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I don't think BCL-UW will be small enough to go 8 man.

Kingsley Pierson because of a couple of bigger classes would actually miss the 8 man cutoff by .1, now I'm sure they could get the 2 year wavier, and be under in 2 years. That is also based off the BEDs information from last year, and the FRL from 2 years ago.

Saint Ansgar is another school that would be a close to small enough to go 8 man, but I doubt will ever go as long as Clevenger is there.
 
South O'Brien and West Monona are also close enough + free and reduced lunch. No idea if either will just know they're close enough.
 

I see the 2024-25 BEDS are on the IAHSAA website. At least a guy can get an idea of what schools have made significant changes in numbers. Haven't seen FRL numbers and don't recall where to find that. Also not sure who's sharing or dissolving cooperative agreements.
 
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I see the 2024-25 BEDS are on the IAHSAA website. At least a guy can get an idea of what schools have made significant changes in numbers. Haven't seen FRL numbers and don't recall where to find that. Also not sure who's sharing or dissolving cooperative agreements.
Are those the actual BEDS numbers for this school year though? Or is still based off a previous year?
 
Who does NE Goose Lake share football with? I see last time they did districts their number was 272, but this year they are only 209. They must share with a smaller school?? If not, thats a huge drop in numbers and would likely put them in 1A.
 
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So I've heard that Bellevue Marquette is going to join Bellevue HS in football, so they will certainly go up to 1A, and then Northeast will likely drop from 2A to 1A since they will no longer have a sharing agreement??
 
So I've heard that Bellevue Marquette is going to join Bellevue HS in football, so they will certainly go up to 1A, and then Northeast will likely drop from 2A to 1A since they will no longer have a sharing agreement??
You are correct, I think believe Bellevue was going to be going up with or without them so they decided to take them on, I actually believe that they have been together for middle school, but then high school the Marquette kids went to NE.
 
Recruiting an entirely new school to join the team. That's one way to get better quickly.
 
Recruiting an entirely new school to join the team. That's one way to get better quickly.
Bellevue will only gain a handful of Marquette kids as most dont play football. They have shared with a number of schools over the years including Dubuque Whalert
 
Bellevue will only gain a handful of Marquette kids as most dont play football. They have shared with a number of schools over the years including Dubuque Whalert
Seems like they would probably have some good athletes to contribute, since Marquette is currently the #1 ranked basketball team in 1A.
 
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Seems like they would probably have some good athletes to contribute, since Marquette is currently the #1 ranked basketball team in 1A.
Most of those kids dont play football. I know when they were combined with Whalert it was only like 5 or 6 kids and about the same at NE. Those Marquette kids focus on basketball and baseball as I think they may have been combined with Bellevue last summer for baseball.
 
A 1A school where the basketball kids don't even play football... That's part of the reason we end up having school sharing agreements, and not a great development for small school high school sports.
 
IAHSAA's Jared Chizek just sent out an email to schools that they need to verify their enrollment #'s and FRL by next Wednesday (Jan 22nd). Iowa BOE has sent the numbers to the IAHSAA and now it's just a matter of verifying. Should be soon that we find out football classifications for the '25-'26 school years
 
Any chance that Garrigan moves back up? I don't think they would be forced to by enrollment, but they had over 50 kids out for high school last year and over 25 out for middle school. I also know they played a couple of 11 man JV games, this is the main reason that I am asking.
 
Any chance that Garrigan moves back up? I don't think they would be forced to by enrollment, but they had over 50 kids out for high school last year and over 25 out for middle school. I also know they played a couple of 11 man JV games, this is the main reason that I am asking.
I see quite a few 8 man teams that have larger numbers participating than some class A as well as 1A schools. Not many if any teams that play 8 man want to move back up unless forced to do so.
 
So the state released the official BEDS numbers (like the Government not the IHSAA) and going off of the old Free and Reduced Numbers which should be close, this is where teams would fall. Also Grandview Christian isn't listed as a school, but I assume that they still are. These are in order by size.

