PIAA 2018-19 Enrollment Numbers Released

On Friday, the PIAA released their updated classifications for the 2018-2019 alignment cycle. This was part of the biannual realignment that takes place statewide in every high school sport. The PIAA, the state’s governing body for high school athletics, collects enrollment reports from every school detailing the number of 9th-11th grade boys and girls along with which sports they intend to participate. For football, the number of 9th-11th grade boys currently enrolled in a school serves as that school’s “enrollment number” for this two-year cycle. The PIAA then lists out all the schools in the state based on their enrollment numbers. The 1/6th biggest schools statewide become the 6A schools, the next 1/6th largest become 5A, and so on to populate the 6 classifications with an approximately equal number of schools. Schools are allowed to “play up” in a higher classification than where they are assigned but are not allowed to “play down” in a lower classification. School Boards have until December 6th to notify the PIAA if they intend to “play up” for the next cycle.

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