The University Interscholastic League revealed Friday their classification cutoff numbers for next February's biennial shakeup of athletic districts.
The districts are realigned every two years based on the student population at each school.
Our partners at The Dallas Morning News have highlighted a few schools that are expected to change classes next year, including Highland Park, Forney, Northwest, Kimball and Lancaster. Aledo appears to be staying where they are and DeSoto may be bumped down to 5A but could opt to compete in 6A. The paper said that DeSoto's decision would come later.
The conferences are created based on student population -- the cutoffs for 2024-26 are below.
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Class 6A is one division. All other classes are divided into two divisions, I and II, again based on student population with schools with more students going into Division I and those with fewer students going into Division II.
CLASSIFICATION CUTOFFS
6A -- 2275 and above -- 247 schools
5A Division I -- 1903 - 2274 -- 128 schools
5A Division II -- 1315 - 1902 -- 122 schools
4A Division I -- 957 - 1314 -- 106 schools
4A Division II -- 545 - 956 -- 94 schools
3A Division I -- 369 - 544 -- 101 schools
3A Division II -- 254 - 368 -- 100 schools
2A Division I -- 181.5 - 253 -- 103 schools
2A Division II -- 105 - 181.4 -- 103 schools
1A Division I -- 61.5 - 104.9 -- 78 schools
1A Division II -- 61.4 and below -- 76 schools
CUTOFFS WITH SCHOOLS BY SPORT
6A: 2,275 and above -- 247 schools: 247 (Basketball); 247 (Football); 2454 (Volleyball)
5A: 1,315 - 2,274 -- 253 schools: 253 (Basketball); 250 (Football); 253 (Volleyball)
4A: 545 - 1,314 -- 218 schools: 216 (Basketball); 200 (Football); 216 (Volleyball)
3A: 254 - 544 -- 231 schools: 229 (Basketball); 201 (Football); 221 (Volleyball)
2A: 105 - 253 -- 226 schools: 226 (Basketball); 206 (Football); 170 (Volleyball)
1A: 104.9 and below -- 216 schools: 215 (Basketball); 154 (Football); 123 (Volleyball)
The UIL said in a statement Friday that enrollment figures were released earlier this week to increase transparency and provide for additional verification. These figures were submitted by school districts based on enrollment on Oct. 27, 2023. Enrollment numbers can be found here.
The 2024-26 alignments will be released on Feb. 1, 2024, for football, basketball, and volleyball. District alignments for other activities will be released at a later date. More information about UIL alignments can be found at http://www.uiltexas.org/alignments.