5A

Valley High School
Johnston Senior High School
Linn-Mar High School
Southeast Polk High School
Northwest High School
Ankeny Centennial High School
Waukee High School
Ankeny High School
Pleasant Valley High School
Lincoln High School
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Falls High School
Prairie High School
John F Kennedy High School
Iowa City High School
Waterloo West High School
Dowling Catholic High School
DSM East High School
Dubuque Senior High School
IC West Senior High School
Marshalltown High School
Ames High School
Bettendorf High School
Des Moines East High School
Hempstead High School
Thomas Jefferson High School
Liberty High School
SC North High School
Muscatine High School
Urbandale High School
Ottumwa High School
Indianola High School
Abraham Lincoln High School
Central High School
Dallas Center-Grimes High School
North Scott High School

4A
Davenport West High School
Norwalk Senior High School
George Washington High School
Lewis Central Senior High School
SC WEST
Des Moines North High School
Davenport North High School
Western Dubuque High School
Thomas Jefferson High School
Clinton High School
Fort Dodge High School
Bondurant-Farrar High School
Waterloo East High School
Mason City High School
Pella High School
Burlington Community High School
Clear Creek Amana High School
Newton Senior High School
Carlisle High School
Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School
Marion High School
Storm Lake High School
Xavier High School
ADM Senior High School
Hoover High School
Denison High School
North Polk High School
Le Mars High School
Boone High School
Spencer High School
Oskaloosa High School
Ballard High School
Gilbert High School
Glenwood Senior High School
Decorah High School
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School

3A
Grinnell Community Senior High School
Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School/Hillcreast
Solon High School
Bishop Heelan Catholic High School
Assumption High School
Winterset Senior High School
Central DeWitt High School
Des Moines Christian Secondary School
Mount Pleasant High School
Sioux Center High School
MOC-Floyd Valley High School
Keokuk High School
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School
Wahlert Catholic High School
Harlan High School
Nevada High School
Mount Vernon High School
Independence Junior Senior High School
Benton Community Senior High School
Carroll High School
Webster City High School
Knoxville High School
Center Point-Urbana High School
Perry High School
Clear Lake High School
Atlantic High School
Creston High School
Humboldt High School
Maquoketa Community High School
Algona High School
West Delaware High School
Fairfield High School
Vinton-Shellsburg High School
Greene County High School/Paton
Central Lee High School
Charles City High School

2A (There are two Washington High Schools one is Cherokee)
Saydel High School
Unity Christian High School
Washington High School
Iowa Falls - Alden High School
Centerville High SchoolMoulton/Udell
Spirit Lake High School
South Tama County High School
Hampton-Dumont High School
Mid-Prairie High School
Boyden-Hull High School/Rock Valley
Washington High School
Clarke Community High School
West Burlington Arnold Jr./Sr. High School
Waukon High School
West Liberty High School
PCM High School
Anamosa High School
Central Lyon Secondary School/GLR
Okoboji High School
Sheldon High School
Van Meter High School
Davis County Community High School
Clarinda High School
Western Christian High School
Crestwood High School
Pella Christian High School
Roland-Story High School
Chariton High School
Estherville Lincoln Central High School
Albia High School
Kuemper High School
Monticello High School
Mediapolis High School
Southeast Valley High School
Tipton High School
New Hampton High School
Oelwein High School
Alburnett Senior High School
Dike-New Hartford High School
Forest City High School
North Fayette Valley High School
Wilton Jr-Sr High School
Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove High School
Osage High School
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School
Woodward-Granger High School
Denver Senior High School
Shenandoah High School

1A
Camanche High School
West Marshall High School
West Branch High School
Interstate 35 High School
Union High School
Treynor High School
Bellevue High School
West Lyon High School
Eagle Grove High School
Regina Jr Sr High School
Sigourney Jr-Sr High Sch Keota
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High
Underwood High School
Grandview Christian
Jesup High School
MFL MarMac High School
Red Oak Junior/Senior High School
Northeast Middle-High School
Cardinal High School
West Central Valley High School
Cascade Junior-Senior High School
Saint Albert School
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School
Hinton High School
Sioux Central High School
Ogden High School
Beckman Catholic High School
Columbus Catholic High School
Aplington-Parkersburg High School
Grundy Center High School
Ridge View High School
Durant Junior/Senior High School
Emmetsburg High School
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto High School
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School
Central Springs High School
Hudson High School
Pleasantville High School
Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School
South Hardin High School
Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School
South Central Calhoun High School
Panorama High School
East Sac County High School
Tri-Center High School
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School
South Hamilton Middle And High School

A would be the remaining 11 man schools

The biggest 5 would be

Lisbon Secondary School
Maquoketa Valley Senior High School
Alta-Aurelia High School
West Sioux High School
Wapsie Valley High School

Woodbine and WACO are two 8 man schools above the cutoff

Clayton RIdge, Starmont and North Union are 11 man schools that could fall below the 8 man number.


