2021 SSNCT

The 2021 Small School National Championship Tournament was a tournament sponsored by NAQT and was held online from April 24-25, 2021. After a hiatus in 2020, this tournament marked the seventh edition of the SSNCT.

The tournament was split into the Traditional Public Schools Division, consisting of public schools with fewer than 500 students enrolled across their top three grades, and the Open Division, consisting of schools that did not meet the qualifications for the Traditional Public Schools Division and had fewer than 350 students enrolled across their top three grades. NAQT also tracked and gave special recognition to Very Small Schools, or Traditional Public Schools with fewer than 300 students enrolled across their top three grades.

40 teams participated in the Traditional Public Schools Division, including 17 that fit the criteria of Very Small Schools. 50 teams played in the Open Division.

Traditional Public

2021 NAQT SSNCT (Traditional Public)
Edited by	NAQT
Champion	Westmont
Runner-up	Macomb
Third	Southside A
Fourth	Glasgow A
High scorer	Gavin Markoff, Herscher
Site	Online
Field	40 (17 VSS)
Stats	[1]

Herscher and West Point finished tied for fifth. Fair Grove, Glasgow B, Southside B, and Mountain Lakes finished tied for seventh. The Very Small Schools subdivison was won by Westmont, also the overall champions. Seventh place Fair Grove took second place for Very Small Schools. The 2021 SSNCT was the first time that the Traditional Public Schools Division was not won by Glasgow since the creation of the SSNCT divisions in 2017.

Open

2021 NAQT SSNCT (Open)
Edited by	NAQT
Champion	St. Mark's School of Texas A
Runner-up	Miami Valley A
Third	TAG Magnet
Fourth	BASIS Silicon Valley
High scorer	William Groger, Miami Valley
Site	Online
Field	50
Stats	[2]

BASIS McLean and Moravian Academy A finished tied for fifth. Paideia A, Bishop Ludden, Thomas Jefferson Classical A, and Friends Select finished tied for seventh.