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Twenty-two new schools are to be built and three will be refurbished, after investment of £800m was announced.
The developments include several new campus schools, which will see a number of existing schools share a new site.
It means 30 schools, six additional support needs units, two Gaelic medium facilities and seven early learning centres across Scotland will be replaced or refurbished.
Ministers say the work will benefit 21,000 children and young people.
They have both been badly damaged by fire in recent years.
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image captionThe new Findrassie primary school in Elgin is among those earmarked for the funding
Twenty-five Scottish schools and campuses are to be built or refurbished thanks to an investment of nearly £800 million.
Education Secretary John Swinney has revealed that Scottish Government funding, alongside local authority contributions, will enable improvements across 18 local authorities. Ministers also said that Phase 2 of the Learning Estate Investment Programme would deliver digitally enabled, low-carbon teaching venues. The programme aims to benefit around 50,000 pupils by the end of the next Parliament and is managed on behalf of the Scottish Government by the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT). Among the schools and campuses included in Phase 2 are the Gaelic Primary and a new city centre primary school in Glasgow, Liberton High and Wester Hailes Education Centre in Edinburgh, Peincuik High and Mayfield Primary School Campus in Midlothian, Perth High and Nairn Academy.