KSHSAA Releases 2023-24 Regular Classifications (Non Football)

The Kansas State High School Activities Association Monday released updated classifications for the 2023-2024 school year.

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)

 

NON-FOOTBALL CLASSIFICATIONS

6A
Member Schools: 36
Range: 2440-1375

Wichita-East 2440
Wichita-Southeast 2252
Derby 2177
Wichita-North 2160
Dodge City 2152
Olathe North 2031
Manhattan 1988
Garden City 1985
Olathe Northwest 1954
Kansas City-Wyandotte 1884
Topeka-Washburn Rural 1880
Olathe South 1845
Olathe East 1815
Lawrence-Free State 1794
Gardner Edgerton 1768
Wichita-South 1754
Junction City 1729
Wichita-Haysville Campus 1720
Wichita-Heights 1657
Shawnee Mission East 1655
Overland Park-Blue Valley West 1643
Olathe West 1590
Shawnee Mission South 1590
Shawnee Mission West 1590
Shawnee Mission Northwest 1589
Topeka 1568
Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest 1501
Lawrence 1492
Shawnee Mission North 1481
Wichita-Northwest 1480
Wichita-West 1466
Overland Park-Blue Valley North 1457
Overland Park-Blue Valley 1445
Liberal 1407
Maize 1387
Shawnee-Mill Valley 1375

 

5A
Member Schools: 36
Range: 1334-751

Emporia 1334
Kansas City-JC Harmon 1322
Leavenworth 1291
Hutchinson 1288
Kansas City-Washington 1227
Kansas City-Turner 1167
Topeka-Seaman 1156
Wichita-Bishop Carroll 1149
Maize South 1127
Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights 1114
Topeka West 1059
Salina-South 1053
Valley Center 1047
Spring Hill 1037
Overland Park-Blue Valley Southwest 1018
Newton 1017
Pittsburg 1012
Hays 996
Andover 993
Goddard-Eisenhower 988
De Soto 987
Great Bend 960
Goddard 949
Lenexa-St. James Academy 947
Topeka-Highland Park 940
Overland Park-St. Thomas Aquinas 918
Salina-Central 915
Basehor-Linwood 907
Lansing 890
Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel 885
Kansas City-Sumner Academy 861
Kansas City-Piper 830
Kansas City-FL Schlagle 828
Arkansas City 827
Andover Central 805
Bonner Springs 751

 

4A
Member Schools: 36
Range: 699-323

McPherson 699
Ottawa 685
Buhler 677
Winfield 661
Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege 656
Tonganoxie 655
Augusta 626
Towanda-Circle 607
Paola 594
Chanute 570
Fort Scott 568
Independence 563
Mulvane 563
Eudora 559
Louisburg 556
Wamego 514
El Dorado 513
Altamont-Labette County 509
Coffeyville-Field Kindley 508
Rose Hill 505
Wellington 474
Abilene 467
Ulysses 446
Atchison 435
Baldwin 419
Parsons 419
St. George-Rock Creek 389
Andale 388
Chapman 365
Clearwater 360
Clay Center Community 342
Pratt 334
Holton 326
Hugoton 326
Concordia 323
Scott Community 323

 

3A
Member Schools: 64
Range: 322-173

Iola 322
Topeka-Hayden 320
Holcomb 311
Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail 310
Garnett-Anderson County 294
Nickerson 293
Columbus 291
Kansas City-Bishop Ward 291
Frontenac 288
Osawatomie 286
Goodland 277
Colby 274
Girard 273
Perry-Lecompton 271
Wichita-Trinity Academy 266
Hiawatha 260
Hesston 259
Wichita Collegiate 259
Meriden-Jefferson West 256
Burlington 255
Baxter Springs 253
Lindsborg-Smoky Valley 251
LaCygne-Prairie View 250
Marysville 249
Wellsville 247
Halstead 240
Cheney 236
Anthony/Harper-Chaparral 235
Silver Lake 233
Hoyt-Royal Valley 229
Beloit 228
Council Grove 228
Larned 228
Neodesha 228
Seneca-Nemaha Central 226
Galena 225
Sabetha 219
Caney Valley 218
Riverton 218
Osage City 217
Hoisington 215
Russell 215
Lyons 213
Riley County 211
Gypsum-Southeast of Saline 210
Haven 208
Ellsworth 205
Minneapolis 202
Lakin 198
Pomona-West Franklin 194
Cimarron 191
Kingman 191
Cherryvale 189
Norton Community 188
Humboldt 185
Olathe-Heritage Christian Academy 184
St. Marys 183
Phillipsburg 182
Rossville 180
Fredonia 178
Effingham-Atchison Co Community 177
Kismet-Southwestern Heights 176
Douglass 175
Leon-Bluestem 173

 

