Noblesville Schools earns national STEM recognition for ninth consecutive year

Submitted by Noblesville Schools

Noblesville Schools announced Monday, May 11 that it has been recognized nationally with honors in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) for the ninth consecutive year.

The district has been named a 2026 Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Distinguished District for providing broad access to transformative STEM learning opportunities for students and all 10 of the district’s schools were also recognized as individual Distinguished Schools.

Noblesville Schools is one of only 88 school districts in the nation to receive the honor, putting them in an elite, top 1 percent group nationally.

In addition to dozens of traditional math and science courses, Noblesville Schools offers 17 different PLTW courses across all grade levels with students exploring robotics, biomedical, cybersecurity, engineering, construction, energy, weather, and much more.

The Distinguished recognition honors schools committed to increasing student access, engagement, and achievement in their PLTW STEM programs. To be eligible for the designation, schools had to offer a variety of PLTW STEM courses and have a significant portion of students participating in them, while students had to demonstrate mastery in the content and ongoing continuation in the programming.