New KSHSAA Classifications Announced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The 2023-24 KSHSAA senior high membership is 351 schools. Wichita-Northeast Magnet School is an unclassified member school.

School classification changes with enrollment ranges are as follows:

[Last year’s (2022-23) classification is shown in parenthesis.]

Class                 Number of Schools                  Range                   Schools Changing Class

 

6A                                    36                                2440-1375              Maize (5A)

 

5A                                    36                                1334-751                Kansas City- JC Harmon (6A)

4A                                    36                                  699-323                 Concordia (3A)

                                                                                                            Scott Community (3A)

3A                                    64                                  322-173                 Iola (4A)

                                                                                                            Leon-Bluestem (2A)

                                                                                                            St. Marys (2A)

                                                                                                            Topeka-Hayden (4A)

2A                                    64                                  171-108                 Atchison-Maur Hill-Mt. Academy (3A)

                                                                                                            Eureka (3A)

                                                                                                            Lincoln (1A)

                                                                                                            Oxford (1A)

                                                                                                            Wichita-Classical School (1A)

1A                                    115                                108-5                     Allen-Northern Heights (2A)

                                                                                                            Atwood-Rawlins County (2A)

                                                                                                            Elkhart (2A)

                                                                                                            Weskan (NEW)

 

2024-2025 FOOTBALL CLASSIFICATION CHANGES

Football classification changes with enrollment ranges are as follows:

[Last year’s (2022-2023) classification is shown in parenthesis.]

Class                 Number of Schools                  Range                   Schools Changing Class

 

6A                                    32                                1919-1103              Maize (5A)

                                                                                                            Wichita-West (5A)

5A                                    32                                1080-703                Basehor-Linwood (4A)

                                                                                                            Lenexa-St. James Academy (4A)

                                                                                                            OP-Blue Valley (6A)

                                                                                                            OP-Blue Valley North (6A)

                                                                                                            OP-St. Thomas Aquinas (4A)

4A                                    32                                  682-331                 Kansas City-Sumner Academy (5A)

                                                                                                            Lansing (5A)

                                                                                                            Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel (5A)

3A                                    40                                  317-179                 Anthony-Harper-Chaparral (2A)

                                                                                                            Neodesha (2A)

2A                                    40                                  179-127                 Belle Plaine (1A)

                                                                                                            Galena (3A)

                                                                                                            Hoyt-Royal Valley (3A)

                                                                                                            Leon-Bluestem (1A)

                                                                                                            Oskaloosa (1A)

                                                                                                            Richmond-Central Heights (1A)

                                                                                                            St. Marys (1A)

                                                                                                           

1A                                    46                                  127-65                   Atchison-Maur Hill-Mt. Academy (2A)

                                                                                                            Bennington (8-Player)

                                                                                                            Easton-Pleasant Ridge (2A)

                                                                                                            Hays-Thomas More Prep-Marian (2A)

                                                                                                            Herington (8-Player)

 

                                                                                                            Highland-Doniphan West (8-Player)

                                                                                                            Horton (2A)

                                                                                                            Shawnee-Marantha Academy (8-Player)

                                                                                                            Rossville (2A)

                                                                                                            Moundridge (8-Player)

                                                                                                            South Sumner (Caldwell/South Haven)

                                                                                                                                                            (8-Player)

                                                                                                            Topeka-Cair Paravel (8-Player)

8-Player Div. I                  48                                  100-64                   Allen-Northern Heights (1A)

                                                                                                            Arma-Northeast (1A)

                                                                                                            Canton-Galva (DII)

                                                                                                            Claflin-Central Plains (DII)

                                                                                                            Coldwater-South Central (DII)

                                                                                                            Downs-Lakeside (DII)

                                                                                                            Ellis (1A)

                                                                                                            Kinsley (DII)

                                                                                                            St. Francis (DII)

                                                                                                            Sylvan-Lucas Unified (DII)

8-Player Div. II                 39                                  64-34                     Ashland (6-Player)

                                                                                                            Attica/Argonia (DI)

                                                                                                            Burlingame (DI)

                                                                                                            Deerfield (6-Player)

                                                                                                            Lost Springs-Centre (6-Player)

                                                                                                            Macksville (DI)

                                                                                                            Osborne (DI)

                                                                                                            Pretty Prairie (DI)

                                                                                                            Tribune-Greeley County (6-Player)

                                                                                                            Waverly (6-Player)

6-Player                           22                                  55-20                     Kiowa-South Barber (8-Player)

                                                                                                            Melvern-Marais Des Cygnes Valley

                                                                                                                                                            (8-Player)

                                                                                                            Otis-Bison (8-Player)

                                                                                                            Weskan (NEW)