Number of Spellers: 281
| 134 boys (47.7%) | 147 girls (52.3%) |
Age Range
| 1 eight-year-old (0.4%) | 65 twelve-year-olds (23.1%) |
| 8 ten-year-olds (2.9%) | 110 thirteen-year-olds (39.1%) |
| 21 eleven-year-olds (7.5%) | 76 fourteen-year-olds (27.0%) |
This year's age statistics are typical of previous years' age statistics.
Grade Range
| 1 third grader (0.4%) | 43 sixth graders (15.3%) |
| 2 fourth graders (0.7%) | 93 seventh graders (33.1%) |
| 13 fifth graders (4.6%) | 129 eighth graders (45.9%) |
This year's grade statistics are typical of previous years' grade statistics.
School Type
| 178 public (63.4%) |
| 54 private (19.2%) |
| 25 home (8.9%) |
| 15 parochial (5.3%) |
| 9 charter (3.2%) |
This year's school statistics are typical of previous years' school statistics.
Siblings
Forty-nine spellers are only children. The remaining 232 spellers have a combined 454 siblings (242 sisters, 212 brothers). Nine spellers have a fraternal twin.
This year’s siblings statistics are typical of previous years’ siblings statistics.
Family Ties
Eighteen spellers have at least one relative who has competed in previous national finals. They are spellers 16, 43, 62, 71, 91, 98, 102, 107, 119, 127, 177, 190, 191, 226, 236, 243,246 and 276.
Two of these spellers, speller 91, Vanya Shivashankar, and speller 191, Ashwin Veeramani, have siblings who have previously won the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
This year’s family ties statistics are typical of previous years’ family ties statistics.
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