2022 Student Essay Contest List of Participating Schools
* indicates school had multiple contestants
| School | Location |
| Academy for Information Technology | Scotch Plains, NJ |
| Adlai E. Stevenson High School | Lincolnshire, IL |
| Alpha Omega Preparatory Academy | Covington, GA |
| Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts | Petersburg, VA |
| Ashesi University | Hot Springs, AR |
| Athens High School | Accra, Ghana |
| Augusta University | Troy, MI |
| Barrington High School | Augusta, GA |
| Bergen County Academies | Barrington, RI |
| Bingham High School | Hackensack, NJ |
| Bishop P. F. Reding Catholic Secondary School | Milton, ON, Canada |
| *Blacksburg Middle School | Blacksburg, VA |
| Braulio Alonso High School | Tampa, FL |
| Brooklyn Technical High School | New York City, NY |
| Cambridge Rindge and Latin School | Cambridge, MA |
| Catlin Gabel School | Portland, OR |
| Chennai Mathematical Institute | Marlton, NJ |
| Christ Church Episcopal School | Greenville, SC |
| Clarke County High School | Berryville, VA |
| Colegio Williams | Ciudad de México, México |
| Cranston High School West | Cranston, RI |
| Creighton University | Omaha, NE |
| Crossroads Academy | Lyme, NH |
| Crown College | St. Bonifacius, MN |
| *Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH |
| Dr. John Folks Middle School | San Antonio, TX |
| Duquesne University | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Egyptian Language School | 6th of October City, Egypt |
| El Rancho Charter School | Anaheim, CA |
| Elberta High School | Elberta, AL |
| *Fall Mountain Regional High School | Langdon, NH |
| Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York City, NY |
| Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL |
| Fossil Ridge High School | Fort Collins, CO |
| Fossil Ridge High School | Fort Worth, TX |
| *Franklin Regional Senior High School | Murrysville, PA |
| Frisco High School | Frisco, TX |
| Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Gardner Edgerton High School | Gardner, KS |
| Hanover High School | Hanover, NH |
| Harmony Science Academy Carrollton | Carrollton, TX |
| *Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA |
| Henry M. Gunn Senior High School | Palo Alto, CA |
| *Heritage Academy Gateway | Mesa, AZ |
| Homeschooled | Cary, NC; Chapel Hill, NC; Durham, NC |
| Homestead High School | Fort Wayne, IN |
| Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities | Santa Fe, NM |
| Institute of American Indian Arts | Santa Fe, NM |
| James Monroe High School | Fredricksburg, VA |
| John F. Kennedy Middle College High School | Norco, CA |
| Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School | Kalamazoo, MI |
| Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center | Kalamazoo, MI |
| Kennesaw Mountain High School | Kennesaw, GA |
| Kettering University | Flint, MI |
| Kromrey Middle School | Middleton, WI |
| Langley High School | McLean, VA |
| Lexington High School | Lexington, MA |
| Liberty High School | Frisco, TX |
| Lund University | Lund, Sweden |
| Mission High School | Mission, TX |
| Moscow State School 67 | Moscow, Russia |
| Mount Holyoke College | South Hadley, MA |
| Mountain Vista High School | Highlands Ranch, CO |
| Mt. Hope High School | Bristol, RI |
| Mt. Washington Middle School | Mt. Washington, KY |
| Ningbo Foreign Language School | Ningbo, China |
| Niskayuna High School | Niskayuna, NY |
| *North Branford Intermediate School | North Branford, CT |
| North Brunswick Township High School | North Brunswick, NJ |
| North Cobb Christian School | Kennesaw, GA |
| Northwest High School | Cincinnati, OH |
| *Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School | Chardon, OH |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR |
| Patrick County High School | Stuart, VA |
| *Patrick Henry High School | Roanoke, VA |
| Piedmont Hills High School | San Jose, CA |
| Piper High School | Kansas City, KS |
| Pompano Beach High School | Pompano Beach, FL |
| Port Moody Secondary School | Port Moody, BC, Canada |
| Prior Lake High School | Savage, MN |
| Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN |
| Rachel Carson Middle School | Herndon, VA |
| Rancho San Juan High School | Salinas, CA |
| River Hill High School | Clarksville, MD |
| Rockledge High School | Rockledge, FL |
| Saint Andrew’s School | Boca Raton, FL |
| Saint Michael’s College | Colchester, VT |
| Sartell High School | Sartell, MN |
| Scarsdale High School | Scarsdale, NY |
| Shanghai Pinghe School | Shanghai, China |
| Silicon Valley International School | Palo Alto, CA |
| Simsbury High School | Simsbury, CT |
| Stokes Early College High School | Walnut Cove, NC |
| Sunnyslope High School | Phoenix, AZ |
| SVKM JV Parekh International School | Mumbai, India |
| The New School | Atlanta, GA |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH |
| The Springfield Renaissance School | Springfield, MA |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX |
| *Thomas Harrison Middle School | Harrisonburg, VA |
| Troy High School | Fullerton, CA |
| UConn Waterbury | Waterbury, CA |
| United States International University Africa | Nairobi, Kenya |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham, AL |
| *University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Utah Valley University | Orem, UT |
| Virginia Military Institute | Lexington, VA |
| *Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, VA |
| Vistamar School | El Segundo, CA |
| Walnut Springs Middle School | Westerville, OH |
| Walt Whitman High School | Bethesda, MD |
| Warwick High School | Lititz, PA |
| Washington-Liberty High School | Arlington, VA |
| Waukon Middle School | Waukon, IA |
| Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA |
| West Humber Collegiate Institute | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Westminster High School | Westminster, CO |
| Westview High School | Avondale, AZ |
| Wheaton College | Wheaton, IL |
| Wheeler High School | Marietta, GA |
| White Plains High School | White Plains, NY |
| Williamstown High School | Williamstown, NJ |
| *Windward School | Los Angeles, CA |
| Yonkers Montessori Academy | Yonkers, NY |
| Young Women’s STEAM Research & Preparatory Academy | El Paso, TX |