State/Hawai'i

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Hawai'i State Records Page
Highest Nationals Ranking: 6th (2004 and 2001; both Hilo)
Most Recent State Champion: Punahou High School
Previous National Wins: 2nd place in Division III

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State History - Hawai'i Academic Decathlon, 1991 - present

Hawai'i's Academic Decathlon program began in 1991.

Year	State Champion	State Score	Rank at Nationals	Score at Nationals
2024	Punahou High School	25,372	54th of 60 teams	23,968.1
2023	Punahou High School	23,825.5	51st of 55 teams	25,428.7
2022	?	?	DNC	DNC
2021	?	?	DNC	DNC
2020	?	?	N/A	N/A
2019	Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus	27,980.9	63rd of 73 teams	28,134.2
2018	Kamehameha Schools Hawai'i Campus1	32,965.8	55th of 72 teams	32,659.3
2017	Kamehameha Schools Hawai'i Campus	35,093	25th of 51 teams	36,726.3
2016	Kamehameha Schools Hawai'i Campus2	43,239.1	11th of 48 teams	43,787.5
2015	Kamehameha Schools Hawai'i Campus	41,176.1	12th of 46 teams	41,568.4
2014	Kamehameha Schools Hawai'i Campus	38,647.0	20th of 47 teams	39,948.7
2013	Kamehameha Schools Hawai'i Campus	37,914.7	33rd of 53 teams	34,277.3
2012	Kamehameha Schools Hawai'i Campus	40,841.1	12th of 32 teams	41,274.8
2011	Hilo High School	39,417.3	11th of 36 teams	40,896.1
2010	Hilo High School	36,266	21st of 36 teams	36,468.5
2009	Hilo High School	41,252	12th of 37 teams	40,617.7
2008	Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi Campus	36,709	28th of 41 teams	37,357.7
2007	Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi Campus	39,870	18	40,203.4
2006	Hilo High School	42,874	9	42,357.0
2005	Hilo High School	Unknown	21	36,382.8
2004	Hilo High School	45,918	6	47,313.8
2003	Hilo High School	39,218	10	42,090.8
2002	Hilo High School	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
2001	Hilo High School	Unknown	6	42,487
2000	Hilo High School	Unknown	13	Unknown
1999	Hilo High School	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1998	Hilo High School	Unknown	28	38,672
1997	Hilo High School	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1996	Hilo High School	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1995	Hilo High School	Unknown	Unknown	39,965
1994	Hilo High School	Unknown	Unknown	37,644
1993	Hilo High School	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1992	Waiakea High School	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1991	Waiakea High School	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

¹ The 2018 Kamehameha Hawai'i team consisted of only five students.
² The 2016 Kamehameha Hawai'i team included two individuals from Hilo High School, who could not field a team that year.

Total State Titles

School Name	Number of Titles	Years Won
Hilo	17	1993-2006, 2009-2011
Kamehameha Schools Hawai'i	8	2007-2008, 2012-2017
Waiakea	2	1991-1992

Note: For the 2005 competition year, former Hilo coach Dane Nelson, who coached at Hilo since at least the 2001 victory, moved to the Hawai'i campus of Kamehameha Schools. Before his team's 2001 ranking in 6th, the state's championship team had never placed higher than 13th.