State Partners
Illinois
Illinois joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1988
114 recipients since program began in Illinois
$2,850,000 awarded in Illinois since program began
Dr. Tony Sanders
Superintendent of Education
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North 1st Street
Springfield, IL 62777
Alex Mayster
Press Secretary
Illinois State Board of Education
555 West Monroe St.
Chicago, IL 60661
Illinois Department of Education website
(Updated as of 10/12/26)
Illinois Milken Educators
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Bolingbrook High SchoolBolingbrook2025
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Lincoln Grade SchoolWashington2024
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Edgar Allan Poe Classical Elementary SchoolChicago2023
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Prairie Knolls Middle SchoolElgin2013
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Lynne Thigpen ElementaryJoliet2012
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John Hersey High SchoolArlington Heights2011
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Martin A. Ryerson Elementary SchoolChicago2010
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Bogan Computer Technical High SchoolChicago2009
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John J. Pershing West Magnet SchoolChicago2008
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Daniel R. Cameron Elementary SchoolChicago2008
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Schurz High SchoolChicago2007
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Las Casas Occupational High SchoolChicago2007
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Austin O. Sexton Elementary SchoolChicago2006
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Park View Elementary SchoolGlen Ellyn2006
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Bloomington High SchoolBloomington2005
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Hinsdale South High SchoolDarien2005
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Corliss High SchoolChicago2005
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Jacob Beidler Elementary SchoolChicago2004
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Willow Elementary SchoolHomewood2004
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O'Fallon Township High SchoolO'Fallon2003
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Walter R. Sundling Junior High SchoolPalatine2003
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Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic CenterChicago2002
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Community Consolidated School District 93Carol Stream2002
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Butler Junior High SchoolOak Brook2001
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Bradley Central Middle SchoolBradley2001
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Turner Elementary SchoolWest Chicago2000
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Donald C. Parker Early Education CenterMachesney Park2000
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West Elementary SchoolCarlinville2000
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Illinois Youth Center at HarrisburgHarrisburg1999
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Michelle Clark Middle SchoolChicago1999
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Danville High SchoolDanville1999
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Dundee-Crown High SchoolCarpentersville1999
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Beaver Creek Elementary SchoolMcleansboro1998
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Oscar Stanton Depriest Elementary SchoolChicago1998
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Lebanon Elementary SchoolLebanon1998
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Windsor Elementary SchoolArlington Heights1998
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Highland Middle SchoolHighland1997
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South High SchoolDowners Grove1997
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Highland Park High SchoolHighland Park1997
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East Coloma Elementary SchoolRock Falls1997
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Northmoor Primary SchoolPeoria1996
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Freeburg Elementary SchoolFreeburg1996
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Beethoven Elementary SchoolChicago1996
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Nelson Elementary SchoolEdwardsville1996
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Harrisburg High SchoolHarrisburg1995
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Lillian R. Nicholson Specialty SchoolChicago1995
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Triad High SchoolSt. Jacob1995
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Zuni High SchoolZuni1995
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Champaign Central High SchoolChampaign1995
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Inter-American Elementary Magnet SchoolChicago1994
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Pepper Ridge Elementary SchoolBloomington1994
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Harding Elementary SchoolMonmouth1994
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Summerfield Elementary SchoolSummerfield1994
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Copeland Manor Elementary SchoolLibertyville1994
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Warren Township High SchoolGurnee1993
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Westmer High SchoolJoy1993
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Crete-Monee Middle SchoolUniversity Park1993
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Waterloo Senior High SchoolWaterloo1993
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Porta Junior and Senior High SchoolPetersburg1993
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Jean Baptiste DuSable High SchoolChicago1993
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Harrison Street Elementary SchoolGeneva1992
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Diekman Elementary SchoolDolton1992
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Carbondale Community High SchoolCarbondale1992
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Ulysses S. Grant Elementary SchoolChicago1992
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Clinton Rosette Middle SchoolDe Kalb1992
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Niles West High SchoolSkokie1992
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Newberry Math and Science AcademyChicago1991
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East St. Louis-Lincoln High SchoolEast Saint Louis1991
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Reilly Elementary SchoolChicago1991
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River Ridge Middle SchoolHanover1991
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Eisenhower Middle SchoolRockford1991
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Niles West High SchoolSkokie1991
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Decatur Classical Elementary SchoolChicago1991
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Peoria Developmental CenterPeoria1991
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Edison Primary SchoolKankakee1991
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DeSoto Elementary SchoolDesoto1991
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Bloom High SchoolChicago Heights1991
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Hamel Elementary SchoolHamel1990
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Evanston Township High SchoolEvanston1990
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William Brown Elementary SchoolChicago1990
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Wilson Elementary SchoolChicago Heights1990
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Belleville High School-WestBelleville1990
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Harlem High SchoolMachesney Park1990
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Lasalle Elementary Language AcademyChicago1990
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Walter H. Dyett Middle SchoolChicago1990
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Channing Memorial Elementary SchoolElgin1990
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Park View Elementary SchoolMorton Grove1990
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Riverwood Elementary SchoolMcHenry1990
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Wiley Elementary SchoolUrbana1990
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Walter S. Christopher Elementary SchoolChicago1989
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Benjamin Franklin Elementary SchoolGlen Ellyn1989
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Butler Elementary SchoolSpringfield1989
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St. Augustine of Canterbury SchoolBelleville1989
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Taft Elementary SchoolJoliet1989
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Century High SchoolUllin1989
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Carbondale Community High SchoolCarbondale1989
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Gompers Fine Arts Option SchoolChicago1989
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Teutopolis Grade SchoolTeutopolis1989
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East Leyden High SchoolFranklin Park1989
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Zion-Benton Township High SchoolZion1989
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Kelvyn Park High SchoolChicago1989
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Greenville Junior High SchoolGreenville1988
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Jefferson Junior and Senior High SchoolMorton1988
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Adlai E. Stevenson High SchoolLincolnshire1988
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Ralph H. Metcalfe Community AcademyChicago1988
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Bloomington High SchoolBloomington1988
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Adlai E. Stevenson High SchoolLincolnshire1988
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Hyde Park Career AcademyChicago1988
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Coolidge Middle SchoolGranite City1988
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J. H. Freeman Elementary SchoolAurora1988
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Amos Alonzo Stagg High SchoolPalos Hills1988
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Palisades SchoolBurr Ridge1988