Diego |
Coronado Unified |
Coronado High |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2005 - Middle and High Schools
California Exemplary Career Technical Education Program Awardees 2005
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Lassen |
Lassen Union High |
Lassen High |
Los Angeles |
Alhambra Unified |
Alhambra High |
Los Angeles |
Alhambra Unified |
Mark Keppel High |
Los Angeles |
Glendale Unified |
Anderson W. Clark Magnet High |
Los Angeles |
Rowland Unified |
John A. Rowland High |
Madera |
Yosemite Joint Union High |
Yosemite High |
Orange |
Anaheim Union High |
Oxford Academy |
Riverside |
Desert Sands Unified |
La Quinta High |
San Diego |
Ramona Unified |
Ramona High |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Galileo Academy of Science and Technology |
Solano |
Vallejo City Unified |
Mare Island Technology Academy High |
Tulare |
Tulare Joint Union High |
Tulare Union High |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2003 - Middle and High Schools
California Exemplary Career Technical Education Program Awardees 2003
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Orange |
Saddleback Valley Unified |
Trabuco Hills High |
Riverside |
Corona-Norco Unified |
Norco High |
San Diego |
Coronado Unified |
Coronado High |
Santa Clara |
San Jose Unified |
Leland High |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2001 - Middle and High Schools
California Exemplary Arts Education Program Awardees 2001
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Los Angeles |
Hacienda La Puente Unified |
Los Altos High |
Orange |
Saddleback Valley Unified |
Trabuco Hills High |
Riverside |
Lake Elsinore Unified |
Terra Cotta Middle |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Unified |
Lowell High |
San Mateo |
San Mateo-Foster City Elementary |
Bayside Middle School for the Arts & Creative Technology |
California Exemplary Program Awardees 2000 - Elementary Schools
California Exemplary Arts Education Program Awardees 2000
| County | District | School |
|---|---|---|
Alameda |
Berkeley Unified |
Berkeley Arts Magnet |
Alameda |
Berkeley Unified |
Malcolm X Arts and Academics Magnet Elementary |
Contra Costa |
San Ramon Valley Unified |
Tassajara Hills Elementary |
Kern |
Panama-Buena Vista Union |
Sing Lum Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Culver City Unified |
El Marino Language School |
Los Angeles |
Long Beach Unified |
James Madison Elementary |
Los Angeles |
Los Angeles Unified |
156th Street School |
Los Angeles |
Saugus Union Elementary |
Rosedell Elementary |
Nevada |
Twin Ridges Elementary |
Nevada City School of the Arts |
Orange |
Saddleback Valley Unified |
Valencia Elementary |
Riverside |
Desert Sands Unified |
James E. Carter Elementary |
San Diego |
Vista Unified |
Vista Academy of Visual & Performing Arts |
Santa Cruz |
Santa Cruz City Elementary |
Gault Elementary |
Solano |
Fairfield-Suisun Unified |
B. Gale Wilson School |
Ventura |
Oak Park Unified |
Oak Hills Elementary |
Yolo |
Woodland Joint Unified |
Zamora Elementary |
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Last Reviewed: Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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