Computer Science is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League

University Interscholastic League

The University Interscholastic League is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas....

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Computer Science is designed to test students' programming abilities. It is not the same as the Computer Applications

Computer Applications (UIL)

Computer Applications is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.Computer Applications is designed to test students' abilities to use word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications software, including integration of applications...

 contest, which tests students' abilities to use word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications software, including integration of applications.

Computer Science began during the 1990-91 scholastic year as strictly a team event. It was not scored as an individual event until the 1996-97 school year.

Eligibility

Students in Grade 9 through Grade 12 are eligible to enter this event.

Each school may send up to four students. However, in districts with eight or more schools the number of students per school may be limited to three. In order for the school to compete in the team competition the school must send three students.

Rules and Scoring

The contest consists of two parts, a written test and a programming exercise.

On the written test, 45 minutes are allotted. No time warnings are given, but at the end of the 45 minutes the student may finish completing an answer. Six points are given for each correct answer; two points are deducted for each incorrect answer. Skipped or unanswered questions are not scored.

On the programming test, two hours are allotted. The solution is graded as correct or incorrect with points assigned for each problem. However, incorrect solutions may be reworked by the team. Any commercially available computer may be used in the competition. The programming language to be used is limited to Java

Java (programming language)

Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...

 and the compiler used for the contest will be the Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...

 Java Development Kit; specific acceptable versions are determined by the UIL prior to each school year.

Determining the Winner

The top three individuals and the top team will advance to the next round. In addition, within each region, the highest-scoring second place team from all district competitions advances as the "wild card" to regional competition, and within the state, the highest-scoring second place team from all regional competitions advances as the wild card to the state competition. Members of advancing teams who did not place individually remain eligible to compete for individual awards at higher levels.

For individual competition (overall and for each subsection), the tiebreaker is percent accuracy (number of problems answered correctly divided by number of problems attempted, defined as any question with a mark or erasure in the answer blank). In the event a tie remains, all remaining individuals will advance.

For the team competition the first tiebreaker is the programming score, then the written exam score (using the total score tiebreaker system used at the district level). If a tie still exists, all remaining tied teams will advance or place.

For district meet academic championship and district meet sweepstakes awards, points are awarded to the school as follows:

• Individual places: 1st--15, 2nd--12, 3rd--10, 4th--8, 5th--6, and 6th--4.
• Team places (district): 1st--10 and 2nd--5.
• Team places (regional and state): 1st--20, 2nd--16, and 3rd--12.
• The maximum number of points a school may earn in Computer Science is 37 at the district level and 42 at the regional and state levels.

Individual

NOTE: For privacy reasons, only the winning school is shown. Computer Science was strictly a team event until the 1996-97 school year.

