Green Schools
Students, parents and teachers are working together to promote green schools. From reducing paper usage, implementing recycling programs or developing environmental science classes, schools are helping make a cleaner planet. Learn more about green schools and how you can take action and make your school more eco-friendly.
How can you help “green” your school?
- 5 Ways to Green Up Your School
- Green K-12 Schools and the LEED® for Schools Green Building Rating System™
- Green School Design: Cost-Effective, Healthy, and Better for Education
- Indoor Air Quality: Tools for Helping Your School
- Greening a High School
- Energy Smart Schools
- Starting an Environmental Club at a Middle School
- Greening a K-12 Curriculum
- Benefits of School Gardening
- No Child Left Inside
LEED FOR SCHOOLS RATING SYSTEM
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Schools Rating System recognizes the unique nature of the design and construction of K-12 schools and buildings, addressing such things as energy efficiency, water conservation and mold prevention. Schools are certified at four different levels: certified, silver, gold, and platinum.
- Machetanz Elementary School (SILVER), Palmer
- Susitna Valley Jr.-Sr. High School (SILVER), Talkeetna
- Hilltop Montessori School (CERTIFIED), Birmingham
- Homewood Middle School (SILVER), Birmingham
- NASA Child Development Center (CERTIFIED), Huntsville
- Davidson Elementary School (CERTIFIED), Tucson
- Desert Edge High School - Phase 2 (SILVER), Goodyear
- First Mesa Elementary School (CERTIFIED), Polacca
- Lee H Brown Conservation Learning Center (PLATINUM), Tucson
- The James Learning Center (GOLD), Prescott
- Bethel Middle School (SILVER), Bryant
- Hurricane Creek Elementary School (SILVER), Benton
- Wooster Elementary School (SILVER), Greenbrier
- Heritage Mountain Secondary School (SILVER), Port Moody
- Berkeley Early Childhood Education Ctr. (SILVER), Berkeley
- Bright Horizons Child Care (CERTIFIED), San Francisco
- Chartwell School (PLATINUM), Seaside
- Community Enrichment Center (CERTIFIED), Fresno
- Green Dot East 27th St. Charter School (CERTIFIED), Los Angeles
- Harker School - Science-Technology Building (GOLD), San Jose
- High Technology High Chula Vista (GOLD), Chula Vista
- HRS-Upper School Building (GOLD), Oakland
- Los Angeles South West College Child Dev (SILVER), Los Angeles
- LACC Child Development Center (CERTIFIED), Los Angeles
- LJCDS Kindergarten Center (GOLD), La Jolla
- Los Paseos Elementary School - Multipurpose (CERTIFIED), San Jose
- Marin Country Day School - Step 1 (GOLD), Corte Madera
- Marin Country Day School - Step 2 (PLATINUM), Corte Madera
- Marlborough School- Library (Silver), Los Angeles
- Mesa Support Building for Childcare (GOLD), La Jolla
- Nueva School (GOLD), Hillsborough
- Sacred Heart Schools (PLATINUM), Atherton
- Saddleback Church - Student Zone (GOLD), Lake Forest
- Salmon Creek Middle School- Eco-Resource Building (PLATINUM), Occidental
- Watershed Exhibit & Classroom (PLATINUM), Long Beach
- West Placer Middle School (GOLD), Roseville
- Windrush School - Classroom Building (PLATINUM), El Cerrito
- 2008 Elementary School (GOLD), Fort Collins
- Aspen Middle School (GOLD), Aspen
- Chipeta Elementary School (GOLD), Grand Junction
- Denver School of Science and Technology (SILVER), Denver
- Fossil Ridge High School (SILVER), Fort Collins
- Prairie View Middle School (GOLD), Henderson
- Valor Christian Schools (GOLD), Highlands Ranch
- Barnard Environmental Magnet School (GOLD), New Haven
- Greenwich Academy - Middle School (SILVER), Greenwich
- Hotchkiss School - New Residence Halls (GOLD), Lakeville
- Newtown Youth Academy (SILVER), Newtown
