IHSA Announcements

May 7, 1997

1997-98 Member School Enrollments Announced

As of September 30, 1996, there were 746 member schools — 444 Class A, 239 Class AA and 63 Chicago Public League.

Cut-off for 1997-98

740 and below = Class A
741 and above = Class AA

Cut-off for Boys Soccer Classification for 1997-98

1288 and below = Class A
1289 and above = Class AA (including Chicago Public League Schools)

The following schools will change classes:

From Class A up to Class AA — Belleville (Althoff), Herrin, Mahomet (M.-Seymour), Olney (East Richland) and Stanford (Olympia)
From Class AA down to Class A — Chicago (Leo), Johnsburg, Lemont (Mt. Assisi Academy), Mt. Zion and South Holland (Seton Academy)

There are three variance schools for 1997-98 classification. They are (with the schools involved):

Carthage — Augusta (Southeastern), Dallas City, LaHarpe and Warsaw
Kewanee (H.S.) — Annawan, Bradford, Buda (Bureau Valley), Cambridge, Galva, Geneseo (Darnall), Kewanee (Wethersfield) and Neponset
Macomb — Astoria, Bushnell (B.-Prairie City), Colchester, Rushville and Table Grove (VIT)

Enrollment Cutoffs: These are the year-by-year figures used to determine classification in the two-class system since the inception of the 65-35 percent 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

The following changes in school status are on file in the IHSA Office as of May 1, 1997:

Nauvoo (St. Mary's) closing
New Member Schools: Bartlett, Naperville (Neuqua Valley) and Rockford (R.-Christian)