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Competitive Section Assignments 2023-24, 2024-25

The following is a list of competitive sections for the 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 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 1-210)


SECTION 1A (21)
Alden-Conger - 124
Bethlehem Academy - 143
Blooming Prairie - 210
Fillmore Central - 155
Glenville-Emmons - 57
​Goodhue - 187
Grand Meadow - 121
Hayfield - 186
Houston - 128
Kenyon-Wanamingo - 199
Kingsland - 149
Lanesboro - 104
LeRoy-Ostrander - 68
Lyle-Pacelli** - 123
    Lyle* - 64
    Pacelli - 59
Mabel-Canton - 73
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf - 17
Rushford-Peterson - 192
Schaeffer Academy - 69
Southland - 149
Spring Grove - 102
​Wabasha-Kellogg - 166
SECTION 2A (22)
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City - 191
BOLD - 179
Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart - 127
Butterfield-Odin United - 61
Cedar Mountain - 128
Cleveland - 162
Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop - 177
Holy Trinity - 32
Lester Prairie - 139
Madelia - 130
Mankato Loyola - 121
Martin County West - 181
ML-GHEC-T** - 174
    Martin Luther* - 50
    Truman - 46
    Granada-Huntley-East Chain - 78
Mayer Lutheran - 183
Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey** - 189
    Mountain Lake* - 127
    Comfrey - 36
    Mountain Lake Christian - 26
New Century Academy - 78
New Ulm Cathedral - 111
Nicollet - 109
Sleepy Eye - 137
Sleepy Eye Saint Mary's - 76
Springfield - 148
​United South Central - 167
SECTION 3A (20)
Adrian/Ellsworth** - 174
    Adrian* - 144
    Ellsworth - 30
Canby - 174
Central Minnesota Christian - 90
Dawson-Boyd - 143
Edgerton - 88
Heron Lake Okabena-Fulda** - 185
    Heron Lake-Okabena* - 93
    Fulda - 92
Hills-Beaver Creek - 115
Lac qui Parle Valley - 172
Lakeview - 182
MACCRAY - 166
Minneota - 159
Murray County Central - 196
Red Rock Central - 99
Renville County West - 119
Russell-Tyler-Ruthton - 178
Southwest Minnesota Christian - 128
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton - 175
Wabasso - 130
Westbrook-Walnut Grove - 92
​Yellow Medicine East - 170
SECTION 4A (18)
Acad. for Sciences & Agriculture - 141
Avail Academy** - 51+
    Avail Academy* - 51
    Kocinski Home School - NA
    Freedom Academy - NA
    DeFrance Home School - NA
    Patriarch Academy Home School - NA
Chesterton Academy of the Twin Cities - 151
Community of Peace Academy - 173
Heritage Christian Academy - 106
International School of MN - 50
Kaleidoscope Charter** - 139
    Kaleidoscope Charter* - 84
    Holy Spirit Academy - 55
Liberty Classical Academy** - 58+
    Liberty Classical Academy* - 58
    Moseley Home School - NA
    Paulson Academy - NA
Metro Deaf School - 36
Minnesota Transitions Charter - 84
