Classifications: Basketball

School enrollment numbers from each year inform the following school year’s classifications for IHSAA sanctioned sports. Enrollment numbers are provided by the Basic Educational Data Survey (BEDS) from the Iowa Department of Education. Whole grade and cooperative sharing agreements listed as available. To view other sports or overall BEDS numbers, view the Classifications page.

Sport Breakdown

Basketball: Four classes.

4A: Largest 48 schools.

3A: Next largest 64 schools.

2A: Next largest 96 schools.

1A: Remaining schools.

BASKETBALL
2024-25 CLASSIFICATIONS

Latest update: Dec. 11, 2024

#	School	Class	Enrollment	Sharing Agreement
1	Valley	4A	2290
2	Des Moines Lincoln	4A	1823
3	Johnston	4A	1791
4	Southeast Polk	4A	1712
5	Linn-Mar	4A	1676
6	Waukee Northwest	4A	1582
7	Des Moines Roosevelt	4A	1521
8	Ankeny Centennial	4A	1517
9	Des Moines East	4A	1496	JW Reed Christian Academy
10	Waterloo West	4A	1424
11	Cedar Falls	4A	1346
12	Waukee	4A	1335
13	Ankeny	4A	1332
14	Sioux City North	4A	1311
15	Prairie	4A	1294
16	Cedar Rapids Kennedy	4A	1282
17	Pleasant Valley	4A	1274
18	Marshalltown	4A	1242
19	Cedar Rapids Jefferson	4A	1232
20	Iowa City High	4A	1222
21	Dubuque Senior	4A	1166
22	Dubuque Hempstead	4A	1162
23	Sioux City East	4A	1160
24	Bettendorf	4A	1153	Morning Star Academy, New City Classical Academy, Coram Deo
25	Iowa City West	4A	1135
26	Ames	4A	1106
27	Ottumwa	4A	1101
28	Muscatine	4A	1091
29	Davenport West	4A	1088
30	Des Moines North	4A	1078
31	Davenport Central	4A	1057
32	Dowling Catholic	4A	1024
33	Council Bluffs Lincoln	4A	1012
34	Sioux City West	4A	1002
35	Davenport North	4A	989
36	Urbandale	4A	969
37	Cedar Rapids Washington	4A	944
38	Iowa City Liberty	4A	921
39	Indianola	4A	878
40	Council Bluffs Jefferson	4A	876
41	Waterloo East	4A	834
42	Burlington	4A	821
43	Mason City	4A	809
44	Fort Dodge	4A	807
45	Norwalk	4A	789
46	Dallas Center-Grimes	4A	779
47	North Scott	4A	776
48	Lewis Central	4A	747
49	Clinton	3A	723
50	Western Dubuque	3A	667
51	Des Moines Hoover	3A	660
52	Newton	3A	638
53	Bondurant-Farrar	3A	610
54	Pella	3A	599
55	Waverly-Shell Rock	3A	599
56	Denison-Schleswig	3A	596
57	Marion	3A	590	Isaac Newton Christian Academy
58	Clear Creek Amana	3A	587
59	Storm Lake	3A	581
60	Carlisle	3A	561
61	LeMars	3A	550
62	Boone	3A	549
63	Spencer	3A	545
64	ADM	3A	523
65	North Polk	3A	487
66	Oskaloosa	3A	464
67	Glenwood	3A	453
68	Keokuk	3A	451
69	Perry	3A	444
70	Decorah	3A	435
71	Ballard	3A	432
72	Xavier	3A	429
73	Sergeant Bluff-Luton	3A	420
74	Mount Pleasant	3A	418
75	Bishop Heelan	3A	412
76	Fort Madison	3A	412
77	Winterset	3A	411
78	Central DeWitt	3A	408
79	Webster City	3A	407
80	Carroll	3A	395
81	Gilbert	3A	390
82	Maquoketa	3A	390
83	Knoxville	3A	387
84	Independence	3A	386
85	Charles City	3A	383
86	Creston	3A	374
87	Grinnell	3A	374
88	MOC-Floyd Valley	3A	374
89	Sioux Center	3A	373
90	Nevada	3A	371
91	Atlantic	3A	367
92	Harlan Community	3A	367
93	Benton	3A	363
94	Mount Vernon	3A	360
95	Wahlert Catholic	3A	356
96	Clear Lake	3A	354
97	Algona	3A	352
98	Humboldt	3A	350
99	West Delaware	3A	350
100	Solon	3A	348
101	Hampton-Dumont-CAL	3A	344
