1 in 7 US students now goes to a solar-powered school

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/08/Mountain-Middle-School-Durango-CO-Shaw-Solar.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536" /></div><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Solar power now powers more than 10,800 US K-12 schools – that means 1 in 7 students goes to a school powered by the sun – but battery storage hasn’t quite caught on yet.</p>