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Rule 2 - Classification of Schools

tournament in the previous year, that sport may have Two (2) Classes.
b. If Seventy-five percent (75%) of the member Schools sponsored a team and entered the
IHSAA tournament in the previous year, that sport may have Three (3) Classes.
c. If Ninety-five percent (95%) of the member Schools sponsored a team and entered the
IHSAA tournament in the previous year, that sport may have Four (4) Classes.
2-2 Number of Schools in Classes
The Directors have complete authority to establish and implement policies to determine the
number of Classes and the number of Schools in each Class of competition in Team Sports.
The following is the customary manner for classifying Schools:
a. If there are Two (2) Classes — 1A=50% of Schools; 2A=50% of Schools.
b. If there are Three (3) Classes — 1A=33% of Schools; 2A=33% of Schools; 3A=33% of
Schools.
c. If there are Four (4) Classes — 1A=25% of Schools; 2A=25% of Schools; 3A=25% of
Schools; 4A=25% of Schools.
d. If there is One (1) more School than equal division, that School may be placed in the
smallest Class.
e. If there are Two (2) more Schools than equal division, those Schools may be placed One
(1) each in the smaller Two (2) Classes.
f. If there are Three (3) more Schools than equal division, those Schools may be placed One
(1) each in the smallest Three (3) Classes.
g. When classifying all Team Sports other than football, no School may move down from
a Class pre-determined by its enrollment number, even if the success factor causes a
School to move up a Class forcing another School, without the correct enrollment number,
to move down a Class. No School should be in lower enrollment classification than its
pre-determined enrollment number.
h. When classifying all Team Sports other than football, when schools have equal enrollments
at a customary break in classifications, all schools with equal enrollments shall be placed
in the higher enrollment classification.
i. When classifying football, when schools have equal enrollments at a customary break in
classifications, the school with the largest freshman class shall be placed in the higher
enrollment classification. If both schools have an equal number of freshmen, then
subsequent grades shall be used, i.e. sophomores then juniors then seniors to differentiate
placement.
2-3 Classification by Enrollment; Different Classes Assignment; Change Class
Assignment
School enrollment figures used for classifying Schools shall be the enrollment in grades 9-12
for all students, as certified in the annual report filed with the State Department of Education
in a classification year.
a. Schools with single gender enrollment shall double the certified enrollment figures for
classification purposes.
b. A School may be assigned to different Classes in different sports.
c. A School shall be assigned to a Class by the IHSAA and shall enter the IHSAA tournament
in that assigned Class unless it notifies the Association, in writing, that it wishes to move
up One (1) or more Classes. This notification shall (1) accompany the submission of the
School’s enrollment figures and (2) be effective for the succeeding Two (2) years. A School
may choose to move up in a specific sport/s.
2-4 Reclassification Cycle in Team Sports
In Team Sports, Schools are re-classified on a sport-by-sport basis every Two (2) years; the
Commissioner may, however, determine that Schools should be reclassified more often, or
less often.
a. The number of Classes may be changed only in a re-classification year.
b. When other Team Sports meet the criteria in rule 2-2, requests for changes in Classes
shall be considered at the next meeting of the Board of Directors.
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