The NFHS Performing Arts School of Excellence Award is one of the marquee celebrations of National High School Activities Month each October, an initiative highlighting the values and lifelong benefits of high school activity programs for students, schools and communities.

2024 - Broken Arrow High School, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

2023 – Waterville Senior High School, Waterville, Maine

2022 – West Anchorage High School, Anchorage, Alaska

2021 – Salem Hills High School, Salem, Utah

2020 – Cleveland High School, Portland, Oregon

2019 – Oak Grove High School, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

2018 – Washburn Rural High School, Topeka, Kansas

2017 – Friendswood High School, Friendswood, Texas

2016 – Denver School of the Arts, Denver, Colorado