NATIONAL SPELLING BEE STATISTICS

Number of participants: 273
Gender: 146 boys, 127 girls
Age: 9-year-olds - 2
10-year-olds - 12
11-year-olds - 33
12-year-olds - 46
13-year-olds - 94
14-year-olds - 86
Grade: Fourth-graders - 5
Fifth-graders - 23
Sixth-graders - 37
Seventh-graders - 65
Eighth-graders - 143
School type: Public - 173
Private - 38
Home school - 34
Parochial - 25
Charter - 3
Source: National Spelling Bee