TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released football classifications for 2020 and 2021 seasons. Schools are reclassified for football every two years separate from the general classifications.
Among some of the changes locally, Ellis will move up from Class 1A to 2A, La Crosse will drop from 1A to 8-Man Division I. Victoria and Claflin-Central Plains will both move from 8-Man Division I to 8-Man Division II.
Great Bend is moving from 5A to 4A.
Hays High, with a 687 enrollment count, is the fourth smallest football school in 5A while Liberal is the largest at 1,083.
TMP-Marian falls in the middle in class 2A with an enrollment count of 140.
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School classification changes with enrollment ranges are as follows: [Current cycle classification is shown in parenthesis.]
Class Number of Schools Range Schools Changing Class
6A 32 1854-1092 Olathe West (5A)
5A 32 1083-655 Goddard (4A)
Hutchinson (6A)
Pittsburg (4A)
Spring Hill (4A)
4A 32 654-340 Great Bend (5A)
Lansing (5A)
Lenexa-St. James Academy (5A)
Wamego (3A)
3A 48 324-168 Baldwin (4A)
Cherryvale (2A)
Council Grove (2A)
Gypsum-SE of Saline (2A)
Riley County (2A)
2A 48 168-112 Belleville-Republic County (1A)
Beloit (3A)
Ellis (1A)
Haven (3A)
Hillsboro (1A)
Kingman (3A)
Leon-Bluestem (1A)
Marion (1A)
Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (1A)
Syracuse (1A)
Wellsville (3A)
1A 28 111-62 Arma-Northeast (2A)
Conway Springs (2A)
Ellinwood (2A)
Horton (2A)
Richmond-Central Heights (2A)
Whitewater-Remington (2A)
Wichita-The Independent (2A)
8-Man I 48 98-66 Highland-Doniphan West (DII)
La Crosse (1A)
Langdon-Fairfield (DII)
Meade (1A)
Moran-Marmaton Valley (DII)
Pretty Prairie (DII)
Yates Center (1A)
8-Man II 52 66-29 Caldwell (DI)
Claflin-Central Plains (DI)
Coldwater-South Central (DI)
Lebo (DI)
Peabody-Burns (DI)
St. Francis (DI)
Victoria (DI)