Again I don't have the official Free and Reduced numbers but I would guess that these will be pretty close.
 
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So the state released the official BEDS numbers (like the Government not the IHSAA) and going off of the old Free and Reduced Numbers which should be close, this is where teams would fall. Also Grandview Christian isn't listed as a school, but I assume that they still are. These are in order by size.

5A

Valley High School
Johnston Senior High School
Linn-Mar High School
Southeast Polk High School
Northwest High School
Ankeny Centennial High School
Waukee High School
Ankeny High School
Pleasant Valley High School
Lincoln High School
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Falls High School
Prairie High School
John F Kennedy High School
Iowa City High School
Waterloo West High School
Dowling Catholic High School
DSM East High School
Dubuque Senior High School
IC West Senior High School
Marshalltown High School
Ames High School
Bettendorf High School
Des Moines East High School
Hempstead High School
Thomas Jefferson High School
Liberty High School
SC North High School
Muscatine High School
Urbandale High School
Ottumwa High School
Indianola High School
Abraham Lincoln High School
Central High School
Dallas Center-Grimes High School
North Scott High School

4A
Davenport West High School
Norwalk Senior High School
George Washington High School
Lewis Central Senior High School
SC WEST
Des Moines North High School
Davenport North High School
Western Dubuque High School
Thomas Jefferson High School
Clinton High School
Fort Dodge High School
Bondurant-Farrar High School
Waterloo East High School
Mason City High School
Pella High School
Burlington Community High School
Clear Creek Amana High School
Newton Senior High School
Carlisle High School
Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School
Marion High School
Storm Lake High School
Xavier High School
ADM Senior High School
Hoover High School
Denison High School
North Polk High School
Le Mars High School
Boone High School
Spencer High School
Oskaloosa High School
Ballard High School
Gilbert High School
Glenwood Senior High School
Decorah High School
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School

3A
Grinnell Community Senior High School
Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School/Hillcreast
Solon High School
Bishop Heelan Catholic High School
Assumption High School
Winterset Senior High School
Central DeWitt High School
Des Moines Christian Secondary School
Mount Pleasant High School
Sioux Center High School
MOC-Floyd Valley High School
Keokuk High School
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School
Wahlert Catholic High School
Harlan High School
Nevada High School
Mount Vernon High School
Independence Junior Senior High School
Benton Community Senior High School
Carroll High School
Webster City High School
Knoxville High School
Center Point-Urbana High School
Perry High School
Clear Lake High School
Atlantic High School
Creston High School
Humboldt High School
Maquoketa Community High School
Algona High School
West Delaware High School
Fairfield High School
Vinton-Shellsburg High School
Greene County High School/Paton
Central Lee High School
Charles City High School

2A (There are two Washington High Schools one is Cherokee)
Saydel High School
Unity Christian High School
Washington High School
Iowa Falls - Alden High School
Centerville High SchoolMoulton/Udell
Spirit Lake High School
South Tama County High School
Hampton-Dumont High School
Mid-Prairie High School
Boyden-Hull High School/Rock Valley
Washington High School
Clarke Community High School
West Burlington Arnold Jr./Sr. High School
Waukon High School
West Liberty High School
PCM High School
Anamosa High School
Central Lyon Secondary School/GLR
Okoboji High School
Sheldon High School
Van Meter High School
Davis County Community High School
Clarinda High School
Western Christian High School
Crestwood High School
Pella Christian High School
Roland-Story High School
Chariton High School
Estherville Lincoln Central High School
Albia High School
Kuemper High School
Monticello High School
Mediapolis High School
Southeast Valley High School
Tipton High School
New Hampton High School
Oelwein High School
Alburnett Senior High School
Dike-New Hartford High School
Forest City High School
North Fayette Valley High School
Wilton Jr-Sr High School
Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove High School
Osage High School
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School
Woodward-Granger High School
Denver Senior High School
Shenandoah High School

