KSHSAA Released 2024-2025 High School Football Classifications

The Kansas State High School Activities Association on Monday released new classifications for the 2024 and 2025 high school football seasons.

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)

Class	Number of Schools	Range	Schools Changing Class
1A	46	127-65	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)

6A
Member Schools: 32
Range: 1919-1103

5A
Member Schools: 32
Range: 1080-703

4A
Member Schools: 32
Range: 682-331

Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel	682
Kansas City-Sumner Academy	675
Lansing	659
Arkansas City	644
Kansas City-FL Schlagle	625
Andover Central	615
Kansas City-Piper	592
Bonner Springs	584
McPherson	545
Buhler	527
Ottawa	501
Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege	500
Tonganoxie	494
Winfield	486
Augusta	481
Towanda-Circle	468
Paola	448
Fort Scott	440
Independence	431
Louisburg	427
Chanute	421
Mulvane	420
El Dorado	411
Eudora	409
Rose Hill	406
Wamego	403
Altamont-Labette County	389
Coffeyville-Field Kindley	386
Wellington	365
Ulysses	350
Abilene	346
Atchison	331

3A
Member Schools: 40
Range: 317-179

Baldwin	317
St. George-Rock Creek	315
Parsons	312
Andale	290
Clearwater	281
Perry-Lecompton/Bishop Seabury	270
Chapman	269
Pratt	261
Clay Center Community	255
Iola	253
Holton	250
Concordia	248
Topeka-Hayden	247
Hugoton	246
Scott Community	243
Holcomb	235
Osawatomie	234
Columbus	228
Nickerson	225
Colby	225
Garnett-Anderson County	224
Santa Fe Trail	222
Frontenac	221
Kansas City-Bishop Ward	217
Goodland	217
Girard	208
Hesston	204
Meriden-Jefferson West	199
Wichita-Trinity Academy	197
Wichita-Collegiate	197
Hiawatha	196
Wellsville	196
Baxter Springs	195
LaCygne-Prairie View	194
Marysville	192
Lindsborg-Smoky Valley	187
Burlington	187
Neodesha	184
Anthony/Harper-Chaparral	184
Cheney	179

2A
Member Schools: 40
Range: 179-127

Halstead	179
Council Grove	178
Silver Lake	177
Larned	176
Caney Valley	176
Seneca-Nemaha Central	174
Riley County	173
Beloit	172
Russell	171
Galena	171
Hoyt-Royal Valley	170
Osage City	166
Lyons	164
Riverton	163
Hoisington	162
Haven	161
Sabetha	160
Gypsum-Southeast of Saline	159
Minneapolis	158
Fredonia/Elk Valley	158
Ellsworth	155
Lakin	153
Kingman	151
Humboldt	148
St. Marys	148
Cherryvale	146
Norton Community	146
Douglass	142
Kismet-Southwestern Heights	140
Phillipsburg	140
Pomona-West Franklin	139
Richmond-Central Heights	137
Belle Plaine	137
Leon-Bluestem	136
Effingham-Atchison Co Community.	134
Oskaloosa	133
Cimarron	132
Hillsboro	130
Eureka	128
Garden Plain	127

1A
Member Schools: 46
Range: 127-65

Mound City-Jayhawk Linn	127
Rossville	126
Wathena-Riverside	126
Moundridge	122
Erie	121
Hutchinson-Trinity Catholic	121
Easton-Pleasant Ridge	120
Horton	120
Shawnee-Maranatha Christian Academy	120
Sedgwick	119
Whitewater-Remington	119
Cherokee-Southeast	118
Marion	117
Jackson Heights	117
Medicine Lodge	116
Eskridge-Mission Valley	114
Sterling	114
Herington	114
Hays-Thomas More Prep-Marian	113
Ellinwood	113
Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy.	112
Belleville-Republic County	111
Syracuse	110
Bennington	110
Plainville/Natoma	109
Conway Springs	105
Pittsburg-St. Marys Colgan	105
Caldwell/South Haven (South Sumner)	105
Inman	104
Johnson-Stanton County	103
Topeka-Cair Paravel Latin School	101
Blue Rapids-Valley Heights	100
Oakley	98
Smith Center	94
Winchester-Jefferson Co. North	93
Valley Falls	93
Uniontown	92
McLouth	91
Wabaunsee	89
Pleasanton	89
Highland-Doniphan West	88
Salina-Sacred Heart	84
Olpe	76
Troy	70
Centralia	68
Onaga	65

8-Player Division I
Member Schools: 48
Range: 100-64

Cedar Vale/Dexter	100
Hoxie	100
Leoti-Wichita County	99
Wakeeney-Trego Community	98
Brookville-Ell Saline	95
Lyndon	94
Arma-Northeast	91
Sedan	89
Meade	88
Howard-West Elk	87
Sublette	87
Hill City	87
Wichita-The Independent	86
Ellis	86
Lincoln	86
Cottonwood Falls-Chase County	85
Oswego	84
Oxford	82
Udall	82
Sylvan-Lucas Unified	81
Elkhart	81
Washington County	78
Atwood-Rawlins County	78
Yates Center	78
Solomon	78
Spearville	77
Claflin-Central Plains	77
Pratt-Skyline	76
Madison/Hamilton	76
Canton-Galva	75
St. Francis	75
Allen-Northern Heights	74
Clyde-Clifton Clyde	73
Greensburg-Kiowa County	72
Oberlin-Decatur Community	72
Rosalia-Flinthills	70
La Crosse	69
Montezuma-South Gray	69
Goessel	69
Quinter	68
Mankato-Rock Hills	67
Ness City	67
Coldwater-South Central	67
Downs-Lakeside	67
Kinsley	66
Stockton	65
Burden-Central	64
Little River	64

8-Player Division II
Member Schools: 39
Range: 64-34

Burlingame	64
St. John-Hudson	64
Wakefield	61
Norwich	61
Frankfort	60
Ashland	60
Macksville	59
Colony-Crest	58
Moran-Marmaton Valley	58
Langdon-Fairfield	58
Osborne	58
Tribune-Greeley County	58
Rural Vista (White City/Hope)	57
Deerfield	57
Pretty Prairie	57
Randolph-Blue Valley	55
Attica/Argonia	54
Beloit-St. John’s/Tipton Catholic	54
Jetmore-Hodgeman County	53
Minneola	52
Satanta	51
Dighton	51
Victoria	50
Linn	49
St. Paul	47
Lebo	47
Bucklin	46
Kensington-Thunder Ridge	46
Grainfield-Wheatland/Grinnell	46
Hartford	42
Stafford	42
Sharon Springs-Wallace County	42
Lost Springs-Centre	40
Hanover	39
Hutchinson-Central Christian	39
Axtell	38
Waverly	36
Scandia-Pike Valley	35
Logan/Palco	34

6-Player
Member Schools: 22
Range: 55-22

Melvern-Marias Des Cygnes Valley	55
Ingalls	51
Kiowa-South Barber	46
Cunningham	44
Peabody-Burns	43
Burrton	40
Rexford-Golden Plains	36
Tescott	35
Otis-Bison	34
Winona-Triplains/Brewster	34
Bird City-Cheylin	33
Buffalo-Altoona Midway	32
Moscow	32
Chetopa	30
Ransom-Western Plains/Healy	30
Almena-Northern Valley	28
Rozel-Pawnee Heights	28
LeRoy-Southern Coffey County	28
Chase	25
Southern Cloud (Miltonvale/Glasco)	25
Rolla	20
Weskan	20