102	Saydel	3A	340
103	Center Point-Urbana	3A	330
104	Washington	3A	329
105	Assumption	3A	328
106	Fairfield	3A	328
107	Des Moines Christian	3A	321
108	South Tama	3A	315
109	Williamsburg	3A	315
110	Clarke Community	3A	311
111	Vinton-Shellsburg	3A	302
112	Centerville	3A	301
113	Spirit Lake	2A	295
114	Chariton	2A	293
115	Okoboji	2A	291
116	West Liberty	2A	291
117	Anamosa	2A	288
118	Iowa Falls-Alden	2A	283
119	Cherokee Washington	2A	282
120	Waukon	2A	282
121	Davis County	2A	281
122	Albia	2A	279
123	Mid-Prairie	2A	279
124	Estherville Lincoln Central	2A	277
125	Crestwood	2A	270
126	Greene County	2A	270
127	PCM	2A	261
128	Sheldon	2A	260
129	Unity Christian	2A	259
130	Southeast Valley	2A	258
131	Oelwein	2A	256
132	Central Lee	2A	251
133	Eagle Grove	2A	249
134	Clarinda	2A	244
135	Mediapolis	2A	244
136	North Fayette Valley	2A	243
137	Roland-Story	2A	243
138	OABCIG	2A	241
139	Red Oak	2A	241
140	New Hampton	2A	240
141	Camanche	2A	239
142	Forest City	2A	239
143	Monticello	2A	238
144	Western Christian	2A	234
145	Union Community	2A	232
146	West Marshall	2A	232
147	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows	2A	229
148	Tipton	2A	229
149	Kuemper Catholic	2A	225
150	Van Meter	2A	225
151	Garner Hayfield Ventura	2A	223
152	Wilton	2A	223
153	Osage	2A	222
154	Shenandoah	2A	222
155	West Lyon	2A	219
156	Dike-New Hartford	2A	217
157	Alburnett	2A	215
158	Pella Christian	2A	213
159	Cardinal	2A	210
160	Jesup	2A	210
161	West Burlington	2A	210
162	MVAOCOU	2A	209
163	Northeast	2A	209
164	Denver	2A	208
165	MFL MarMac	2A	207
166	Interstate 35	2A	206
167	Woodward-Granger	2A	206
168	West Branch	2A	204
169	Rock Valley	2A	199
170	Aplington-Parkersburg	2A	198
171	Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont	2A	195
172	Pocahontas Area	2A	193
173	Postville	2A	193
174	Grundy Center	2A	192
175	East Sac County	2A	191
176	West Central Valley	2A	190
177	Manson-NW Webster	2A	188
178	Lawton-Bronson	2A	186
179	South Hardin	2A	186
180	Sumner-Fredericksburg	2A	186
181	Hudson	2A	185
182	Hinton	2A	184
183	Cascade	2A	183
184	Central Lyon	2A	183
185	Central Springs	2A	181
186	East Marshall	2A	181
187	Missouri Valley	2A	181
188	West Sioux	2A	181
189	Beckman Catholic	2A	179
190	Pleasantville	2A	179
191	Treynor	2A	179
192	Central Decatur	2A	178
193	Grand View Christian	2A	178
194	Regina Catholic	2A	178
195	Tri-Center	2A	178
196	Louisa-Muscatine	2A	177
197	Ogden	2A	177
198	Underwood	2A	177
199	South Central Calhoun	2A	176
200	Emmetsburg	2A	174
201	Durant	2A	173
202	Ridge View	2A	173
203	Sioux Central	2A	173
204	Panorama	2A	171
205	Belmond-Klemme	2A	169
206	Columbus Catholic	2A	168
207	Lisbon	2A	164
208	Van Buren County	2A	164
209	Lake Mills	1A	162
210	Bellevue	1A	161
211	AHSTW	1A	160
212	Earlham	1A	160
213	MMCRU	1A	160
214	Sibley-Ocheyedan	1A	160
215	Maquoketa Valley	1A	159
216	North Mahaska	1A	159
217	Columbus	1A	158
218	Westwood	1A	158
219	Colfax-Mingo	1A	157
220	Alta-Aurelia	1A	155
221	Logan-Magnolia	1A	155
222	North Butler	1A	155
223	South Hamilton	1A	155
224	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn	1A	154
225	Danville	1A	152
226	South Winneshiek	1A	151