- Stamford Environmental Magnet School (SILVER), Stamford
- Stevens Building (SILVER), New Canaan
- The Children’s School (CERTIFIED), Stamford
- H.D. Cooke Elementary School (GOLD), Washington DC
- Phelps ACE High School (SILVER), Washington DC
- SEC Child Care Center (GOLD), Washington DC
- Sidwell Friends Middle School (PLATINUM), Washington DC
- Baker Center (CERTIFIED), Punta Gorda
- Bishop John J. Snyder High School - Adtn. (CERTIFIED), Jacksonville
- Child Care Center (GOLD), Naples
- Colonial 9th Grade Center Building (CERTIFIED), Orlando
- East Elementary (SILVER), Punta Gorda
- Elementary School 'P' (CERTIFIED), Wesley Chapel
- Gulf Trace Elementary (SILVER), Holiday
- Neil Armstrong Elementary (CERTIFIED), Port Charlotte
- Pasco High School (CERTIFIED), Holiday
- Peace River Elementary (SILVER), Charlotte Harbor
- Pine Crest School at Boca Raton (GOLD), Boca Raton
- Pine Jog Elementary School (GOLD), West Palm Beach
- Punta Gorda Middle School (SILVER), Punta Gorda
- Santa Fe High School -Science Classrooms (SILVER), Alachua
- Saint Andrew's School- Lower School Addition (GOLD), Boca Raton
- Sarasota School (SILVER), North Port
- Tarpon Springs Elementary School (GOLD), Tarpon Springs
- Tyrone Elementary School (GOLD), St Petersburg
- Water Grass Elementary School (GOLD), New Port Richey
- Alston & Bird Childcare Expansion (SILVER), Atlanta
- Georgia Power Child Care (GOLD), Atlanta
- Georgia Power Child Care-Henry Co (GOLD), Mcdonough
- High Meadows School- Multi-Purpose Bldg. (GOLD), Roswell
- Mt. Vernon Presbyterian School (SILVER), Atlanta
- The Paideia School - Jr. High (GOLD), Atlanta
- Villages at Carver Family YMCA (CERTIFIED), Atlanta
- Woodward Academy (CERTIFIED), College Park
- Case Middle School - Punahou (GOLD), Honolulu
- Hawaii Baptist Academy - Middle School (GOLD), Honolulu
- Montessori School of Maui (SILVER), Makawao
- Waipahu Intermediate School - Cafeteria (CERTIFIED), Waipahu, Oahu
- Meskwaki Settlement High School (SILVER), Tama
- North Corridor Elementary (SILVER), North Liberty
- Willowwind School (GOLD), Iowa City
- Albany Park Middle School (CERTIFIED), Chicago
- Bolingbrook High School (CERTIFIED), Bolingbrook
- Elgin Academy - Media, Science & Fine Arts (GOLD), Elgin
- Miles Davis Academy (SILVER), Chicago
- Hubble Middle School (GOLD), Warrenville
- Langston Hughes Davis Elementary School (GOLD), Chicago
- Prairie Crossing Charter School (GOLD), Grayslake
- Skinner Elementary School (GOLD), Chicago
- Southwest Middle School (GOLD), Chicago
- Tarkington School of Excellence (CERTIFIED), Chicago
- UNO Brighton Park School (GOLD), Chicago
- Avon Middle School (CERTIFIED), Avon
- Forest View Elementary School (SILVER), Olathe
- Woodland Elementary School (SILVER), Olathe
- Twenhofel/Kenton County Middle School (SILVER), Independence
- Boston Children’s Museum (GOLD), Boston
- Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Com (SILVER), Boston
- Deerfield Academy - Koch Center (GOLD), Deerfield
- Milton Academy - Schwarz Student Center (CERTIFIED), Milton
- Milton Academy - Wigglesworth Hall (CERTIFIED), Milton
- Small Friends School (GOLD), Nantucket
- Stanley Elementary School (SILVER), Waltham
- Tabor Academy - Science and Math Center (GOLD), Marion
- Discovery Child Care Center (GOLD), Silver Spring
- Evergreen Elementary School (GOLD), California
- Francis Scott Key Middle School (GOLD), Silver Spring
- Friends Community School (SILVER), College Park
- Garrison Forest Middle School (SILVER), Owings Mills
- Great Seneca Elementary School (GOLD), Germantown
- Laurel-Beltsville Elementary School (GOLD), Beltsville
- Social Security Administration Child Care (CERTIFIED), Baltimore
- Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (SILVER), Falmouth
