The IHSAA board of control and representative council met for their annual meeting at the end of last week. Some of the news to come out of the meeting was word that the two-year football assignment and scheduling process is moving forward as the Iowa Department of Education has finalized its data for school enrollment (BEDS) and free and reduced lunch percentages. These approved updates for football’s new socioeconomic factor have resulted in “final classification numbers” which are now available to view below as preliminary classifications for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
Once these classifications are verified this week, the IHSAA will develop and share districts and groups (Class 5A) as early as next week.
Participating schools will then submit priority lists for their available non-district contests. Once received, IHSAA will assemble regular season schedules for all participating schools, with an estimated release of mid-April.
Here is a look at what class area schools fall into for this next cycle smallest to largest.
CLASS 8-Player
Ar-We-Va
Glidden-Ralston
Exira-EHK
Coon Rapids-Bayard
Boyer Valley
Sidney
CAM
Griswold
Lenox
Stanton
West Harrison
Woodbine
East Mills
Bedford
Audubon
Fremont-Mills
Southeast Warren
CLASS A
IKM-Manning
Riverside
Martensdale-St. Marys
Earlham
Southwest Valley
Logan-Magnolia
Mount Ayr
Panorama
ACGC
Tri-Center
Westwood
St. Albert
CLASS 1A
Nodaway Valley
AHSTW
Missouri Valley
East Sac County
West Central Valley
MVAOCOU
Treynor
Underwood
Shenandoah
Red Oak
OABCIG
CLASS 2A
Kuemper Catholic
Clarinda
Greene County
CLASS 3A
Atlantic
Harlan Community
Creston
Carroll
CLASS 4A
Winterset
Glenwood
Denison-Schleswig
ADM
Lewis Central
CB Thomas Jefferson
CLASS 5A
CB Abraham Lincoln
See the full listings here: Football-Prelim-Class-3.13.23