NCSTA District Outstanding Science Teacher Awards Prior to 2000
| Year | District | Awardee |
| 1983 | 4 | Richard Shaw |
| 5 | Dot S. Helmsa | |
| 6 | Barbara H. Sills | |
| 7 | Linda P. Anderson | |
| 9 | Laura Bullington | |
| 10 | Thomas M. Bell | |
| 14 | Mark Joyner | |
| 15 | Nancy F. Evans | |
| 1984 | 1 | Joseph G. Barton |
| 3 | Linda W. Eller | |
| 4 | Melvin J. Newton | |
| 6 | Beverly T. Clayton | |
| 7 | Betty C. S. Dean | |
| 10 | Emily Laughlin | |
| 11 | Eva G. Howell | |
| 13 | Margaret Ann Hobbs | |
| 15 | Marietta E. Jones | |
| 1985 | 1 | Penny Kisiah |
| 2 | Doris O. Tucker | |
| 3 | Keith O. Ross | |
| 5 | Phares C. Sechler | |
| 7 | Mike Zidek | |
| 9 | Ross Baker | |
| 10 | Jo Anne Byrd | |
| 11 | Zannie P. Efird | |
| 12 | Gladys B. Wiggins | |
| 13 | Mary Anna Grady | |
| 15 | Lola M. Williams | |
| 1986 | 1 | Vickie Best |
| 2 | Glenn Burley, Jr. | |
| 3 | Sarah Eller | |
| 5 | Jerry Peck | |
| 7 | Carolyn Hammond | |
| 9 | Mary Louise Bellamy | |
| 10 | Susan Blackmon | |
| 11 | Lee Heathcoat | |
| 14 | Catherine Wooten | |
| 15 | Diane Minton | |
| 1987 | 1 | Charles (Rick) Philipsen |
| 3 | Linda W. Eller | |
| 4 | Nancy R. Oakley | |
| 5 | Karen Charles | |
| 6 | Addie W. Moore | |
| 7 | William T. O'Conner | |
| 10 | Annie A. Owens | |
| 11 | Valeria Alston | |
| 15 | Leslie G. Brinson | |
| 1988 | 2 | Mary Jo Dogna |
| 4 | Lee Ann Stiffler | |
| 5 | Shirley N. Carver | |
| 6 | Carolyn Geer | |
| 7 | Wayne B. Parlier | |
| 8 | Marvin Carriker, Jr. | |
| 9 | Carolyn J. Morse | |
| 10 | Patricia Ann Scott | |
| 13 | Alice D. Anderson | |
| 1989 | 7 | Phyllis Ellis & Jim Woody |
| 11 | Linda Stroud | |
| 13 | Hal Stout | |
| 1990 | 3 | Rob M. Bost |
| 7 | Debra S. Patrick | |
| 9 | Mary L. Young | |
| 11 | Carolyn D. Wynn | |
| 13 | Julia D. Stout | |
| 15 | Connie S. Bright | |
| 1991 | 1 | Janet McDaniel |
| 5 | Patti R. Boles | |
| 7 | Eric Schafer | |
| 11 | Nanette S. Henderson | |
| 13 | Jean O. Lloyd | |
| 1992 | 2 | Susan Richardson |
| 5 | Rose Marie Cook | |
| 7 | Nadine McGrady | |
| 1993 | 1 | Vivian M. Covington |
| 3 | Ernestine Smith | |
| 4 | Jane L. Davis | |
| 5 | Betty Holley | |
| 6 | June Decann | |
| 1994 | 1 | Ann Scarborough McClung |
| 2 | Elizabeth Sell | |
| 3 | Lee W. Knox | |
| 4 | Virginia Hicks | |
| 5 | Camille Taylor | |
| 6 | James L. Ryder | |
| 7 | Jim Ball | |
| 8 | Donna Brown | |
| 1995 | 2 | Linda Sue Cockrum |
| 3 | Constance Johnson | |
| 4 | Delores G. Everhart | |
| 5 | Joan Bettman | |
| 6 | Elizabeth R. Lineberger | |
| 7 | Carolyn C. Elliott | |
| 8 | Betty Gibbs | |
| 1996 | 1 | Ruth F. Mann |
| 2 | Karen Darrow | |
| 3 | Ernestine B. Smith | |
| 4 | Patti M. Hooker | |
| 5 | Jennifer McMahan | |
| 6 | Candy B. Frye | |
| 7 | Julie Morrow | |
| 8 | Linda C. Walker | |
| 1997 | 2 | Frankie Vann |
| 5 | Patsy Collins | |
| 6 | Pamela Johnson | |
| 7 | Dianne Minton | |
| 8 | Pamela LaShea Ward | |
| 1998 | 1 | Colleen Karl |
| 2 | Barbara Banks | |
| 3 | Kenneth Cutler | |
| 4 | Ruby Johnson | |
| 5 | Brenda W. Drewry | |
| 7 | Barbara Sprinkle | |
| 1999 | 1 | Mary Ann Hodges |
| 2 | Rose A. Carter | |
| 3 | James F. Baker | |
| 4 | Dennis W. Johnson | |
| 5 | Benjamin Roberson | |
| 6 | Debbie W. Michael | |
| 7 | Bob Caison | |
| 8 | Marianna Kesgen | |