Annual student competition featured more than 100 students from 11 high schools
in Riverside County
MORENO VALLEY – After winning the Riverside County Academic Decathlon for the first time in school history in 2023, Western Center Academy has repeated as champions at the 2024 Riverside County Academic Decathlon, and will once again represent Riverside County at the state competition in March in Santa Clara.
Western Center Academy also finished first in the Super Quiz, on the way to their overall first place finish.
Finishing second overall was Beaumont High School, while Elsinore High School was named as the third place winner. Hemet High School finished in fourth and Great Oak High School earned fifth place.
2024 Academic Decathlon Super Quiz Photo Gallery
The 41st annual Riverside County Academic Decathlon competition featured teams from 11 Riverside County high schools from eight school districts with the theme, “Technology and Humanity.” The competition started virtually with essay writing and objective tests on January 13. All teams proceeded to the speech and interview competition and Super Quiz on Saturday, January 27, at Canyon Springs High School in Moreno Valley.
The California Academic Decathlon will be held March 22-23, 2024, in Santa Clara. The California state champion advances to the United States Academic Decathlon from April 25-27, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Academic Decathlon, like its ancient Greek counterpart, is a 10-event contest. Participants demonstrate their academic strength by completing seven written tests, writing an essay, delivering a prepared and an impromptu speech, and participating in an interview. The Super Quiz event was held before a live audience. Each team is composed of nine students, three from each grade point category, and includes three Honor (GPA 3.80 - 4.00), three Scholastic (GPA 3.20 - 3.799), and three Varsity (GPA 0.00 - 3.199) students.
In the 2023 Riverside County Academic Decathlon, Western Center Academy from the Hemet Unified School District was named the champion for the first time in school history. Finishing second was Elsinore High School, followed by Corona High School in third, Beaumont High School in fourth, and Hemet High School in fifth.
Riverside County Academic Decathlon historical results:
- 2024 – Western Center Academy
- 2023 – Western Center Academy
- 2022 – Elsinore
- 2021 – Elsinore
- 2020 – Elsinore
- 2019 – Elsinore
- 2018 – Elsinore
- 2017 – Elsinore
- 2016 – West Valley
- 2015 – West Valley
- 2014 – Hemet
- 2013 – West Valley
- 2012 – West Valley
- 2011 – West Valley
- 2010 – West Valley
- 2009 – West Valley
- 2008 – Hemet
- 2007 – Hemet
- 2006 – Hemet