1A
Camanche High School
West Marshall High School
West Branch High School
Interstate 35 High School
Union High School
Treynor High School
Bellevue High School
West Lyon High School
Eagle Grove High School
Regina Jr Sr High School
Sigourney Jr-Sr High Sch Keota
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High
Underwood High School
Grandview Christian
Jesup High School
MFL MarMac High School
Red Oak Junior/Senior High School
Northeast Middle-High School
Cardinal High School
West Central Valley High School
Cascade Junior-Senior High School
Saint Albert School
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School
Hinton High School
Sioux Central High School
Ogden High School
Beckman Catholic High School
Columbus Catholic High School
Aplington-Parkersburg High School
Grundy Center High School
Ridge View High School
Durant Junior/Senior High School
Emmetsburg High School
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto High School
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School
Central Springs High School
Hudson High School
Pleasantville High School
Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School
South Hardin High School
Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School
South Central Calhoun High School
Panorama High School
East Sac County High School
Tri-Center High School
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School
South Hamilton Middle And High School

A would be the remaining 11 man schools

The biggest 5 would be

Lisbon Secondary School
Maquoketa Valley Senior High School
Alta-Aurelia High School
West Sioux High School
Wapsie Valley High School

Woodbine and WACO are two 8 man schools above the cutoff

Clayton RIdge, Starmont and North Union are 11 man schools that could fall below the 8 man number.


Again I don't have the official Free and Reduced numbers but I would guess that these will be pretty close.
Where did you find the updated state beds? What were the cut off numbers for each class? I think a couple could be wrong as far as the bottom of 1A and top of A
 

Go by public school buildings, a few you have to look up the middle schools that feed into the high school if they have an 8/9 building.

Then non public buildings

Then I did the math on a Google sheet

I’m sure these aren’t perfect and I had a Coach tell me that there are a couple of new sharing agreements but wasn’t sure who they were other than Bellevue taking on Marquette now.

I will also say an alternative center addition or online could impact these a bit as well
 
So the state released the official BEDS numbers (like the Government not the IHSAA) and going off of the old Free and Reduced Numbers which should be close, this is where teams would fall. Also Grandview Christian isn't listed as a school, but I assume that they still are. These are in order by size.

5A

Valley High School
Johnston Senior High School
Linn-Mar High School
Southeast Polk High School
Northwest High School
Ankeny Centennial High School
Waukee High School
Ankeny High School
Pleasant Valley High School
Lincoln High School
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Falls High School
Prairie High School
John F Kennedy High School
Iowa City High School
Waterloo West High School
Dowling Catholic High School
DSM East High School
Dubuque Senior High School
IC West Senior High School
Marshalltown High School
Ames High School
Bettendorf High School
Des Moines East High School
Hempstead High School
Thomas Jefferson High School
Liberty High School
SC North High School
Muscatine High School
Urbandale High School
Ottumwa High School
Indianola High School
Abraham Lincoln High School
Central High School
Dallas Center-Grimes High School
North Scott High School

4A
Davenport West High School
Norwalk Senior High School
George Washington High School
Lewis Central Senior High School
SC WEST
Des Moines North High School
Davenport North High School
Western Dubuque High School
Thomas Jefferson High School
Clinton High School
Fort Dodge High School
Bondurant-Farrar High School
Waterloo East High School
Mason City High School
Pella High School
Burlington Community High School
Clear Creek Amana High School
Newton Senior High School
Carlisle High School
Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School
Marion High School
Storm Lake High School
Xavier High School
ADM Senior High School
Hoover High School
Denison High School
North Polk High School
Le Mars High School
Boone High School
Spencer High School
Oskaloosa High School
Ballard High School
Gilbert High School
Glenwood Senior High School
Decorah High School
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School

3A
Grinnell Community Senior High School
Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School/Hillcreast
Solon High School
Bishop Heelan Catholic High School
Assumption High School
Winterset Senior High School
Central DeWitt High School
Des Moines Christian Secondary School
Mount Pleasant High School
Sioux Center High School
MOC-Floyd Valley High School
Keokuk High School
Fort Madison Junior/Senior High School
Wahlert Catholic High School
Harlan High School
Nevada High School
Mount Vernon High School
Independence Junior Senior High School
Benton Community Senior High School
Carroll High School
Webster City High School
Knoxville High School
Center Point-Urbana High School
Perry High School
Clear Lake High School
Atlantic High School
Creston High School
Humboldt High School
Maquoketa Community High School
Algona High School
West Delaware High School
Fairfield High School
Vinton-Shellsburg High School
Greene County High School/Paton
Central Lee High School
Charles City High School

