Enrollments, Classifications Announced for 2026-27, 2027-28

The classifications will be used for state tournaments the next two school years.

INDIANAPOLIS0 The enrollment totals and classifications of IHSAA member schools which will be used for state tournaments in the next two school years have been announced by the Indiana High School Athletic Association.

The enrollment figures, the total number of boys and girls in grades 9-12, were submitted by the schools to the Indiana Department of Education and are used to determine the classifications in the team sports of baseball, boys and girls basketball, football, boys and girls soccer, softball, and girls volleyball, the next two school years.

Committee meetings made up of school administrators from around the state will be conducted to make the sectional assignments. Their final recommendations will be presented to the IHSAA Executive Committee for its approval on May 5.

Notably, East Central football returns to Class 4A after playing in Class 5A the last two years due to tournament success factor. 

For the second cycle, the four-class sports (baseball, basketball, softball, and girls volleyball) will utilize 20-25-25-30 format – that being the largest 20 percent of schools in Class 4A, the next 25 percent in Class 3A, the next 25 percent in 2A and the smallest 30 percent in Class 1A.

Football (six classes) and soccer (three classes) are not affected and will continue as they have in previous years.

Current provisional member schools - GEO Next Generation, Mooresville Christian, and Seven Oaks Classical – have each been included in the 4-Class Sports and Boys Soccer classifications – pending approval for full membership later this year.

In the sports of boys soccer, girls soccer and football, Tournament Success Factor points have been totaled, and those results are reflected in the respective classifications. The remaining sports will be totaled as their seasons end.

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