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Several schools in Arizona are being honored at the national level for going above and beyond.

Residents in one North Phoenix neighborhood are up in arms amid plans to rezone a vacant plot of land near their homes for commercial use. Such a rezoning, if approved, could transform the plot of land into a busy shopping area in the future.

When Sunrise Drive Elementary School principal Andrea Davidson received notice that the facility was nominated by the state for a National Blue Ribbon Schools award, she ignored it.

A recent study ranked Colorado schools against each other and found the top five best schools from public to private, pre-k to high school.

The schools - two of which were in the Valley, with the other two in Tucson - earned recognition based on overall academic performance.