Each school may enter up to four contestants in Computer Science at the district meet. District winners advance to regional meets, and regional winners advance to the state contest. State Meet contestants are eligible to apply for Texas Interscholastic League Foundation scholarships. The Computer Science contest has both an individual and a team component. At all levels of competition, individual places are determined solely by written exam scores.
All contestants compete for individual honors at all levels of competition.
Individuals placing first, second and third advance to the next level. For the team component, placement at district is determined by combining the top three written exam scores from among a school's contestants. A school must enter at least three contestants to participate in the team component. For schools that enter four contestants, only the top three scores from among those contestants will count toward the team score. At regional and state competition, the team's combined scores on the written exam are added to its score on the hands-on contest to produce an overall team score.