Austin Independent School District (AISD) has been named a 2025 AWS Champions Award winner for its transformative journey to the cloud. This has been a multi-year initiative that began in 2017 and continues to evolve with a focus on cost efficiency, system resiliency, and data-driven innovation. Through its strategic partnership with AWS, AISD has not only modernized its infrastructure but is now unlocking the power of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to support smarter decision-making and improve educational outcomes.

Education Service Center Region 13 (ESC13) has been named a 2025 AWS Champions Award winner for its bold innovation in building Pulse, an AI-powered education platform that transforms how teachers interact with data and support student success. Built on AWS infrastructure and using generative AI models through Amazon Bedrock and Claude, Pulse gives teachers time back, relieves administrative burden, and delivers actionable insights to personalize instruction.

Jeffco Public Schools has been honored as a 2025 AWS Champions Award winner for its visionary implementation of a cloud-native data lake architecture built on AWS. This district-wide solution unified siloed educational data into a single, intuitive platform, empowering over 9,000 educators with real-time, actionable insights and driving measurable improvements in student achievement.

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the United States, has been recognized as a 2025 AWS Champions Award winner for its strategic and forward-thinking cloud transformation. By migrating key systems to Cloud, LAUSD has strengthened its cybersecurity posture, improved operational efficiency, and laid the groundwork for generative AI innovation — all in service of its nearly 500,000 students, families, and staff.

The Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators (MAISA) has been named a 2025 AWS Champions Award winner for its visionary leadership in building the Michigan Great Data Lake (MiGreatDataLake), a modern, cloud-native data architecture designed to transform how Michigan’s education system collects, manages, and uses data to support student success from prenatal to workforce.

The Northeastern Regional Information Center (NERIC) has been recognized as a 2025 AWS Champions Award winner for its successful migration of the SchoolTool Student Information System (SIS) to AWS. This initiative, executed in close collaboration with Mindex, supports more than 80,000 students across school districts in Albany, Schoharie, Schenectady, and southern Saratoga counties. It also marks a significant leap forward in delivering secure, reliable, and scalable educational technology services.

Peninsula School District has been named a 2025 AWS Champions Award winner for its strategic and forward-thinking implementation of Amplify GenAI, an open-source generative AI platform hosted on Amazon Bedrock. By developing custom AI tools aligned to district needs, Peninsula has significantly increased operational efficiency, supported teacher innovation, and delivered a cost-effective, secure framework for responsible AI use across departments.

Success Academy Charter Schools has been honored with a 2025 AWS Champions Award for its use of cloud-powered artificial intelligence to enhance data accessibility and security, streamline operations, and boost student achievement. By integrating Natural Language Processing (NLP) and generative AI within its AWS infrastructure, Success Academy is setting a new standard for how K–12 schools can harness technology to empower staff and support student success.