5A District 9 has the smallest school in 5A with 1800 kids and it also has the largest 5A school with 5100.

 

http://www.uil.utexas.edu/athletics/football/

 

Thanks for the answer and the link. I looked at the 5A link, and with the exception of the two schools you pointed out, it seemed that most of the 5A schools were pretty close in size (man they have a lot of big schools in the 2000 plus category although I did not note if those enrollment numbers were just boys or boys and girls).

 

The reason I asked and looked was because the disparity of size in the Ky 4 classes was a reason the number of classes in Ky was increased from 4 to 6 classes. In the old 4A, you had Dixie with a little less than 600 boys in the same class with X and T with approx 1200 or more boys. I think there was also a similar disparity (percentage wise) in 1A.

 

Another reason given for wanting more than 4 classes was the belief that more classes meant more teams going to the playoffs, winning district, regional, semifinal and state championships. It was the further belief that such would generate more enthusiasm and support in the schools for football, and such greater enthusiasm and support would increase the quality of football. Some coaches that I have spoken with believe that the recent increase in the quality of high school football was tied to the increase from 3 to 4 classes in 75 and that there would be a further improvement in the quality of high school football if the KHSAA was to go from 4 to 5 or 6 classes. I don't know that I can say I definitely agree with that thinking or that I disagree with it either yet. It may be too early to have any conclusive evidence of that theory being correct, but I do tend to agree that a school that has won state, a semi final or even a regional final probably has had more enthusiasm and support generated as a result.

 

I can't argue against the position that having 6 classes has watered down the level of competition in each class (particularly in district play and in the early rounds of the playoffs). It has. But I wonder if the margin of victory in the semi final and state games (when the best are allegedly playing the best) has changed dramatically since we went from 4 to 6 classes.

 

Any one care to do some research?

Texas football is just another animal.

Texas H.S. football is king, no doubt, but trust me when I tell you, California produces more D1 players than any other state.

I lived in Texas for a while.

 

Take the size of the better Ohio high school programs and add more speed.

 

That is good Texas high school football.

Texas H.S. football is king, no doubt, but trust me when I tell you, California produces more D1 players than any other state.

 

On a per capita basis, or simply total?

Texas H.S. football is king, no doubt, but trust me when I tell you, California produces more D1 players than any other state.

 

It has more people. Not sure your information is news to anyone.

KY has about 240 to 250 high school football teams.

 

TX has 255 schools......that have enrollment of over 2000.

 

50 schools have enrollment of 4000+.

 

Interesting, but not really surprising as Texas has way more people than Kentucky. Figured they had a ton of schools with more than 2 grand, but 50 schools with more than 4 grand caught my eye.

 

That would be 50 schools are WAY bigger than even Ohio's largest school.

 

Question, do these enrollments include students in 9-12 or are these numbers based on grades 10-12?

Think about the cities and towns in Kentucky with 15,000 to 20,000 people or more.

 

Little Elm, Texas (northwest of Dallas) had a 2000 population of 3,200 people. They are expecting to come in around at around 23,000 people in next year's census. Because of open enrollment and because they were losing kids to some of the bigger schools in the area, Little Elm decided to keep up with the "Jonses"

 

Here is Little Elm High School's $12 million football/soccer/track facility completed a few years ago that seats 7,500 people.

 

Just to give you an idea of where the priorities are.....

Visiting side before they ran me off

Think about the cities and towns in Kentucky with 15,000 to 20,000 people or more.

 

Little Elm, Texas (northwest of Dallas) had a 2000 population of 3,200 people. They are expecting to come in around at around 23,000 people in next year's census. Because of open enrollment and because they were losing kids to some of the bigger schools in the area, Little Elm decided to keep up with the "Jonses"

 

Here is Little Elm High School's $12 million football/soccer/track facility completed a few years ago that seats 7,500 people.

 

Just to give you an idea of where the priorities are.....

 

 

This is why, I believe, Friday Night Lights was first written.

No homework is allowed to be given on Thursday nights during Football season. Also, no tests are to be given on Fridays during Football season. This is State Law.