June 7, 2004, Revised July 7, 2004 (see announcement)
NOTE: Normally at this time of the year the IHSA releases the complete list of enrollments for all its member schools, based on the Illinois State Board of Education's Fall Housing Report. Unfortunately, and despite its best efforts, the ISBE has been able to provide us with official information on public schools only. It may be another 4 to 8 weeks before we receive official data on private schools.
Rather than delay the process any longer, IHSA is today releasing the official 2004-05 enrollments of its public member schools, along with the unofficial enrollments of those private schools that responded to our inquiries. The following lists will be updated whenever the official private school data reaches us.
It should also be noted that the cutoffs listed below are final and official and will not change.
As of June 1, 2004, there are 757 member schools with the
following classifications for the 2004-05 school term: 459
460 Class A,
298 297 Class AA
Cut-off for 2004-05:
Cut-off for Boys Soccer Classification for 2004-05:
Cut-off for Girls Soccer Classification for 2004-05:
The following schools will change classes:
From Class A up to Class AA: Sandwich, Chicago (Hancock),
Chicago (Brooks), Chicago (Phillips)
From Class AA down to Class A: Belleville (Althoff), Chicago (South Shore)
School Closings: River Grove (Holy Cross), Chicago (Spalding) (perhaps temporarily)
School Consolidations: Alexis with Monmouth (Warren) to be called Alexis (United); Illiopolis with Niantic (N.-Harristown) to be called Niantic (Sangamon Valley); Gridley with El Paso to be called El Paso (E.P.-Gridley); Franklin Grove (Franklin Center) with Ashton to be called Ashton (A.-Franklin Center), Chenoa with Fairbury (Prairie Central); Sciota (Northwestern) and Colchester to be called Sciota (West Prairie); Livingston with Staunton
New Member School: Oswego (East)
There are two variance schools for 2004-05 classification. They are (with the schools involved):
Enrollment Cutoffs: Beginning with the 2003-04 school year, the classification was determined with the smallest 61 percent of the member schools in Class A, and the largest 39 percent of the member schools in Class AA.
These are the year-by-year figures used to determine classification in the two-class system since the inception of the percentage-based system:
1982-83 = 701
1983-84 = 694
1984-85 = 705
1985-86 = 706
1986-87 = 704
1987-88 = 666
1988-89 = 673
1989-90 = 666
1990-91 = 658
1991-92 = 645
1992-93 = 654
1993-94 = 655
1994-95 = 684
1995-96 = 710
1996-97 = 721
1997-98 = 740
1998-99 = 735
1999-2000 = 722
2000-01 = 734
2001-02 = 752
2002-03 = 752*
2003-04 = 739
2004-05 = 748 755
*In 2002-03 only, the cutoff was not based on a percentage.