2010 Front Runner Recognitions
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| Region | Elementary School | Middle School | High School |
| Bay Area | Ruskin Elementary | Piedmont Middle | FAME Public Charter |
| Central Coast | King City Arts Charter | Learning for Life Charter | |
| Central Valley | Princeton Street Elementary | A. M. Thomas Middle | Kern County Community |
| Desert Sierra | Pinon Hills Elementary | Bobby Duke Middle | Indio High |
| Gold Coast | Christa McAuliffe Elementary | Robert J. Frank Intermediate | Hueneme High |
| Gold Country | Agnes M. Baptist Elementary | Waterford Middle | Angelo Rodriguez High |
| Los Angeles | Fremont Elementary | Charles W. Eliot Middle | New Designs Charter - University Park Campus |
| North Coast | Cobb Mountain Elementary | Fort Bragg Middle | Northwest Prep at Piner-Olivet |
| Orange County | John F. Kennedy Elementary | Columbus Tustin | Capistrano Valley High |
| San Diego and Imperial | Kelly Elementary | Challenger Middle | San Ysidro High |
| Sierra Cascade | Bella Vista Elementary | Willows Intermediate |