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Competitive Section Assignments 2021-22, 2022-23

The following is a list of competitive sections for the 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 school years (**Denotes co-operative program, *denotes co-operative host school). Section assignments are determined by school enrollments and activity classifications using the following method to determine classification. Here is a link to the MSHSL Competitive Sections page with all related materials.

Member schools are classified by sport and activity for postseason competition and performances every two years. Competitive section placements are determined by enrollment and geography (as determined by MSHSL Board policy), with a balanced number of schools in each section at the time of placement. The Board of Directors reviews and approves classifications and competitive section placements for postseason play in MSHSL-sponsored sports and fine arts activities every two years. Lists of the assignments are below.

MSHSL Enrollment
MSHSL enrollment is determined by the schools Minnesota Department of Education enrollment in year one in grades 9-12 minus 40 percent of their educational benefit (free and reduced lunch).

Classification
The class member schools are placed to perform and compete during the postseason. A member school’s MSHSL enrollment determines classification. Schools have the option to both appeal, if they qualify, down in team sports and or opt up every two years. Classification is determined on odd-numbered years every two years.
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Competitive Section Placement
Determined every two years, like classification, member schools are placed by enrollment and geographic location in sports and activities where they compete for postseason play.
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Class A (161 teams; enrollment 1-213)


SECTION 1A (20)
Alden-Conger - 139
Bethlehem Academy - 133
Fillmore Central - 138
Glenville-Emmons - 70
Grand Meadow - 119
Hayfield - 191
Houston** - 128
    Houston* - 109
    LaCrescent Montessori & Stem School - 19
Kenyon-Wanamingo - 209
Kingsland - 159
Lanesboro - 126
LeRoy-Ostrander - 69
Lyle-Pacelli** - 126
    Lyle* - 74
    Pacelli - 52
Mabel-Canton - 77
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf - 29
Randolph
Rushford-Peterson
Schaeffer Academy
Southland
Spring Grove
​Wabasha-Kellogg
SECTION 2A (20)
BOLD - 187
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart - 144
Cedar Mountain - 139
Cleveland - 150
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop - 211
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton - 206
Lester Prairie - 148
Madelia - 149
Mankato Loyola - 105
Martin County West - 187
ML-GHEC-T** - 168
    Martin Luther* - 51
    Truman - 45
    Granada-Huntley-East Chain - 72
Mayer Lutheran - 165
Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey** - 201
    Mountain Lake* - 141
    Comfrey - 45
    Mountain Lake Christian - 15
New Century Academy - 82
New Ulm Cathedral - 116
Nicollet - 122
Sleepy Eye - 140
Sleepy Eye Saint Mary's - 82
Springfield - 137
​United South Central - 188
SECTION 3A (20)
Adrian/Ellsworth** - 201
    Adrian* - 163
    Ellsworth - 38
Canby - 153
Central Minnesota Christian - 97
Dawson-Boyd - 160
Edgerton - 103
Heron Lake Okabena-Fulda** - 205
    Heron Lake-Okabena* - 120
    Fulda - 85
Hills-Beaver Creek - 122
Lac qui Parle Valley - 163
Lakeview - 148
MACCRAY - 186
Minneota - 177
Murray County Central - 193
Red Rock Central - 116
Renville County West - 138
