AHSAA announces new high school classifications
The Alabama High School Athletic Association has announced updates to school classifications for high school athletics.
Member schools are reclassified every two years.
The high schools are currently divided into seven classifications (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A and 7A) for competition in championship programs.
Classification is based on average daily membership figures furnished by the State Department of Education for public schools for grades 9-11, plus eighth-grade hold-back students. Member private schools report that same data directly to the AHSAA.
The new classification lists 32 schools in Class 7A. The other classes break down as follows: Class 6A (57); Class 5A (62); Class 4A (66); Class 3A 65); Class 2A (62); and Class 1A (76); plus two associate members for a total of 420 total.
Alignments were released for fall sports, which recently completed championship play for the current school year, based on the number of schools declaring to participate in a sport for the upcoming 2023-24 school year. Also included for the first time are alignments for Girls’ Flag Football as a championship sport.
Alignments for winter and spring sports will be determined following completion of those championship seasons.