- USM Child Care Center, Gorham, (SILVER)
- Waynflete School - Art Center Addition (SILVER), Portland
- Ada Christian School (CERTIFIED), Ada
- Burton School (CERTIFIED), Grand Rapids
- Catholic Central Gymnasium Addition (CERTIFIED), Grand Rapids
- Detroit School of Arts (CERTIFIED), Detroit
- Eastern High School - FHPS Secondary Building (CERTIFIED), Grand Rapids
- Forest Hills Fine Arts Center (SILVER), Grand Rapids
- Gerald R. Ford Middle School (CERTIFIED), Grand Rapids
- Goodwillie Environmental School (CERTIFIED), Ada
- Harrison Park Elementary School (SILVER), Grand Rapids
- Knapp Forest Elementary (CERTIFIED), Grand Rapids
- KPS New Elementary (GOLD), Kalamazoo
- Lighthouse Academy (CERTIFIED), Grand Rapids
- Sibley Elementary School (CERTIFIED), Grand Rapids
- Skyline High School (SILVER), Ann Arbor
- Whitmore Lake High School (SILVER), Whitmore Lake
- West Ottawa High School (CERTIFIED), Holland
- South Vista Alternative Learning Center (CERTIFIED), Richfield
- St. Joseph Laboratory School (GOLD), St. Joseph
- Watertown Mayer Elementary School (CERTIFIED), Watertown
- Westwood Elementary (CERTIFIED), Zimmerman
- Bell Prairie Elementary School (GOLD), Kansas City
- Crossroads College Prepatory School-Science/Library (PLATINUM), St. Louis
- Eco Schoolhouse (GOLD), Columbia
- Staley High School (SILVER), Kansas City
- Carrboro High School (SILVER), Carrboro
- Ravensford School (SILVER), Cherokee
- Third Creek Elementary School (GOLD), Statesville
- Union County Wolfe School (CERTIFIED), Monroe
- W. G. Pearson Elementary School (CERTIFIED), Durham
- Turtle Mountain Community High School (SILVER), Belcourt
- Second Nature Academy (PLATINUM), Nashua
- St. Paul’s School - Athletic and Fitness (CERTIFIED), Concord
- The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (SILVER), Dover
- Carlstadt Public School (SILVER), Carlstadt
- Far Hills Country Day School- Gym Addition (GOLD), Far Hills
- New Jersey Meadowland Commission (NJMC) - Observatory & Classroom B (PLATINUM), Lyndhurst
- Phillipsburg Early Childhood Learning Center (SILVER), Phillipsburg
- St. Joseph School for the Blind (CERTIFIED), Jersey City
- Summerfield Elementary School (GOLD), Neptune
- The Lawrenceville School - Health & Wellness Center (SILVER), Lawrenceville
- The Willow School - Art Barn (PLATINUM), Gladstone
- The Willow School - Phase I (GOLD), Gladstone
- Baca/Dlo’ay azhi Community School (CERTIFIED), Prewitt
- Barcelona Elementry School (GOLD), Albuquerque
- Rio Rancho NE Elementary School (SILVER), Rio Rancho
- Santa Fe Preparatory School - Library (GOLD), Santa Fe
- The Family School - East Side (SILVER), Albuquerque
- Miley Achievement Center (CERTIFIED), Las Vegas
- Cayuga - Onondaga County BOCES (SILVER), Auburn
- Ethical Culture Fieldston School (SILVER), Bronx
- Gateway School (SILVER), New York
- New Middle School (SILVER), Hampton Bays
- Millbrook School Math & Science Center (GOLD), Millbrook
- Poly Prep Country Day School - Lower School (SILVER), Brooklyn
- Seneca Meadows Education Center (GOLD), Seneca Falls
- The Allen-Stevenson School (GOLD), New York
- Dayton Children’s South Campus - Phase I (CERTIFIED), Springboro
- Harold C. Schott Education Center (SILVER), Cincinnati
- Lutheran Homes Society - School (SILVER), Oregon
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary School (SILVER), Cincinnati
- Baker Prairie Middle School (GOLD), Canby
- Beaverton High School - Cafeteria Building (CERTIFIED), Beaverton
- Bob and Pat Straub Environmental Learning (CERTIFIED), Salem
- Clackamas High School (SILVER), Clackamas
- Hillsboro Elementary School (GOLD), Hillsboro
- Holy Redeemer Catholic School Addition (SILVER), Portland
