Kansas

The state of Kansas has been participating in Science Olympiad for the past 20 years. While its champions do not always fare well at nationals, the in-state competition is tremendous, and often the state tournament can be decided by just a few points.

History
Kansas Science Olympiad began in 1996. Kansas has consistently sent two teams to the National Tournament from both divisions, and the highest placement from either division has been 7th, by Maize Middle School in the state's inaugural year. The record for the lowest score in either division was 60 points and was set by Blue Valley North in the 2017-2018 season.

Past State Champions
This is a record of the past state champions and runners up, and their respective places at the national competition, if applicable. Scores at the state competition may be shown in parentheses.

Scores with * have been manually recalculated using modern sum-of-places/lowest-score-wins methodology.

Invitationals

 * Southland Invitational (Division B & C) - November 9, 2013
 * Thunder Invitational (Division C only) - January 19, 2013
 * Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School Invitational (Divsions B & C) - February 9, 2012

Division B

 * Salina Regional - January 14, 2015
 * Hays Regional - February 3, 2015
 * Garden City Regional -
 * Wichita Regional - February 21, 2015
 * Northeast Kansas Regional - February 28, 2015

Division C

 * Salina Regional - January 14, 2015
 * Hays Regional - February 10, 2015
 * Garden City Regional -
 * Wichita Regional - February 21, 2015
 * Northeast Kansas Region - February 28, 2015

State Competition

 * 2015 location: Wichita State University - April 4, 2015

Garden City Region

 * Greeley County Junior High School
 * High Plains Home Educators
 * Holcomb Middle School
 * Scott City Middle School
 * Sublette Middle School

Hays Region

 * Bennington Junior High School
 * Ell-Saline Middle School
 * Longfellow Middle School
 * Minneapolis Junior High School
 * Phillipsburg Junior High School
 * Ruppenthal Middle School
 * Skyline Schools
 * Sterling Grade School

Northeast Kansas Region

 * Antioch Middle School
 * Atchison Middle School USD 409
 * Basehor-Linwood Middle School
 * California Trail Junior High School
 * Central Junior High School
 * Chisholm Trail Junior High School
 * Frontier Trail Junior High
 * Harmony Middle School
 * Holy Cross Catholic School
 * Holy Spirit Catholic School
 * Indian Trail Junior High School
 * Indian Woods Middle School
 * Jackson Heights Middle School
 * John Paul II
 * Leawood Middle School
 * Mill Creek Middle School
 * Monticello Trails Middle School
 * Nativity Parish School
 * Oregon Trail Junior High School
 * Ottawa Middle School
 * Overland Trial Middle School
 * Pleasant Ridge Middle School
 * Prince of Peace
 * Santa Fe Trail Junior High
 * Seaman Middle School
 * St. Joseph Catholic School
 * Tonganoxie Middle School
 * Turner Middle School
 * West Junior High School

Salina Region

 * Canton Galva Middle School
 * Chisholm Middle School
 * Eisenhower Middle School
 * Fairfield Middle School
 * McPherson Middle School
 * Nemaha Valley Junior High
 * Prairie Hills Middle School
 * Reno Valley Middle School
 * Salina South Middle School
 * Santa Fe Middle School
 * St. Peter and Paul
 * Sterling Junior High School
 * Topeka Collegiate School
 * Wamego Middle School

Wichita Region

 * All Saints Catholic School
 * Altoona-Midway Jr/Sr High School
 * Andover Central Middle School
 * Annoor Islamic School
 * Augusta Middle School
 * Blessed Sacrament Catholic School
 * Central of Burden
 * Circle Middle School
 * Kingman Middle School
 * Maize Middle School
 * Maize South Middle School
 * Pratt Liberty Middle School
 * Resurrection Catholic School
 * Robinson, Charles Middle School
 * St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School
 * St. Mark's Charter School
 * St. Peter Catholic School
 * St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School
 * Stucky, Dean Ray Middle School
 * Wichita Collegiate Middle School
 * Wilbur Middle School

Garden City Region

 * Dodge City High School
 * Greeley County High School
 * High Plains Home Educators
 * Pratt High School
 * Sublette High School
 * Wichita County High School

Hays Region

 * Ell-Saline High School
 * Ellsworth High School
 * Goodland High School
 * Hays High School
 * Hill City High School
 * Lucas-Luray High School
 * Lyons High School
 * Minneapolis High School
 * Phillipsburg High School
 * Russell High School
 * Skyline High School
 * St. Francis Jr/Sr High School
 * Trego Community High School

Northeast Kansas Region

 * Basehor-Linwood High School
 * Blue Valley High School
 * Blue Valley North High School
 * Blue Valley Northwest
 * Bonner Springs High School
 * Lawrence Free State High School
 * Leavenworth High School
 * Mill Valley High School
 * Olathe East High School
 * Olathe North High School
 * Olathe South High School
 * Ottawa Senior High School
 * Shawnee Mission East High School
 * Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
 * Shawnee Mission South
 * Shawnee Mission West High School
 * St. James Academy
 * St. Thomas Aquinas High School
 * Sumner Academy
 * Tonganoxie High School
 * Washburn Rural High School

Salina Region

 * Bennington High School
 * Buhler High School
 * Canton-Galva High School
 * Fairfield High School
 * Haven High School
 * Lincoln High School
 * Manhattan High School
 * McPherson High School
 * Namaha Valley High School
 * Nickerson High School
 * Salina Central High School
 * Salina High School South
 * Smoky Valley High School
 * Topeka High School
 * Washington County High School

Wichita Region

 * Andover Central High School
 * Andover High School
 * Bishop Carroll
 * Caney Valley High School
 * Central of Burden
 * Circle High School
 * Derby High School
 * Dexter High School
 * El Dorado High School
 * Goddard High School
 * Kapaun Mt Carmel Catholic High School
 * Maize High School
 * Newton High School
 * Wichita Collegiate Upper School
 * Wichita High School East
 * Wichita Southeast

State Specific Policies
Regional Event Winners Kansas invites all first place medalists at regionals whose teams did not qualify for state to come and compete. They are placed separately, but are awarded separate medals if they would have placed.

Large and Small Schools Kansas divides the teams in half based on school size into a large school division and a small school division. All teams are placed together on the score sheet, but event medals and overall trophies are given to the top three schools in each size division. At the end of the the tournament, they announce the overall top team, which goes to nationals.