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton - 177
Southwest Minnesota Christian - 121
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton - 200
Wabasso - 140
Westbrook-Walnut Grove - 75
​Yellow Medicine East - 193
SECTION 4A (20)
Acad. for Sciences & Agriculture - 172
Avail Academy** - 51+
    Avail Academy* - 51
    Fidelis Academy Home School - NA
    Anderson Home School - NA
Avalon School - 159
Chesterton Academy of the Twin Cities - 143
Community of Peace Academy - 181
Eagle Ridge Academy** - 324
    Eagle Ridge Academy* - 223
    Heritage Christian Academy - 101
Kaleidoscope Charter** - 126
    Kaleidoscope Charter* - 84
    Holy Spirit Academy - 42
Legacy Christian Academy - 166
Liberty Classical Academy** - 67+
    Liberty Classical Academy* - 26
    Schleusener Home School - NA
    Paulu Academy Home School - NA
    DeFrance Home School - NA
    Chesterton Acad. of the St. Croix Valley - 41
Minneapolis North - 294
Minnesota Transitions Charter - 229
New Life Academy of Woodbury - 212
North Lakes Academy - 187
PACT Charter School** - 360
    PACT Charter School* - 210
    Prairie Seeds Academy - 150
St. Paul Humboldt/Open World Learning** - 676
    St. Paul Humboldt* - 454
    Open World Learning - 222
Trinity School at River Ridge - 155
United Christian Academy - 107
​West Lutheran - 144
SECTION 5A (20)
Bertha-Hewitt - 137
Braham - 199
Browerville - 135
Cass Lake-Bena - 209
East Central - 179
Hill City - 66
Isle - 90
Laporte - 73
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle - 222
McGregor - 105
Nevis - 136
Northland - 63
Ogilvie - 150
Onamia - 130
Pine River-Backus - 202
Sebeka - 131
Swanville - 78
Upsala - 123
Verndale - 145
​Walker-Hackensack-Akeley - 172
SECTION 6A (20)
Ashby - 80
Battle Lake - 131
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa - 182
Benson - 200
Brandon-Evansville - 128
Breckenridge - 199
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley - 76
Hancock - 109
Henning - 93
Hillcrest Lutheran - 101
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg - 194
Lake Park Audubon - 204
New York Mills - 199
Ortonville - 134
Park Christian - 103
Parkers Prairie - 176
Rothsay - 59
NCE/UH** - 160
    Ulen-Hitterdal* - 92
    Norman County East - 68
Underwood - 162
Wheaton-Herman-Norcross** - 132
    Wheaton* - 110
​    Herman-Norcross - 22
SECTION 7A (20)
Barnum - 216
Bigfork - 73
Carlton - 108
Cherry - 147
Chisholm - 185
Cook County - 151
Cromwell-Wright - 94
Deer River - 170
Ely - 144
Floodwood - 56
Fond du Lac Ojibwe - 27
Lakeview Christian Academy - 56
Littlefork-Big Falls - 77
Mountain Iron Buhl - 136
Nashwauk-Keewatin - 158
North Woods - 168
Northeast Range - 79
Silver Bay (Wm. Kelley) - 86
South Ridge - 142
​Wrenshall - 103
SECTION 8A (21)
Ada-Borup-West - 169
Badger/GB-MR** - 152
    Greenbush-Middle River* - 79
    Badger - 73
Bagley - 220
Blackduck - 148
Clearbrook-Gonvick - 121
Climax/Fisher** - 116
    Fisher* - 67
    Climax - 49
Fertile-Beltrami - 131
Fosston - 183
Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke** - 100
    Grygla-Gatzke* - 47
    Goodridge - 53
Indus - 26
Kittson County Central** - 88
    Kittson Central* - 53
    Lancaster - 35
Lake of the Woods - 131
Mahnomen/Waubun** - 218
    Mahnomen* - 113
    Waubun - 105
Northern Freeze** - 155
    Tri-County* - 32
    Marshall County Central - 123
Northome/Kelliher** - 110
    Northome* - 43
    Kelliher - 67
Red Lake County Central - 91
Red Lake Falls - 101
Sacred Heart - 113
Stephen-Argyle Central - 84
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo - 121
​Win-E-Mac - 102

Class AA (127 teams; enrollment 214-590)