New Life Academy of Woodbury - 209
North Lakes Academy - 136
PACT Charter School - 206
Prairie Seeds Academy - 168
Trilogy STEM Academy - 12
Trinity/Unity** - 225
    Trinity School at River Ridge* - 158
    Unity High School - 67
United Christian Academy - 105
​West Lutheran - 177
SECTION 5A (20)
Bertha-Hewitt - 119
Braham - 179
Browerville - 146
Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig - 47
Cass Lake-Bena - 177
East Central** - 255
    East Central* - 239
    Harvest Christian School - 16
Hill City - 61
Laporte - 73
Long Prairie-Grey Eagle - 225
McGregor - 104
Mille Lacs** - 226
    Onamia* - 117
    Isle - 109
Nevis - 142
Northland - 77
Ogilvie - 124
Pine River-Backus - 188
Sebeka - 137
Swanville - 83
Upsala - 95
Verndale - 128
​Walker-Hackensack-Akeley - 163
SECTION 6A (20)
Ashby - 76
Battle Lake - 105
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa - 178
Benson - 169
Brandon-Evansville - 119
Breckenridge - 194
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley - 65
Hancock - 124
Henning - 86
Hillcrest Lutheran** - 127+
    Hillcrest Lutheran* - 127
    Maggert Home School - NA
    Peterson Home School - NA
Lake Park Audubon - 200
New York Mills - 177
Ortonville - 130
Park Christian** - 136+
    Park Christian - 136
    Martin Home School - NA
Parkers Prairie - 176
Rothsay - 77
NCE/UH** - 119
    Ulen-Hitterdal* - 68
    Norman County East - 51
Underwood - 150
West Central Area - 209
Wheaton-Herman-Norcross** - 117
    Wheaton* - 94
​    Herman-Norcross - 23
SECTION 7A (18)
Bigfork - 59
Carlton-Wrenshall** - 181
    Wrenshall* - 93
​    Carlton - 88
Cherry - 142
Chisholm - 177
Cook County - 137
Cromwell-Wright - 96
Deer River - 182
Ely - 150
Floodwood - 38
Fond du Lac Ojibwe - 40
Lakeview Christian Academy** - 64+
    Lakeview Christian* - 64
    Sather Home School - NA
Littlefork-Big Falls - 87
Mountain Iron Buhl - 132
Nashwauk-Keewatin - 117
North Woods - 142
Northeast Range - 64
Silver Bay (Wm. Kelley) - 91
South Ridge - 152
SECTION 8A (22)
Ada-Borup-West - 181
Badger/GB-MR** - 128
    Greenbush-Middle River* - 65
    Badger - 63
Bagley - 210
Blackduck - 152
Clearbrook-Gonvick - 112
Climax/Fisher** - 99
    Fisher* - 50
    Climax - 49
Fertile-Beltrami - 139
Fosston - 150
Goodridge/Grygla-Gatzke** - 95
    Grygla-Gatzke* - 37
    Goodridge - 58
Indus - 27
Kittson County Central** - 102
    Kittson Central* - 62
    Lancaster - 40
Lake of the Woods - 110
Mahnomen/Waubun** - 211
    Mahnomen* - 122
    Waubun - 89
Northern Freeze** - 163
    Tri-County* - 40
    Marshall County Central - 123
Northome/Kelliher** - 100
    Northome* - 38
    Kelliher - 72
Red Lake County Central - 97
Red Lake Falls - 89
Red Lake - 221
Sacred Heart - 116
Stephen-Argyle Central - 73
Warren-Alvarado-Oslo - 134
​Win-E-Mac - 101

