State

State Scores by Year

State level scores (usually Round 3) are used in the pages below. You may also be interested in State Scores by State, Competition FAQ, State Participation Chart, School Performance Chart, or Top Event Scores by Year.

Year	Highest Scoring Team	State	Score	Place at Nationals
2024	El Camino Real Charter High School	California	50,781.2	1st of 60 teams
2023	El Camino Real Charter High School	California	52,384.7	1st of 55 teams
2022	Dulles High School	Texas	52,214.5	2nd of 45 teams
2021	Granada Hills Charter High School	California	54,021.1	1st of 41 teams
2020	Highland Park High School*	Texas	52,264.8	DNC
2019	Granada Hills Charter High School	California	53,886.4	1st of 72 teams
2018	El Camino Real Charter High School	California	55,942.4	1st of 72 teams
2017	Granada Hills Charter High School	California	55,211.0	1st of 51 teams
2016	Granada Hills Charter High School	California	55,749.6	1st of 48 teams
2015	Granada Hills Charter High School	California	54,165.3	1st of 46 teams
2014	El Camino Real Charter High School	California	52,872.4	1st of 47 teams
2013	Granada Hills Charter High School	California	51,590.5	1st of 53 teams
2012	Granada Hills Charter High School	California	52,327.4	1st of 32 teams
2011	Granada Hills Charter High School	California	50,800.9	1st of 36 teams
2010	El Camino Real High School	California	50,590.1	1st of 36 teams
2009	Moorpark High School	California	50,752.9	1st of 37 teams
2008	Moorpark High School	California	52,879.4	1st of 41 teams
2007	El Camino Real High School	California	50,486.4	1st of 39 teams
2006	William Howard Taft High School	California	50,912.4	1st of 39 teams
2005	El Camino Real High School	California	49,067.8	1st of 39 teams
2004	El Camino Real High School	California	50,472.8	1st of 41 teams
2003	Moorpark High School	California	49,910.0	1st of 38 teams
2002	Moorpark High School	California	48,603.3	2nd of ~56 teams
2001	James E. Taylor High School	Texas	46,726	2nd of 55 teams
2000	James E. Taylor High School	Texas	52,195	1st of 40 teams
1999	James E. Taylor High School	Texas	51,433	2nd of 38 teams
1998	El Camino Real High School	California	51,100	1st of 38 teams
1997	James E. Taylor High School	Texas	50,619	1st of 37 teams
1996	J. Frank Dobie High School	Texas	49,926	1st of 38 teams
1995	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1994	William Howard Taft High School	California	48,974	1st of 42 teams
1993	Plano East High School	Texas	48,736	1st of 44 teams
1992	Whitney Young Magnet High School	Illinois	48,908	3rd of 48 teams
1991	J. J. Pearce High School	Texas	46,729	1st of 45 teams
1990	Lake Highlands High School	Texas	45,515	1st of 39 teams

State Scores by State/Territory

State / District	Most Recent Champion	Official Website
Alabama	Indian Springs High School (1998)
Alaska	Lathrop High School	Official Website
Arizona	Hamilton High School	Official Website
Arkansas	Van Buren High School (2005)
California	El Camino Real Charter High School	Official Website
Colorado	Mountain Vista High School
Connecticut	New Fairfield High School
Delaware	Unknown
District of Columbia	Unknown School (1997 or 1998)
Florida	The Classical Academy of Sarasota
Georgia	Elite Scholars Academy	Official Website
Hawai'i	Punahou School
Idaho	Sandpoint High School	Official Website
Illinois	Whitney M. Young Magnet High School
Indiana	Martinsville High School	Official Website
Iowa	Thomas Jefferson High School (Cedar Rapids)	Official Website
Kansas	Shawnee Mission South High School (2022)
Kentucky	Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (2008)
Louisiana	Caddo Parish Magnet High School
Maine	Oak Hill High School	Official Website
Maryland	Thomas S. Wootton High School
Massachusetts	Wellesley High School	Official Website
Michigan	Lansing Eastern High School (2009)
Minnesota	Avalon School	Official Website
Mississippi	Madison Central High School (2018)
Missouri	University Academy
Montana	Noxon High School (2008)
Nebraska	Mount Michael Benedictine School	Official Website
Nevada	Reno High School (1982)
New Hampshire	Alvirne High School (2012)
New Jersey	Westwood Regional High School	Official Website
New Mexico	St. Pius X High School
New York	West Genesee High School
North Carolina	Myers Park High School (2011)
Ohio	Oakwood High School	Official Website
Oklahoma	Duncan High School (2014)
Oregon	Central High School (2019)
Pennsylvania	Seneca Valley High School
Rhode Island	North Kingstown High School	Official Website
South Carolina	Dreher High School (2017)
South Dakota	De Smet Jesuit High School (2015)
Tennessee	Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High School
Texas	Dulles High School	Official Website
Utah	DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts	Official Website
Vermont	Burr & Burton Seminary (1992?)
Virginia	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Virgin Islands	U.S. Virgin Islands (2010)
Washington	Olympia High School (2008)
West Virginia	Buckhannon-Upshur High School (1997)
Wisconsin	New Berlin West High School	Official Website
Wyoming	Laramie High School

Besides North Dakota, every state appears at least once in recorded Academic Decathlon history. Washington, D.C. and the Virgin Islands have also participated. Some states / territories no longer participate and the year of their last known competition or participation in Nationals is given in parentheses above.

International Competition

See the Country page.

References

1. See File:Usad AnnualReport.pdf