SECTION 1AA (18)
Blooming Prairie - 230
Caledonia - 258
Cannon Falls - 363
Chatfield - 252
Cotter Schools** - 295
    Cotter* - 240
    Hope Lutheran - 26
    Riverway Learning Community - 29
Dover-Eyota - 325
Goodhue - 214
LaCrescent-Hokah - 374
Lake City - 347
Lewiston-Altura - 261
Medford - 263
Pine Island - 381
Plainview-Elgin-Millville - 444
Rochester Lourdes - 339
Shattuck-St. Mary's - 363
St. Charles - 278
Triton - 306
Zumbrota-Mazeppa - 371
SECTION 2AA (16)
Belle Plaine - 467
Blue Earth Area - 301
Glencoe-Silver Lake - 482
Holy Family Catholic - 456
Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial - 238
LeSueur-Henderson** - 395
    LeSueur-Henderson* - 302
    Minnesota New Country School - 93
​Maple River - 245
Minnesota Valley Lutheran - 219
New Richland-H-E-G - 264
Norwood-Young America - 329
Sibley East - 335
Southwest Christian - 418
St. Clair - 219
Tri-City United - 486
Waseca - 540
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown - 217
SECTION 3AA (16)
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City - 232
Eden Valley-Watkins - 293
Fairmont - 458
Jackson County Central - 306
Litchfield - 413
Luverne - 339
Minnewaska - 337
Montevideo - 343
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta** - 371
    Morris Area* - 312
    Chokio-Alberta - 59
New London-Spicer - 416
Paynesville Area - 270
Pipestone Area - 311
Redwood Valley - 292
Saint James Area** - 296
    St. James* - 252
    Butterfield-Odin - 44
West Central Area - 223
​Windom Area - 285
SECTION 4AA (17)
Concordia Academy - 273
Hiawatha Collegiate - 387
High School for Recording Arts - 232
Hmong College Prep Academy - 465
Lakes International Language Academy - 220
Math & Science Academy - 270
Minneapolis Roosevelt - 693
Minnehaha Academy - 351
Mounds Park Academy - 239
Nova Classical Academy - 272
Richfield - 891
St. Agnes - 302
St. Croix Lutheran Academy - 389
St. Croix Preparatory Academy - 375
St. Paul Academy and Summit School - 426
St. Paul Washington Technology Magnet - 759
Twin Cities Academy/Great River** - 496
    Twin Cities Academy* - 239
​    Great River - 257
SECTION 5AA (16)
Annandale - 552
Blake School - 541
Breck School - 470
Brooklyn Center** - 513
    Brooklyn Center* - 355
    Parnassus Preparatory School - 158
Columbia Heights - 718
Cristo Rey - 331
Dassel-Cokato - 541
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted** - 347
    Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted* - 313
    Holy Trinity - 34
Kimball Area - 237
Maple Lake - 261
Maranatha Christian Academy - NA
Minneapolis Patrick Henry** - 885
    Minneapolis Patrick Henry* - 675
    FAIR School - 210
Providence Academy** - 311 
    Providence Academy* - 286
    RiverTree School - 25
Rockford - 474
Spectrum - 425
​Watertown-Mayer - 439
SECTION 6AA (14)
Albany - 487
Foley - 581
Holdingford - 294
Melrose Area - 418
Milaca - 436
Osakis - 274
Pequot Lakes - 555
Pierz - 355
Pillager - 291
Royalton - 278
Sauk Centre - 318
St. Cloud Cathedral - 386
Staples-Motley - 291
​Wadena-Deer Creek - 246
SECTION 7AA (15)
Aitkin - 352
Crosby-Ironton - 266
Esko - 384
Eveleth-Gilbert - 246
Greenway - 254
Hinckley-Finlayson - 215
International Falls - 268
Mesabi East - 240
Moose Lake/Willow River** - 270
    Moose Lake* - 161
    Willow River - 109
​Mora - 421
Pine City - 421
Proctor - 530
Rush City - 247
Two Harbors - 347
Virginia - 443
SECTION 8AA (15)
Barnesville - 253
Crookston - 308
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton - 403
East Grand Forks - 500
Fergus Falls - 588
Frazee - 251
Hawley - 278
Menahga - 219
Park Rapids Area - 392
Pelican Rapids - 244
Perham - 395
Red Lake - 242
Roseau - 348
Thief River Falls - 534
​Warroad - 295

Class AAA (62 teams; enrollment 591-1280)


