What is the enrollment of each school?

[sidelinecoach]

Can anyone produce the enrollment of each school participating in the All A or know where it can be found?

[Option Right]

Can anyone produce the enrollment of each school participating in the All A or know where it can be found?

 

 

According to the All A program...

 

Ballard Memorial- 419

Caldwell County- 600

Owensboro Catholic- 471

Todd County Central- 497

Green County- 522

Presentation- 319

Whitefield Academy- 198

Gallatin County- 428

Newport Catholic- 462

Paris- 209

Lexington Christian- 447

Monticello- 234

Middlesboro- 512

June Buchanan- 86

Sheldon Clark- 658

Elliott County- 337

[gchs_uk9]

And remember that the All A only counts student populations in the 10-12 grades; freshmen aren't included.

[ColonelMike]

I believe all must be under 425 in grades 10-12...

[gchs_uk9]

I believe all must be under 425 in grades 10-12...

 

So those enrollments listed above must include all four grades.

[Mr. Athletics]

The class a tourney is open to the 125 schools grades 9-12 with the lowest enrollment. If a school chooses not to play in the tourney then number 126 is invited and so on. Henry County got back in this year even though they were not in the original 125 if I am not mistaken.

 

The old method used the 425 students in the top 3 grades.

[True blue (and gold)]

The class a tourney is open to the 125 schools grades 9-12 with the lowest enrollment. If a school chooses not to play in the tourney then number 126 is invited and so on. Henry County got back in this year even though they were not in the original 125 if I am not mistaken.

 

The old method used the 425 students in the top 3 grades.

 

Mr. A is exactly right. I spoke to our regional rep at great lengths about this. They used a new method of determination this year.

[16thBBall Fan]

They must have been a lot of small schools did not attend, for schools the size of Caldwell and Sheldon Clark to be invited. I don't know about Caldwell but Sheldon Clark is AAA in football.

[ColonelMike]

The class a tourney is open to the 125 schools grades 9-12 with the lowest enrollment. If a school chooses not to play in the tourney then number 126 is invited and so on. Henry County got back in this year even though they were not in the original 125 if I am not mistaken.

 

The old method used the 425 students in the top 3 grades.

 

Thanks for clarifying. I wasn't aware that there was a new method this year.

 

Curious as to why they came up with this method. Why 125? I'm sure there's some reason for that number. And if one drops out and the next-smallest is added, is it the next-smallest in that particular region or the next-smallest in the state overall? If they add the next smallest in the state overall, that could lead to some really messed up "All-A" regions - especially if several teams opt out and several of the teams that are added are in the same region!

 

How does that actually work? Just curious.

 

Since they're replacing anyone who opts out, this doesn't really become a "small-school" event any more, does it? If there's no cap, you begin to add mid-sized schools to the mix if enough teams opt out...never would have thought of Caldwell County and Sheldon Clark as "A" schools... they're 3x + larger than some of the other teams... interesting.

[True blue (and gold)]

The 125 smallest enrollments 9-12 are eligible. If they choose not to participate, no new school is included. That's why if you add up the numbers of participants in each region, the total is less than 125.

 

I am not sure what makes 125 the magic number.

[sidelinecoach]

Especially with Sheldon Clark & Caldwell Co being such large schools anyone know the enrollments of some teams they beat to get there? I thought this was for the small schools??

[Mr. Athletics]

Thanks for clarifying. I wasn't aware that there was a new method this year.

 

Curious as to why they came up with this method. Why 125? I'm sure there's some reason for that number. And if one drops out and the next-smallest is added, is it the next-smallest in that particular region or the next-smallest in the state overall? If they add the next smallest in the state overall, that could lead to some really messed up "All-A" regions - especially if several teams opt out and several of the teams that are added are in the same region!

 

How does that actually work? Just curious.

 

Since they're replacing anyone who opts out, this doesn't really become a "small-school" event any more, does it? If there's no cap, you begin to add mid-sized schools to the mix if enough teams opt out...never would have thought of Caldwell County and Sheldon Clark as "A" schools... they're 3x + larger than some of the other teams... interesting.

 

They add the next smallest in the state not the region.Some regions have as few as 4 teams while some have 10 or 12. The 8th region had 8 teams this year. It makes it a lot tougher to get out when you have to win 3 tough games.

[Lion Mania]

Always thought Corbin was small enough to be an All A Basketball team, but I guess not. I looked up their enrollment and was surprised that they have 706students in grades 9-12. Yet they are 2A in football and Sheldon Clark with 628 students in 9-12 is 3A in football. Doesn't add up?? Maybe use 10-12 grade numbers for football classes, but shouldn't make that big a difference one would think as all classes would be about the same size??

[Lion Mania]

June Buchanan (86) and Whitefield Academy (198) both have the smallest enrollments. But, they are private schools and it doesn't reflect on the district base that a public school has to draw from. Don't want to get in the public vs. private debate here, but it is like comparing apples to oranges.

On the other hand, Paris (209) and Monticello (234) reflects how small their district base is. Paris and Monticello also have county schools in Bourbon and Wayne. Elliott (337) is the one and only high school in the entire county. In other words no such thing as Sandy Hook HS and a Elliott County HS as you have in Bourbon (Paris) and Wayne (Monticello) Counties.

[mcpapa]

Two questions.

 

1. If 125 is "the magic number", how many TOTAL schools are there? The KHSAA website that lists enrollment figures has something like 280 schools listed, but I don't know if they all play girl's basketball. Obviously, there are several (Trinity, CovCath) that do not. What I'm getting at is that the "All-A" seems to include just about half of the schools.

 

2. With the explanation provided by Mr. A regarding the 125 "qualifiers", does this mean that there are some schools (besides the OBVIOUS, per the above) that qualify for girls' participation but not boys, and vice-versa? I would think that it does.