Classifications: Fall GOLF
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
Fall Golf: One class.
4A: Largest 48 schools, others by request.
Remaining schools play Spring Golf.
Schools Playing in Relation to Assigned Golf Season
At its April, 2023 meeting, the IHSAA Board of Control adopted the following golf season guidelines:
The top 48 schools in Golf Classification are designated Class 4A and permitted only to compete in the IHSAA fall season.
Schools in all other classes are permitted to compete in either the IHSAA Class 4A fall season or IHSAA spring season in their designated classification.
- Teams choosing to compete in the spring season may not compete in the fall season nor conduct any practices during the fall season.
- Teams choosing to compete in the fall season may not compete in any meets nor conduct any practices during the spring season.
FALL GOLF
2025 PRELIMINARY CLASSIFICATIONS
Latest update: June 26, 2025
School | BEDS | Co-oping Schools |
---|---|---|
Valley, West Des Moines | 2236 | |
Johnston | 1796 | |
Southeast Polk | 1757 | |
Linn-Mar, Marion | 1692 | |
Des Moines, Lincoln | 1692 | |
Des Moines, Roosevelt | 1661 | Des Moines Hoover |
Waukee Northwest | 1599 | |
Ankeny Centennial | 1511 | |
Waukee | 1432 | |
Des Moines, East | 1425 | |
Ankeny | 1385 | |
Waterloo, West | 1381 | |
Prairie, Cedar Rapids | 1349 | |
Cedar Falls | 1321 | Valley Lutheran |
Pleasant Valley | 1273 | |
Iowa City, City High | 1262 | |
Marshalltown | 1242 | |
Cedar Rapids, Kennedy | 1230 | |
Sioux City, North | 1202 | |
Cedar Rapids, Jefferson | 1175 | |
Sioux City, East | 1172 | |
Iowa City, West | 1138 | |
Dubuque, Senior | 1128 | |
Bettendorf | 1104 | Rivermont Collegiate; Morning Star; New City Classical; Coram Deo |
Dubuque, Hempstead | 1081 | |
Ames | 1076 | |
Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines | 1071 | |
Ottumwa | 1065 | |
Muscatine | 1047 | |
Des Moines, North | 1012 | |
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln | 997 | |
Iowa City, Liberty | 996 | |
Urbandale | 980 | |
Davenport, Central | 962 | |
Sioux City, West | 959 | |
Davenport, West | 950 | |
Indianola | 900 | |
Cedar Rapids, Washington | 893 | |
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson | 857 | |
Davenport, North | 846 | |
Waterloo, East | 842 | |
Dallas Center-Grimes | 817 | |
North Scott, Eldridge | 816 | |
Norwalk | 801 | |
Lewis Central | 792 | |
Fort Dodge | 784 | |
Clinton | 772 | |
Mason City | 764 | North Iowa Christian |
Burlington | 723 | |
Epworth, Western Dubuque | 718 | |
Le Mars | 532 | |
Xavier, Cedar Rapids | 489 | |
Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 404 | |
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City | 402 | |
Central DeWitt | 386 | |
Assumption, Davenport | 348 | |
Wahlert, Dubuque | 346 |