SECTION 1AAA (8)
Albert Lea - 843
Austin - 1102
Byron - 660
Faribault - 910
Kasson-Mantorville - 652
Red Wing - 701
Stewartville - 598
​Winona - 819
SECTION 2AAA (8)
Hutchinson - 856
Mankato East - 1061
Mankato West - 1139
Marshall - 757
New Ulm - 591
St. Peter - 624
Willmar - 1047
​Worthington - 790
SECTION 3AAA (7)
Cretin-Derham Hall - 892
DeLaSalle - 645
Simley - 984
South Saint Paul - 747
St. Paul Highland Park - 1139
Two Rivers - 1209
​Visitation - 614
SECTION 4AAA (7)
Chisago Lakes - 1033
Hill-Murray - 652
Mahtomedi - 1129
St. Anthony Village - 609
St. Paul Como Park - 853
St. Paul Harding - 1342
​St. Paul Johnson - 876
SECTION 5AAA (8)
Big Lake - 877
Fridley - 716
Minneapolis Edison** 761
    Minneapolis Edison* - 676
    Heritage Academy - 85
Monticello - 1189
Robbinsdale Cooper - 1281
St. Francis - 1136
Totino-Grace - 682
​Zimmerman - 669
SECTION 6AAA (8)
Academy of Holy Angels - 631
Benilde-St. Margaret's - 928
Bloomington Kennedy - 1252
Delano - 773
Jordan - 601
Mound Westonka - 781
New Prague - 1250
​Orono - 950
SECTION 7AAA (8)
Cloquet - 685
Duluth Denfeld - 768
Grand Rapids - 1034
Hermantown - 659
Hibbing - 596
Marshall School, Duluth - 199
North Branch Area - 633
​Princeton - 843
SECTION 8AAA (8)
Alexandria Area - 1206
Becker - 844
Detroit Lakes - 825
Little Falls - 670
Rocori - 802
Sauk Rapids-Rice - 1280
St. Cloud Tech - 1220
​St. Cloud Apollo - 1042

Class AAAA (62 teams; enrollment 1281+)


SECTION 1AAAA (8)
Farmington - 2104
Lakeville North - 1780
Lakeville South - 1808
Northfield - 1281
Owatonna - 1374
Rochester Century - 1483
Rochester John Marshall - 1423
​Rochester Mayo - 1739
SECTION 2AAAA (7)
Chanhassen - 1410
Chaska - 1423
Eden Prairie - 2642
Minnetonka - 3383
Prior Lake - 2722
Shakopee - 2509
Waconia - 1288
SECTION 3AAAA (8)
Apple Valley - 1604
Eagan - 2043
East Ridge - 1897
Eastview - 2184
Hastings - 1353
Park - 1830
Rosemount - 2408
​Woodbury - 1883
SECTION 4AAAA (8)
Irondale - 1480
Mounds View - 1782
North St. Paul - 1396
Roseville Area - 2032
St. Paul Central - 1527
Stillwater - 2614
Tartan - 1453
​White Bear Lake Area - 2099
SECTION 5AAAA (8)
Champlin Park - 2623
Hopkins - 1862
Maple Grove - 2320 
Osseo - 1939
Park Center - 1669
Robbinsdale Armstrong - 1661
Spring Lake Park - 1624
​Wayzata - 3396
SECTION 6AAAA (7)
Bloomington Jefferson - 1548
Burnsville - 1971
Edina - 2587
Minneapolis South - 1300
Minneapolis Southwest - 1624
Minneapolis Washburn - 1475
St. Louis Park - 1318
SECTION 7AAAA (8)
Andover - 1605
Anoka - 2047
Blaine - 2666
Cambridge-Isanti - 1433
Centennial - 1924
Coon Rapids - 1971
Duluth East - 1430
​Forest Lake - 1849
SECTION 8AAAA (8)
Bemidji - 1294
Brainerd - 1752
Buffalo - 1735
Elk River - 1622
Moorhead - 1668
Rogers - 1581
Sartell - 1318
​St. Michael-Albertville - 2128
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