The schools that were awarded grants for the 2008/2009 school year are listed below. The list represents 76 schools in 32 states across the United States.
| Allamuchy Township School | Allamuchy, NJ | |
| Arrowhead Union High School | Hartland, WI | |
| Badger High School | Lake Geneva, WI | |
| Boise Senior High School | Boise, ID | |
| Bolles Harbor Math & Science Center | Monroe, MI | |
| Cabrini High School | New Orleans, LA | |
| Canterbury School | Greensboro, NC | |
| Cedarburg High School | Cedarburg, WI | |
| Cherokee School | Orlando, FL | |
| Clearview Elementary School | Clear Lake, MN | |
| Cody Middle School | Cody, WY | |
| Cooper Landing School | Cooper Landing, AK | |
| Creative Montessori Center | Trenton, MI | |
| D.C. Everest Senior High | Weston, WI | |
| Drought School | Franksville, WI | |
| EastLake High School | Chula Vista, CA | |
| Elizabeth Seawell Elementary School | Chapel Hill, NC | |
| Emma C. Chase Elementary School | Wurtsboro, NY | |
| Farwell Elementary School | Farwell, MI | |
| Girard High School | Girard, PA | |
| Granger High School | West Valley City, UT | |
| Hankins Middle School | Theodore, AL | |
| Hobart High School | Hobart, IN | |
| Homestead High School | Mequon, WI | |
| Ina Grade School | Ina, IL | |
| Inland Lakes High School | Indian River, MI | |
| Iowa Park H.S. | Iowa Park, TX | |
| Irving School | Bozeman, MT | |
| John P. Thomas Elementary | Columbia, SC | |
| Kiel Middle School | Kiel, WI | |
| Lemont High School | Lemont, IL | |
| Longwood High School | Middle Island, NY | |
| Lowell HS | San Francisco, CA | |
| Lutcher High School | Lutcher, LA | |
| Lyman Ward Military Academy | Camp Hill, AL | |
| Maplewood Elementary School | Vermontville, MI | |
| Mary E. Moss Academy | Crownsville, MD | |
| Melbourne High School | Melbourne, FL | |
| Milford High School | Milford, DE | |
| Model High School | West Bloomfield, MI | |
| Monticello High School | Monticello, NY | |
| Moorefield Middle School | Moorefield, WV | |
| Morley Stanwood Middle School | Morley, MI | |
| Newton Elementary School | Newton, AL | |
| Nokomis Jr/Sr.High | Nokomis, IL | |
| North Middle School | Great Falls, MT | |
| O. W. Holmes | Detroit, MI | |
| Old Bridge | Old Bridge, NJ | |
| Oswayo Valley High / Middle School | Shinglehouse, PA | |
| Palmyra Macedon High School | Palmyra, NY | |
| Park City High School | Park City, MT | |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary | Topeka, KS | |
| Portage North Middle School | Portage, MI | |
| R.E. Baker Elementary School | Bentonville, AR | |
| R.O.W.V.A. Jr. High School | Oneida, IL | |
| River Ridge C.U.S.D. #210 | South Hanover, IL | |
| Roselle Park Academy | Roselle Park, NJ | |
| Saint Francis High School | St. Francis, MN | |
| Scuola Vita Nuova | Kansas City, MO | |
| Shadybrook Elementary School | High Point, NC | |
| Sherwood Elementary | Melbourne, FL | |
| Skyline High School | Sammamish, WA | |
| South Winneshiek High School | Calmar, IA | |
| Tenaya Middle School | Merced, CA | |
| Tomah High School | Tomah, WI | |
| Turkey Creek Middle School | Plant City, FL | |
| Union Chapel Elementary | Jamestown, KY | |
| Van Bokkelen Elementary School | Severn, MD | |
| Varina High School | Richmond, VA | |
| Vera Ralya Elementary | Haslett, MI | |
| Wall Intermediate School | Wall, NJ | |
| West Clay Elementary | Cedar Bluff, MS | |
| Whittier Elementary | Houston, TX | |
| Wolf Lake Elementary School | Apopka, FL | |
| Woodland Park High School | Woodland Park, CO | |
| Zebulon GT Magnet Middle School | Zebulon, NC | |
| Zemmer Jr. High | Lapeer, MI |