227	West Fork	1A	149
228	AGWSR	1A	148
229	Wapsie Valley	1A	148
230	ACGC	1A	147
231	Pekin	1A	146
232	Boyden-Hull	1A	145
233	Nodaway Valley	1A	145
234	IKM-Manning	1A	144
235	Akron-Westfield	1A	142
236	BGM	1A	142
237	Mount Ayr	1A	142
238	Riverside	1A	141
239	Southwest Valley	1A	140
240	Sigourney	1A	139
241	Wapello	1A	138
242	Madrid	1A	137
243	Clayton Ridge	1A	136
244	North Union	1A	135
245	Starmont	1A	135
246	Wayne	1A	135
247	East Buchanan	1A	134
248	Nashua-Plainfield	1A	134
249	North Cedar	1A	134
250	Woodbury Central	1A	134
251	Midland	1A	133
252	BCLUW	1A	132
253	Newman Catholic	1A	130
254	West Hancock	1A	130
255	Woodbine	1A	129
256	New London	1A	125
257	Southeast Warren	1A	125
258	St. Albert	1A	125
259	Highland	1A	124
260	Northwood-Kensett	1A	124
261	South O’Brien	1A	124
262	West Monona	1A	123
263	Audubon	1A	121
264	Saint Ansgar	1A	120
265	East Union	1A	118
266	North Linn	1A	118
267	St. Edmond	1A	118
268	Lynnville-Sully	1A	117
269	GTRA	1A	116	Ruthven-Ayrshire
270	WACO	1A	115
271	Fremont-Mills	1A	113
272	Lenox	1A	113
273	Easton Valley	1A	111
274	Gladbrook-Reinbeck	1A	111
275	Iowa Valley	1A	110
276	Martensdale-St Marys	1A	110
277	Ankeny Christian	1A	109
278	Kingsley-Pierson	1A	108
279	HLV	1A	107	Tri-County, Thornburg
280	North Tama	1A	107
281	Boyer Valley	1A	105
282	GMG	1A	104
283	Newell-Fonda	1A	104
284	East Mills	1A	103
285	Baxter	1A	102
286	Calamus-Wheatland	1A	102
287	CAM	1A	102
288	Gehlen Catholic	1A	102
289	Janesville	1A	102
290	Montezuma	1A	102
291	Burlington Notre Dame	1A	101
292	Turkey Valley	1A	101
293	Edgewood-Colesburg	1A	100
294	Central Elkader	1A	99
295	Coon Rapids-Bayard	1A	99
296	Sidney	1A	99
297	Moravia	1A	98
298	Springville	1A	98
299	Central City	1A	96
300	Griswold	1A	96
301	North Iowa	1A	96
302	Rockford	1A	96
303	Dunkerton	1A	95
304	Bedford	1A	94
305	Belle Plaine	1A	94
306	English Valleys	1A	94
307	Lone Tree	1A	94
308	Riceville	1A	94
309	Winfield-Mt Union	1A	93
310	Woodward Academy	1A	93
311	Don Bosco	1A	92
312	West Bend-Mallard	1A	90
313	Colo-Nesco	1A	88
314	Bishop Garrigan	1A	87
315	Exira-EHK	1A	82
316	George-Little Rock	1A	81
317	Glidden-Ralston	1A	81
318	Twin Cedars	1A	81
319	Collins-Maxwell	1A	80
320	Melcher-Dallas	1A	79
321	Tripoli	1A	79
322	Harris-Lake Park	1A	75
323	Waterloo Christian	1A	73
324	Hillcrest Academy	1A	72
325	Kee	1A	69
326	Clarksville	1A	68
327	Siouxland Christian	1A	67
328	Storm Lake St. Mary’s	1A	67
329	Keota	1A	66
330	Murray	1A	66
331	West Central	1A	66
332	West Harrison	1A	65
333	Lamoni	1A	62
334	River Valley	1A	59
335	Stanton	1A	56
336	Ar-We-Va	1A	54	Unity Ridge Lutheran School
337	Meskwaki Settlement	1A	53
338	Trinity Christian	1A	52
339	Marquette Catholic	1A	51
340	Holy Trinity Catholic	1A	50
341	Mormon Trail	1A	48
342	Rivermont Collegiate	1A	48
343	Seymour	1A	47
344	Heartland Christian	1A	40
345	Moulton-Udell	1A	39
346	Prince of Peace	1A	39
347	Paton-Churdan	1A	38
348	Essex	1A	36
349	Remsen St. Mary’s	1A	36
350	Valley Lutheran	1A	36
351	Cedar Valley Christian	1A	35
352	Hamburg	1A	35
353	Whiting	1A	28
354	Diagonal	1A	18

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2024-25 CLASSIFICATIONS