Elementary State Championships

If your state holds District Championships (Arizona, Northern California, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, and Texas)

Any student whose total individual performance at the District Championship is among the top 10 at the student's grade level in the student's district will be invited to compete in all events at that year's State Championship. For any school whose sweepstakes performance at the District Championship is the highest in the school's division within the school's district, all students who contributed to the school's sweepstakes score will be invited to compete in all events at the State Championship. A student contributes to the school's sweepstakes score by either having one of the 4 highest individual point totals from the school or being a member of the school's top-scoring team on the team round. If two teams from the school have identical team test and borda scores, the tie will be broken by adding the individual scores of the team members.

Students who do not qualify under one of the above rules may qualify as a "wild card" by placing among the top 20 overall individuals in the student's grade level across all districts in the state or by being a sweepstakes contributor of one of the top 5 schools in the school's division across all districts in the state as described above. These students are not eligible to collect a prize for their performance at the District Championship and will not show up in our results as a State Championship qualifier but will nevertheless be allowed to compete at the State Championship the same as all other qualifiers.

If your state does not hold District Championships

In order to qualify for the State Championship a student must participate in an elementary qualifying round during the school year and do any one of the following:

• Earn at least 50% of the available points on any of the individual tests or the individual total score.
• Score strictly higher than 80% of the other participants in his or her grade at that contest on any of the individual tests or the individual total score.
• Participate on a team that scores either at least 50% of the available points or strictly higher than 80% of the other teams in the school's division at that contest on the team test.

• If fewer than 50 students qualify for the State Championship in any state, the State Championship coordinator may relax the qualification requirements upon receiving mathleague.org approval to do so.
• Teams at the State Championship do not need to consist of the same individuals who competed together when qualifying for the State Championship; if more than four students from a school qualify for the next level of competition, the school's coach may choose how to arrange those students into teams.
• Students may only sign up for the State Championship for the state where their school is physically located, and then only if they have qualified for the State Championship.
• State Championships are listed on our events page (click "upcoming events" at the top of this page) as soon as their dates and locations are confirmed. If your state is not listed by March 15, contact us at customercare@mathleague.org for updated information. Some states list their championships late in the year, but rest assured we will hold a State Championship in each state where students participate in our contests and qualify for state.