2A
Member Schools: 64
Range: 171-108

Richmond-Central Heights 171
Belle Plaine 170
Easton-Pleasant Ridge 170
Eureka 168
Wathena-Riverside 168
Garden Plain 167
Hillsboro 167
Mound City-Jayhawk Linn 166
Oskaloosa 163
Whitewater-Remington 162
Horton 160
Medicine Lodge 160
Shawnee-Maranatha Christian Academy 160
Cherokee-Southeast 154
Erie 154
Ellinwood 152
Sedgwick 151
Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy 149
Hays-Thomas More Prep-Marian 148
Moundridge 147
Sterling 147
Hutchinson-Trinity Catholic 146
Eskridge-Mission Valley 145
Belleville-Republic County 144
Holton-Jackson Heights 142
Marion 141
Syracuse 141
Bennington 140
Conway Springs 140
Herington 138
Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan 135
Winchester-Jefferson County North 135
Prairie Village-Kansas City Christian 134
Inman 133
Hoxie 132
Topeka-Cair Paravel Latin School 128
Arma-Northeast 127
McLouth 127
Smith Center 127
Valley Falls 127
Brookville-Ell-Saline 126
Elbing-Berean Academy 126
Johnson-Stanton County 125
Lyndon 125
Salina-Sacred Heart 124
Blue Rapids-Valley Heights 123
Oakley 123
Sublette 123
Alma-Wabaunsee 122
Uniontown 122
Hill City 120
Leoti-Wichita County 120
Plainville 119
WaKeeney-Trego Community 119
Howard-West Elk 116
Sedan 113
Ellis 112
Pleasanton 112
Cottonwood Falls-Chase County 111
Lincoln 111
Meade 111
Wichita-The Independent 111
Oxford 109
Wichita-Classical School Of Wichita 108

 

1A
Member Schools: 115
Range: 108-5

Highland-Doniphan West 108
Solomon 107
Elkhart 106
Oswego 106
Atwood-Rawlins County 104
Clyde-Clifton Clyde 104
Sylvan-Lucas Unified 104
Udall 104
Washington County 104
Yates Center 104
Allen-Northern Heights 103
La Crosse 102
Canton-Galva 101
Olpe 101
Spearville 99
Dexter 98
Rosalia-Flinthills 96
Montezuma-South Gray 95
Pratt-Skyline 94
Goessel 93
Wichita-Central Christian Academy 93
Lawrence-Bishop Seabury Academy 92
Oberlin-Decatur Community 92
Onaga 92
St. Francis 92
Troy 92
Quinter 91
Greensburg-Kiowa County 89
Kinsley 88
Claflin-Central Plains 87
Burden-Central 86
Ness City 86
Burlingame 85
Mankato-Rock Hills 85
Coldwater-South Central 84
St. John-Hudson 84
Frankfort 83
Centralia 82
Downs-Lakeside 80
Pretty Prairie 80
Little River 79
Norwich 78
Stockton 78
Colony-Crest 77
Macksville 77
Osborne 76
Ashland 75
Wakefield 75
Langdon-Fairfield 73
Minneola 73
Jetmore-Hodgeman County 72
Moran-Marmaton Valley 71
Randolph-Blue Valley 71
Satanta 71
Tribune-Greeley County 71
Melvern-Marais Des Cygnes Valley 69
Bucklin 68
Ingalls 68
Lost Springs-Centre 68
McPherson-Elyria Christian 67
St. Paul 67
Dighton 66
Victoria 66
Deerfield 65
South Haven 65
Madison 64
Kensington-Thunder Ridge 63
Sharon Springs-Wallace County 62
Caldwell 61
Kiowa-South Barber 60
Lebo 60
Stafford 60
Linn 58
Cunningham 56
Grainfield-Wheatland/Grinnell 56
Burrton 55
Hanover 55
Peabody-Burns 53
Hutchinson-Central Christian 52
Beloit-St. John’s 51
Hartford 50
Scandia-Pike Valley 48
Axtell 47
Otis-Bison 47
Waverly 47
Moscow 46
Rexford-Golden Plains 46
White City 46
Tescott 45
Bird City-Cheylin 44
Almena-Northern Valley 43
Buffalo-Altoona Midway 43
Chetopa 42
Cedar Vale 40
Leroy-Southern Coffey County 39
Argonia 38
Rozel-Pawnee Heights 38
Attica 37
Chase 32
Weskan 32
Ransom-Western Plains 31
Hamilton 30
Logan 29
Brewster 28
Hope 27
Junction City-St. Xavier 26
Rolla 25
Longton-Elk Valley 23
Natoma 23
Winona-Triplains 23
Miltonvale 22
Palco 20
Glasco 15
Tipton Catholic 14
Healy 5

 

Derek Nester
Derek Nesterhttp://www.sunflowerstateradio.com
Derek Nester was born and raised in Blue Rapids and graduated from Valley Heights High School in 2000. He attended Cowley College in Arkansas City and Johnson County Community College in Overland Park studying Journalism & Media Communications. In 2002 Derek joined Taylor Communications, Inc. in Salina, Kansas working in digital media for 550 AM KFRM and 100.9 FM KCLY. Following that stop, he joined Dierking Communications, Inc. stations KNDY AM & FM as a board operator and fill-in sports play-by-play announcer. Starting in 2005 Derek joined the Kansas City Chiefs Radio Network as a Studio Coordinator at 101 The Fox in Kansas City, a role he would serve for 15 years culminating in the Super Bowl LIV Championship game broadcast. In 2020 he moved to Audacy, formerly known as Entercom Communications, Inc. and 106.5 The Wolf and 610 Sports Radio, the new flagship stations of the Kansas City Chiefs Radio Network, the largest radio network in the NFL. Through all of this, Derek continues to serve as the Digital Media Director for Sunflower State Radio, the digital and social media operations of Dierking Communications, Inc. and the 6 radio stations it owns and operates across Kansas.

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