Class AA (125 teams; enrollment 211-567)


SECTION 1AA (17)
Caledonia - 264
Cannon Falls - 302
Chatfield - 297
Cotter Schools** - 353
    Cotter* - 260
    Hope Lutheran - 63
    Riverway Learning Community - 30
Dover-Eyota - 310
LaCrescent-Hokah** - 366
     LaCrescent-Hokah* - 347
     La Crescent Montessori & STEM School - 19
Lake City - 361
Lewiston-Altura - 211
Medford - 227
Pine Island - 398
Plainview-Elgin-Millville - 421
Randolph - 233
Rochester Lourdes - 322
Shattuck-St. Mary's - 365
St. Charles - 303
Triton - 272
Zumbrota-Mazeppa - 353
SECTION 2AA (18)
Belle Plaine - 431
Blue Earth Area - 277
Glencoe-Silver Lake - 429
Holy Family Catholic - 553
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton - 211
Jordan - 559
Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial - 266
LeSueur-Henderson** - 329
    LeSueur-Henderson* - 247
    Minnesota New Country School - 82
​Maple River - 248
Minnesota Valley Lutheran - 211
New Richland-H-E-G - 223
Norwood-Young America - 308
Sibley East - 296
Southwest Christian - 494
St. Clair - 235
Tri-City United - 494
Waseca - 520
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown - 217
SECTION 3AA (14)
Eden Valley-Watkins - 289
Fairmont - 482
Jackson County Central - 288
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg - 220
Litchfield - 383
Luverne - 335
Montevideo - 313
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta** - 348
    Morris Area* - 300
    Chokio-Alberta - 48
New London-Spicer - 416
Paynesville Area - 251
Pipestone Area - 287
Redwood Valley - 309
Saint James Area** - 312
    St. James* - 251
    Butterfield-Odin - 61
​Windom Area - 283
SECTION 4AA (16)
Concordia Academy - 317
Hiawatha Collegiate - 394
High School for Recording Arts/Avalon** - 310
    High School for Recording Arts - 156
    Avalon School - 154
Hmong College Prep Academy - 501
Lakes International Language Academy - 252
Math & Science Academy - 322
Minnehaha Academy - 377
Mounds Park Academy** - 362
    Mounds Park Academy* - 238
    Gentry Academy - 124
Nova Classical Academy - 276
St. Agnes - 307
St. Croix Lutheran Academy - 401
St. Croix Preparatory Academy - 366
St. Paul Academy and Summit School - 401
St. Paul Humboldt/Open World Learning* - 665
    St. Paul Humboldt* - 443
    Open World Learning - 222
St. Paul Washington Technology Magnet - 651
Twin Cities Academy/Great River** - 490
    Twin Cities Academy* - 240
​    Great River - 250
SECTION 5AA (18)
Annandale - 558
Blake School - 531
Breck School - 443
Brooklyn Center** - 535
    Brooklyn Center* - 341
    Parnassus Preparatory School - 194
Columbia Heights - 739
Cristo Rey - 436
Dassel-Cokato - 509
Eagle Ridge Academy - 239
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted - 351
Kimball Area - 238
Legacy Christian Academy - 211
Maple Lake - 228
Maranatha Christian Academy - 275
Minneapolis North - 326
Providence Academy** - 339+
    Providence Academy* - 321
    RiverTree School - 28
    Magnolia Academy - N/A
Rockford - 433
Spectrum - 435
​Watertown-Mayer - 432
SECTION 6AA (14)
Albany - 497
Foley - 548
Holdingford - 304
Melrose Area - 397
Milaca - 447
Minnewaska - 351
Osakis - 243
Pequot Lakes - 538
Pierz - 349
Pillager - 298
Royalton - 272
Sauk Centre - 319
St. Cloud Cathedral - 380
Staples-Motley - 287
SECTION 7AA (16)
Aitkin - 302
Barnum - 219
Crosby-Ironton - 258
Esko - 375
Greenway - 247
Hibbing - 564
Hinckley-Finlayson - 234
International Falls - 240
Marshall School, Duluth - 232
Mesabi East - 223
Moose Lake/Willow River** - 268
    Moose Lake* - 163
    Willow River - 105

​Mora - 409
Pine City - 402
Proctor - 472
Rush City - 237
Two Harbors - 290
SECTION 8AA (14)
Barnesville - 247
Crookston - 300
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton - 401
East Grand Forks - 468
Frazee - 212
Hawley - 247
Menahga - 221
Park Rapids Area - 395
Pelican Rapids - 219
Perham - 433
Roseau - 338
Thief River Falls - 499
Wadena-Deer Creek - 255
​Warroad - 294

Class AAA (62 teams; enrollment 568-1177)