School Year	Class A	Class AA	Class AAA	Class AAAA	Class AAAAA
1996-97	Jayton	Navarro	Clyde	Sulphur Springs	(tie) Cypress Falls Cypress Falls High School Cypress Falls is a secondary school in an unincorporated area of Harris County, Texas, United States. It opened in 1992. The current principal is Ms. Becky Denton. Cypress Falls is part of the Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District, which started during the late 19th century with a school... /Katy Taylor James E. Taylor High School James E. Taylor High School, also known as Katy Taylor High School, is a public high school in Harris County, Texas, in the city of Katy. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is part of Katy Independent School District...
1997-98	Rule	(tie) Hamilton/Hawkins/Stockdale	Jefferson	Bridge City	Fort Worth Dunbar
1998-99	Muenster	De Leon	Taylor	Fort Worth Dunbar	Garland Garland High School Garland High School is a public secondary school located in Dallas, Texas . Garland High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Garland Independent School District. The school is a member of the AP program, the IB program, and is known for its football team, the Garland...
1999-2000	(tie) Muenster/Henrietta Midway	Seymour	Sour Lake Hardin-Jefferson	Lake Travis Lake Travis High School Lake Travis High School, is rated by the Texas Education Agency as an Exemplary secondary. The preparatory is located approximately 20 miles west of Austin, Texas and has been ranked by Newsweek as one of "America’s Best High Schools". LTHS serves students in grades nine through twelve who live in...	Marcus
2000-01	Muenster	Ozona	Monahans	Lake Travis Lake Travis High School Lake Travis High School, is rated by the Texas Education Agency as an Exemplary secondary. The preparatory is located approximately 20 miles west of Austin, Texas and has been ranked by Newsweek as one of "America’s Best High Schools". LTHS serves students in grades nine through twelve who live in...	Science and Engineering Magnet
2001-02	Muenster	Seymour	Sour Lake Hardin-Jefferson	Pine Tree Pine Tree High School Pine Tree High School is a Public School in Longview, Texas . It is part of the Pine Tree Independent School District.Located at 1005 West Fairmont Street, the school serves students in grades nine through twelve.-Student demographics:...	Flower Mound Flower Mound High School Flower Mound High School is part of Lewisville Independent School District and located in Flower Mound, Texas. The school rests on of land that were purchased in 1993. FMHS was the second high school built in Flower Mound, after Edward S. Marcus High School...
2002-03	Nueces Canyon	Seymour	Sour Lake Hardin-Jefferson	(tie) Denton Ryan Billy Ryan High School Billy Ryan High School is a secondary school located in east Denton, Texas. It is the second high school of the Denton Independent School District. The original building for the school was built in 1991 and was followed with an expansions in 1994, 2006, and 2008/2009 that added technology and fine... /Fort Worth Dunbar	Plano East Plano East Senior High School Plano East Senior High School is a secondary school in Plano, Texas serving high school juniors and seniors. It is part of the Plano Independent School District....
2003-04	Nueces Canyon	Navarro	Lindale	Lake Travis Lake Travis High School Lake Travis High School, is rated by the Texas Education Agency as an Exemplary secondary. The preparatory is located approximately 20 miles west of Austin, Texas and has been ranked by Newsweek as one of "America’s Best High Schools". LTHS serves students in grades nine through twelve who live in...	Talented and Gifted Magnet (TAG) School for the Talented & Gifted The School for the Talented and Gifted at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center is a public college preparatory magnet secondary school located in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas . The school enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District...
2004-05	Nueces Canyon	Salado	Needville Needville High School Needville High School is a public secondary school located in Needville, Texas, United States. The school serves residents of Needville, Fairchilds, and the unincorporated communities of Guy and Long Point...	(tie) Waller Waller High School Waller High School is a public secondary school in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.The school is part of the Waller Independent School District; it serves Waller, Pine Island, Prairie View, unincorporated sections of Waller County , and unincorporated sections of Harris County... /Lake Travis Lake Travis High School Lake Travis High School, is rated by the Texas Education Agency as an Exemplary secondary. The preparatory is located approximately 20 miles west of Austin, Texas and has been ranked by Newsweek as one of "America’s Best High Schools". LTHS serves students in grades nine through twelve who live in...	Tomball Tomball High School Tomball Senior High School is an accredited public high school in the city of Tomball, Texas. Until 2011, it was the only high school in the Tomball Independent School District, which serves nearly 9,500 students...
2005-06	Savoy	Refugio	Center	Friendswood Friendswood High School Friendswood High School is a public secondary school located in Friendswood, Texas, United States.Friendswood High School is a 4A educational facility which serves grades 9 through 12,and is a part of the Friendswood Independent School District....	Round Rock Westwood
2006-07	Garden City	Ozona	Gonzales	Midlothian	Katy Taylor James E. Taylor High School James E. Taylor High School, also known as Katy Taylor High School, is a public high school in Harris County, Texas, in the city of Katy. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is part of Katy Independent School District...
2007-08	Martin's Mill	Wall	Gonzales	Katy Seven Lakes Seven Lakes High School Seven Lakes High School is a public senior high school located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, United States in the vicinity of Katy-Gaston Road and Fry Road intersection in Land Use Zone 74. It is located just outside of the Seven Meadows community and Meadowbrook Farms Golf Course and...	(Tie) Arlington Martin, Katy Cinco Ranch Cinco Ranch High School Cinco Ranch High School is a public high school located in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas, United States that serves grades 9 through 12 as part of the Katy Independent School District. It is located off Cinco Ranch Boulevard within the community of Cinco Ranch... , Clements
2008-09	Port Aransas	Wall	Gonzales	Denton	Klein
2009-10	Harmony School of Excellence (Houston)	Wall	Somerset	(Tie) Aledo, Friendswood, Rockport-Fulton (two individuals)	(Tie) Katy Cinco Ranch, Fort Worth Paschal, Southlake Carroll, Cypress Woods, Austin Westwood (two individuals), Fort Bend Clements, Richmond Travis, San Antonio Jay

Team

NOTE: The 1990-91 contest was limited to Class AAAA and Class AAAAA only; other classifications were not added until the 1991-92 year.

School Year	Class A	Class AA	Class AAA	Class AAAA	Class AAAAA
1990-91	(none)	(none)	(none)	Sweetwater	Houston Bellaire
1991-92	Brookeland	Lockney	La Vernia	Austin Westlake	Langham Creek
1992-93	Lazbuddie	Lockney	Lake Travis	Fort Stockton	Langham Creek
1993-94	Lazbuddie	Blanco	Queen City	Bridge City	Fort Worth Dunbar
1994-95	Lazbuddie	Blanco	Lake Travis	Austin LBJ	Fort Worth Dunbar
1995-96	Rule	Stinnett West Texas	Teague	Stephenville	Fort Worth Dunbar
1996-97	Lazbuddie	Navarro	Clyde	Whitehouse	Cypress Falls
1997-98	Rule	Stinnett West Texas	Coldspring Jones	Sulphur Springs	Round Rock
1998-99	Muenster	Stockdale	Devine	Fort Worth Dunbar	Langham Creek
1999-2000	Muenster	Seymour	Stafford	Cedar Hill	Dallas School of Science and Engineering
2000-01	Muenster	Ozona	Monahans	Southlake Carroll	Dallas School of Science and Engineering
2001-02	Muenster	Seymour	Center	Southlake Carroll	Katy Taylor
2002-03	Perrin-Whitt	Ozona	Lindale	Austin LBJ	Southlake Carroll
2003-04	Ivanhoe Sam Rayburn	Ozona	Lindale	Waller	Katy Taylor
2004-05	Plains	Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill	Gonzales	Waller	Katy Taylor
2005-06	Savoy	Ozona	Center	Friendswood	Cypress Falls
2006-07	Garden City	Ozona	Gonzales	Midlothian	Katy Taylor
2007-08	Garden City	Wall	Gonzales	Katy Seven Lakes	Fort Bend Clements
2008-09	Port Aransas	Wall	Lucas Lovejoy	Friendswood	Fort Bend Clements
2009-10	Harmony School of Excellence (Houston)	Wall	Wimberley	Friendswood	Fort Bend Clements