- Linus Pauling Middle School (SILVER), Corvallis
- McMinnville - Sue Buel Elementary (GOLD), Mcminnville
- Rosa Parks Elementary School (GOLD), Portland
- The Dalles Middle School (GOLD), Dalles
- William E. Miller Elementary School (GOLD), Bend
- A L Wilson Elementary School (SILVER), Fairchance
- Carriage House Childrens’ Center/ Wight (GOLD), Pittsburgh
- Chestnut Hill Academy- Science Building (GOLD), Philadelphia
- Clearview Elementary School (GOLD), Hanover
- Commodore John Barry Elementary School (GOLD), Philadelphia/span>
- Felician Sisters Convent and School Reno (GOLD), Coraopolis
- Green Valley Elementary School (CERTIFIED), Sinking Spring
- George School-Library (GOLD), Newtown
- Newport High School (GOLD), Newport
- Londonderry School (CERTIFIED), Harrisburg
- Lower Windsor Township Community Center (SILVER), Wrightsville
- Shady Side Academy - Rowe Hall Renovation (GOLD), Pittsburgh
- The School of the Future (GOLD), Philadelphia
- Twin Valley Elementary Center (SILVER), Elverson
- Wrightsville Elementary School (SILVER), Wrightsville
- North Charleston Elementary School (SILVER), N Charleston
- Porcupine Day School (SILVER), Porcupine
- St. Francis Indian School (CERTIFIED), St. Francis
- Harpeth Valley Elementary- Addition (CERTIFIED), Nashville
- Julia Green Elementary School (SILVER), Nashville
- Oak Ridge High School (SILVER), Oak Ridge
- Twin Creeks-Science and Education Center (GOLD), Gatlinburg
- Center for Creative Learning (GOLD), Dallas
- Emerson Unitarian Church Educational Building (CERTIFIED), Houston
- French Family Science, Math & Technology (GOLD), Dallas
- Hector Garcia Middle School (CERTIFIED), Dallas
- St. Catherines Montessori School (CERTIFIED), Houston
- Rice University Child Care Center (SILVER), Houston
- St. Mark’s School of Texas (SILVER), Dallas
- The Monarch School-Chrysalis Building (GOLD), Houston
- Thompson Elementary Replacement School (CERTIFIED), Houston
- Ursuline Academy- Music Hall (SILVER), Dallas
- Walnut Bend Elementary School (CERTIFIED), Houston
- West Brazos Junior High School (CERTIFIED), Brazoria
- Daybreak Elementary School & Recreation (SILVER), South Jordan
- Granite School District - Administrative Services (CERTIFIED), Salt Lake City
- Granite Technical Institute (CERTIFIED), Salt Lake City
- Park City High School (SILVER), Park City
- Shadow Valley Elementary School (CERTIFIED), Ogden
- Episcopal High School - Baker Science Center (CERTIFIED), Alexandria
- Hermitage Elementary School (CERTIFIED), Virginia Beach
- John M. Langston High School Continuation (SILVER), Arlington
- Kersey Creek Elementary School (SILVER), Mechanicsville
- Peabody School - Addition (CERTIFIED), Charlottesville
- Poquoson Elementary School (GOLD), Poquoson
- T.C. Williams High School (GOLD), Alexandria
- Green Mountain Valley School - Library (CERTIFIED), Waitsfield
- Bertschi School (GOLD), Seattle
- Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center (GOLD), Seattle
- High Point Community Center Addition (CERTIFIED), Seattle
- IslandWood: A School in the Woods (GOLD), Bainbridge Is.
- Lincoln Heights Elementary School (GOLD), Spokane
- Muckleshoot Tribal School (SILVER), Auburn
- North Cascades Environ. Learning Center (SILVER), Diablo Lake
- St. Thomas School (GOLD), Medina
- TCC Early Learning Center (GOLD), Tacoma
- John J. Flynn Elementary School (SILVER), Eau Claire
- Luck K-12 School (CERTIFIED), Luck
- Northland Pines High School (GOLD), Eagle River
- Paul J. Olson Elementary School (SILVER), Madison
- River Crest Elementary School (GOLD), Hudson
- Greybull Elementary School (CERTIFIED), Greybull
Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED for Schools is the recognized benchmark for green schools.
