Academic Decathlon

Los Angeles County
Academic Decathlon

A Synapse-Snapping Competition for High School
Students of All Academic Backgrounds

The Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon is a colorful, rigorous scholastic team competition that tests the knowledge and skills of high school students who compete against other school teams for gold, silver and bronze medals.

Decathletes are challenged to use analytical skills, performance abilities and test-taking and writing aptitude in 10 events: Art, Economics, Essay, Interview, Language & Literature, Math, Music, Science, Social Science and Speech.

Congratulations to our Top 5 teams of the 2023 Academic Decathlon!

Mark Keppel

🏆 1st Place: Mark Keppel High School

🏆 2nd Place: West High School

🏆 3rd Place: Alhambra High School

🏆 4th Place: Redondo Union High School

🏆 5th Place: PV Peninsula High School

At large teams: North HS, El Rancho HS, Beverly Hills HS, South HS and South El Monte HS

Academic Decathlon Recruitment

The Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon is a local-county competition designed to promote self-assurance, academic enrichment and teamwork. The winners of the county participate in the State competition and then if they win at state, they participate nationally. Students of all achievement levels from all over the county participate in the highly anticipated three-day event. Teams are comprised of students from all grade-point averages —Honors (GPA of 3.80 or higher), Scholastic (GPA of 3.20 to 3.799) and Varsity (GPA up to 3.199). Decathletes are challenged to use analytical skills, performance abilities and writing aptitude in seven knowledge tests (Art, Economics, Literature, Math, Music, Science and Social Science) as well as Interview, Speech, Essay and Super Quiz.