SECTION 1AAA (8)
Albert Lea - 760
Austin - 1017
Byron - 627
Faribault - 741
Kasson-Mantorville - 613
Red Wing - 593
Stewartville - 591
​Winona - 746
SECTION 2AAA (8)
Hutchinson - 796
Mankato East - 1078
Mankato West - 1069
Marshall - 720
New Ulm - 624
St. Peter - 606
Willmar - 917
​Worthington - 804
SECTION 3AAA (8)
Cretin-Derham Hall - 901
DeLaSalle - 625
Minneapolis Roosevelt - 799
Minneapolis South - 1078
Simley - 854
South Saint Paul - 720
St. Paul Highland Park - 1130

​Visitation - 568
SECTION 4AAA (8)
Chisago Lakes - 963
Hill-Murray - 683
Mahtomedi - 1079
Minneapolis Edison - 625
St. Anthony Village - 613
St. Paul Como Park - 756
St. Paul Harding - 1174
​St. Paul Johnson - 763
SECTION 5AAA (8)
Big Lake - 790
Fridley - 598
Minneapolis Patrick Henry** - 841
    Minneapolis Patrick Henry* - 584
    FAIR School - 257
Monticello - 1156
Robbinsdale Cooper - 1138
St. Francis - 1039
Totino-Grace - 691
​Zimmerman - 629
SECTION 6AAA (7)
Academy of Holy Angels - 630
Benilde-St. Margaret's - 929
Delano - 768
Mound Westonka - 725
Northfield - 1102
​Orono - 901
Richfield - 940
SECTION 7AAA (7)
Cloquet - 662
Duluth Denfeld - 729
Grand Rapids - 953
Hermantown - 618
North Branch Area - 682
​Princeton - 851
Rock Ridge - 684
SECTION 8AAA (8)
Alexandria Area - 1168
Becker - 799
Detroit Lakes - 737
Fergus Falls - 594
Little Falls - 655
Rocori - 797
St. Cloud Tech - 1109
​St. Cloud Apollo - 895

Class AAAA (64 teams; enrollment 1178+)


SECTION 1AAAA (8)
Farmington - 2011
Lakeville North - 1694
Lakeville South - 1725
New Prague - 1255
Owatonna - 1244
Rochester Century - 1485
Rochester John Marshall - 1301
​Rochester Mayo - 1630
SECTION 2AAAA (7)
Chanhassen - 1283
Chaska - 1419
Eden Prairie - 2479
Minnetonka - 3348
Prior Lake - 2655
Shakopee - 2354
Waconia - 1289
SECTION 3AAAA (8)
Eagan - 1973
East Ridge - 1901
Eastview - 2049
Hastings - 1224
Park - 1681
Rosemount - 2224
Two Rivers -  1202
​Woodbury - 1811
SECTION 4AAAA (8)
Irondale - 1382
Mounds View - 1761
North St. Paul - 1178
Roseville Area - 1879
St. Paul Central - 1360
Stillwater - 2441
Tartan - 1303
​White Bear Lake Area - 2181
SECTION 5AAAA (8)
Champlin Park - 2499
Hopkins - 1677
Maple Grove - 2132
Osseo - 1779
Park Center - 1377
Robbinsdale Armstrong - 1503
Spring Lake Park - 1591
​Wayzata - 3321
SECTION 6AAAA (8)
Apple Valley - 1488
Bloomington Jefferson - 1447
Bloomington Kennedy - 1182
Burnsville - 1633
Edina - 2506
Minneapolis Southwest - 1311
Minneapolis Washburn - 1348
St. Louis Park - 1228
SECTION 7AAAA (8)
Andover - 1625
Anoka - 1986
Blaine - 2535
Cambridge-Isanti - 1377
Centennial - 1791
Coon Rapids - 1686
Duluth East - 1358
​Forest Lake - 1693
SECTION 8AAAA (9)
Bemidji - 1211
Brainerd - 1582
Buffalo - 1647
Elk River - 1490
Moorhead - 1626
Rogers - 1614
Sartell - 1238
Sauk Rapids-Rice - 1197
​St. Michael-Albertville - 2092
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