State Competition

As a result of 2016 Region Competitions, forty teams will advance to the State Competition at Red Mountain High School at 7301 E. Brown Rd, Mesa AZ 85207 on March 11-12,2016, based on the following policy adopted by the Arizona Academic Decathlon Association Board of Directors:

All schools competing in the 2016 Regional Academic Decathlon competitions on Feb 5-6,2016 will be divided into size (enrollment) classifications according to the A.I.A. former definitions of Classes 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A.  Following the Region competitions, the scores of all schools in each of those classifications will be ranked.  The first and second highest scoring teams in each of those five classes will be seeded to compete in the state competition.  Thereafter, the next 30 highest scor­ing teams from throughout the state will be invited to compete in the state competition for 2016.