Results of the NAC

In order to increase transparency, we are publishing the scores and ranks of students that took part in the National Astronomy Competition. We asked for students consent when publishing the scores. Note that anyone can take part in the National Astronomy Competition but only U.S. citizens and residents can represent U.S. at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad.

For the 2019/2020:

In total 72 students took part in the National Astronomy Competition. This year we had the exam online, split into 2 sessions. Here are the official scores and histogram distribution.

Rank	Name	School	Score
1	Leo Yao	West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North	139.95
2	April Cheng	Canyon Crest Academy	115.5
3	William Huang	Lynbrook High School	94.05
4	Sean Chen	Canyon Crest Academy	89.65
5	Max Tan	Phillips Exeter Academy	84.5
6	Gopal K. Goel	Krishna Homeschool	83.7
7	Jinghuai Yao	St.Stephen’s Episcopal School	82.95
8	William Li	King High School	81
9	Adithya Balachandran	High Technology High School	80.35
10	Shion Murakawa	North Hollywood High School	78.45
11	Jupiter Ding	State College Area High School	77.975
12	Jared Machtinger	Adlai E. Stevenson High School	77.55
13	Ryan Raikman	Sharon High School	66.05
14	Richard Xu	Clear Lake High School	65.4
15	Abhay Bestrapalli	Freedom international school	62.25
16	Kelli Van Brunt	Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School	61.85
17	Shaurya Jain	Evergreen Valley High School	58.05
18	Evan Zhang	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology	55.45
19	Joshua Jones	Langley High School	53.5
21	Abrar Sheikh	Poolesville HS	52
22	Andrew Liu	Adlai E. Stevenson High School	50.225
23	Viraj Jayam	The Wheatley School	49.95
25	Erez Israeli Miller	Bergen County Academies	46.75
26	Arjun Patel	Troy High School	45.95
27	Sunay Joshi	Bergen County Academies	44.5
28	Yang Jie Lin Hu	Princeton International School of Math and Science	42.85
30	Lixin Zheng	King High School	42.05
31	Jihao Yu	Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science	41.75
35	Kendrick Nguyen	Fairmont Preparatory Academy	36.75
36	Andrii Obertas	Fryeburg Academy	36.25
40	Ernest Lu	Texas Academy of Math and Science	32.15
42	Albert Zhang	State College Area High School	31.35
45	Yevgeniy Gorbachev	Stuyvesant High School	29.5
46	Ethan Pereira	West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North	28.25
47	Akash Kumar	Adlai E. Stevenson High School	27.9
50	Shreya Singh	Centerville High School	25.45
52	Victor Li	The Wheatley School	25.4
55	Grant Daniels	Timpview High School	23.5
57	Austin Chen	Lubbock High	22
58	Kashvi Mundra	Lambert High School	21.75
62	Matthew Westley	Westview High School	12.825
64	Chris Jung	Canyon Crest Academy	10.825