Five ARC teams from north Alabama including one from Huntsville made the best scores in the country and are going to the finals. The schools are:
| Team Number | School or Organization | City |
| 24- 0811 | Thompson High School | Alabaster |
| 24- 0515 | St. John Paul II | Huntsville |
| 24- 0410 | Lawrence County High School | Moulton |
| 24- 0140 | Muscle Shoals High School Team 1 | Muscle Shoals |
| 24- 0418 | Muscle Shoals High School Team 2 | Muscle Shoals |
| 24- 0688 | Tharptown High School | Russellville |
| 24- 0473 | Russellville High School | Russellville |
Last year Tharptown High School from Russellville was second nationally with John Paul II High School of Huntsville third. This year they’re both going back along with Lawrence County High School that was also in the top hundred of 2023.
The finalists will compete on May 18 for the title of National Champion at The Plains, Virginia. In addition to the $100,000 prize pool, finalists will compete for the title of National Champion of the American Rocketry Challenge, which includes an all-expenses-paid trip to London for the International Rocketry Challenge in July.
To qualify for the National Finals participating teams designed, built, and launched model rockets that could safely carry a payload of one raw egg with a target flight duration of 43-46 seconds and an altitude of 820 feet. Cutoff score for top 100 was 32.12.
Total registered from the state for 2024 were 38 teams from 24 schools; 11 schools had multiple teams. We salute these teams and their work in rocketry.
| Thompson High School | Alabaster |
| Phillips High School | Bear Creek |
| Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama | Birmingham |
| Cullman Area Technology Academy | Cullman |
| Central High School | Florence |
| Rogers High School | Florence |
| Hackleburg High School | Hackleburg |
| Haleyville City Schools | Haleyville |
| Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering | Huntsville |
| St. John Paul II Catholic High School | Huntsville |
| Lincoln High School | Lincoln |
| Bob Jones High School | Madison |
| Alabama School of Mathematics and Science | Mobile |
| Lawrence County High School | Moulton |
| Muscle Shoals High School | Muscle Shoals |
| Phil Campbell High School | Phil Campbell |
| Russellville High School | Russellville |
| Tharptown High School | Russellville |
| Sylvania High School | Sylvania |
| West Morgan High School | Trinity |
| West Morgan Middle School | Trinity |
| Hewitt Trussville High School | Trussville |
| Wetumpka High School | Wetumpka |
| Winfield City High School | Winfield |