2A (There are two Washington High Schools one is Cherokee)
Saydel High School
Unity Christian High School
Washington High School
Iowa Falls - Alden High School
Centerville High SchoolMoulton/Udell
Spirit Lake High School
South Tama County High School
Hampton-Dumont High School
Mid-Prairie High School
Boyden-Hull High School/Rock Valley
Washington High School
Clarke Community High School
West Burlington Arnold Jr./Sr. High School
Waukon High School
West Liberty High School
PCM High School
Anamosa High School
Central Lyon Secondary School/GLR
Okoboji High School
Sheldon High School
Van Meter High School
Davis County Community High School
Clarinda High School
Western Christian High School
Crestwood High School
Pella Christian High School
Roland-Story High School
Chariton High School
Estherville Lincoln Central High School
Albia High School
Kuemper High School
Monticello High School
Mediapolis High School
Southeast Valley High School
Tipton High School
New Hampton High School
Oelwein High School
Alburnett Senior High School
Dike-New Hartford High School
Forest City High School
North Fayette Valley High School
Wilton Jr-Sr High School
Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove High School
Osage High School
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School
Woodward-Granger High School
Denver Senior High School
Shenandoah High School

1A
Camanche High School
West Marshall High School
West Branch High School
Interstate 35 High School
Union High School
Treynor High School
Bellevue High School
West Lyon High School
Eagle Grove High School
Regina Jr Sr High School
Sigourney Jr-Sr High Sch Keota
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High
Underwood High School
Grandview Christian
Jesup High School
MFL MarMac High School
Red Oak Junior/Senior High School
Northeast Middle-High School
Cardinal High School
West Central Valley High School
Cascade Junior-Senior High School
Saint Albert School
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School
Hinton High School
Sioux Central High School
Ogden High School
Beckman Catholic High School
Columbus Catholic High School
Aplington-Parkersburg High School
Grundy Center High School
Ridge View High School
Durant Junior/Senior High School
Emmetsburg High School
Maple Valley-Anthon Oto High School
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School
Central Springs High School
Hudson High School
Pleasantville High School
Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School
South Hardin High School
Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School
South Central Calhoun High School
Panorama High School
East Sac County High School
Tri-Center High School
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School
South Hamilton Middle And High School

A would be the remaining 11 man schools

The biggest 5 would be

Lisbon Secondary School
Maquoketa Valley Senior High School
Alta-Aurelia High School
West Sioux High School
Wapsie Valley High School

Woodbine and WACO are two 8 man schools above the cutoff

Clayton RIdge, Starmont and North Union are 11 man schools that could fall below the 8 man number.


Again I don't have the official Free and Reduced numbers but I would guess that these will be pretty close.
Thanks for all the work on this! Interesting for sure! But going off last year's free and reduced lunch means there will definitely be differences. If a few schools change even by a couple % in that then it can have a big impact along the borders of each classification.
 

Go by public school buildings, a few you have to look up the middle schools that feed into the high school if they have an 8/9 building.

Then non public buildings

Then I did the math on a Google sheet

I’m sure these aren’t perfect and I had a Coach tell me that there are a couple of new sharing agreements but wasn’t sure who they were other than Bellevue taking on Marquette now.

I will also say an alternative center addition or online could impact these a bit as well
What were your cut enrollment numbers per class if you have them?
 
5A-4A Cutoff Teams
Dallas Center-Grimes High School 758.2
North Scott High School 747.5
Davenport West High School 744.8
Norwalk Senior High School 740.2

Those are bottom two and top two, there is a bigger gap outside of these four, but still could have some movement.

4A-3A Cutoff Teams

Decorah High School 376. 6
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School 360.3
Grinnell Community Senior High School 359
Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School/Hillcreast 356.6

Glenwood and Decorah are essentially the same size

3A-2A Cutoff Teams
Central Lee High School 274.3
Charles City High School 272
Saydel High School 268.4
Unity Christian High School 266.9

This is also assuming that Holy Trinity is still going with Central Lee

2A-1A Cutoff Teams

Denver Senior High School 198
Shenandoah High School 195.9
Camanche High School 193.6
West Marshall High School 190

I will say that there are a bunch of schools in 2A that are 202-198, but not as many "1A" schools close to the number.

1A-A Cutoff Teams
South Hardin High School150.7
Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School150.4
South Central Calhoun High School149.6
Panorama High School149.6
East Sac County High School149
Tri-Center High School148.7
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School147.7
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School147.4
South Hamilton Middle And High School147.4
Lisbon Secondary School146.3
Maquoketa Valley Senior High School143.2
Alta-Aurelia High School143
West Sioux High School140.9
Wapsie Valley High School140.2

Pokey might be a school that adds in a alternative school
 
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