Classifications: Wrestling

CLASSIFICATIONS: WRESTLING

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

Wrestling: Three classes.

3A: Largest 64 schools.

2A: Next largest 96 schools.

1A: Remaining schools.

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WRESTLING

2024-25 PRELIMINARY CLASSIFICATIONS

Latest update: Sept. 20, 2024

#	School	Class	Enrollment	Sharing Schools
1	Valley	3A	2290
2	Johnston	3A	2112	Des Moines Christian
3	Des Moines Lincoln	3A	1823
4	Des Moines North-Hoover	3A	1738	Des Moines, Hoover
5	Southeast Polk	3A	1712
6	Linn-Mar	3A	1676
7	Des Moines East	3A	1658	Grand View Christian School
8	Waukee Northwest	3A	1582
9	Des Moines Roosevelt	3A	1521
10	Ankeny Centennial	3A	1517
11	Waterloo West	3A	1497	Waterloo Christian School-
12	Ankeny	3A	1441	Ankeny Christian Academy
13	Cedar Falls	3A	1382	Valley Lutheran, Cedar Falls
14	Waukee	3A	1335
15	Sioux City North	3A	1311
16	Prairie	3A	1294
17	Cedar Rapids Kennedy	3A	1282
18	Pleasant Valley	3A	1274
19	Marshalltown	3A	1242
20	Cedar Rapids Jefferson	3A	1232
21	Iowa City High	3A	1222
22	Bettendorf	3A	1201	Morning Star Acad., Rivermont Collegiate, New City Classical Academy-Coram Deo
23	Dubuque Senior	3A	1166
24	Dubuque Hempstead	3A	1162
25	Sioux City East	3A	1160
26	Iowa City West	3A	1135
27	Ames	3A	1106
28	Ottumwa	3A	1101
29	Muscatine	3A	1091
30	Davenport West	3A	1088
31	Davenport Central	3A	1057
32	Dowling Catholic	3A	1024
33	Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln	3A	1012
34	Sioux City West	3A	1002
35	Davenport North	3A	989
36	Urbandale	3A	969
37	Cedar Rapids Washington	3A	944
38	Iowa City Liberty	3A	921
39	Indianola	3A	878
40	Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson	3A	876
41	Waterloo East	3A	834
42	Burlington	3A	821
43	Pella	3A	812	Pella Christian
44	Mason City	3A	809
45	Fort Dodge	3A	807
46	Norwalk	3A	789
47	Dallas Center-Grimes	3A	779
48	North Scott	3A	776
49	Clinton	3A	762	Prince of Peace Catholic, Clinton
50	Lewis Central	3A	747
51	Fort Madison	3A	713	Central Lee, Donnellson-Holy Trinity Catholic, Fort Madison
52	Western Dubuque	3A	667
53	Storm Lake	3A	648	St. Mary's, Storm Lake
54	Newton	3A	638
55	Bondurant-Farrar	3A	610
56	Waverly-Shell Rock	3A	599
57	Denison-Schleswig	3A	596
58	Marion	3A	590	Isaac Newton Christian Academy
59	Clear Creek Amana	3A	587
60	Carlisle	3A	561
61	LeMars	3A	550
62	Boone	3A	549
63	Spencer	3A	545
64	ADM	3A	523
65	Xavier	3A	429	opt-up to 3A
66	North Polk	2A	487
67	Oskaloosa	2A	464
68	Burlington Notre Dame	2A	463	West Burlington-Danville
69	Glenwood	2A	453
70	Keokuk	2A	451
71	Nevada	2A	451	Collins-Maxwell
72	Okoboji	2A	445	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
73	Perry	2A	444
74	Algona	2A	439	Bishop Garrigan
75	Decorah	2A	435
76	Ballard	2A	432
77	Sergeant Bluff-Luton	2A	420
78	Mount Pleasant	2A	418
79	Bishop Heelan	2A	412
80	Winterset	2A	411
81	Central DeWitt	2A	408
82	Webster City	2A	407
83	Red Oak	2A	400	Stanton, East Mills
84	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows	2A	398	Belmond-Klemme
85	Carroll	2A	395
86	A-P/G-C	2A	390	Grundy Center
87	Gilbert	2A	390
88	Maquoketa	2A	390
89	Knoxville	2A	387
90	Independence	2A	386
91	Anamosa	2A	384	Central City
92	Sheldon	2A	384	South O'Brien, Paullina
93	Charles City	2A	383
94	Creston	2A	374
95	Grinnell	2A	374
96	MOC-Floyd Valley	2A	374
97	Sioux Center	2A	373
98	Spirit Lake	2A	370	Harris-Lake Park
99	Atlantic	2A	367
100	Harlan Community	2A	367
101	Benton	2A	363
102	Mount Vernon	2A	360
103	Wahlert Catholic	2A	356
104	Clear Lake	2A	354
105	Mid-Prairie	2A	351	Hillcrest Academy
106	Waukon	2A	351	Kee, Lansing
107	Humboldt	2A	350
108	West Delaware	2A	350
109	Solon	2A	348
110	Audubon	2A	347	Exira-EHK-IKM-Manning
111	BH-RV	2A	344	Boyden-Hull
112	Hampton-Dumont-CAL	2A	344
113	Woodward-Granger	2A	343	Madrid
114	New Hampton	2A	341	Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction
115	Saydel	2A	340
116	East Marshall	2A	338	GMG, Garwin-Meskwaki Settlement School
117	Forest City	2A	335	North Iowa, Buffalo Center
118	Roland-Story	2A	331	Colo-NESCO
119	Center Point-Urbana	2A	330
120	Washington	2A	329
121	Assumption	2A	328
122	Dike-New Hartford	2A	328	Gladbrook-Reinbeck
123	Fairfield	2A	328
124	BCLUW	2A	318	South Hardin
125	South Tama	2A	315
126	Williamsburg	2A	315
127	Clarke	2A	311
128	Greene County	2A	308	Paton-Churdan
129	Vinton-Shellsburg	2A	302
130	Centerville	2A	301
131	Chariton	2A	293
132	West Liberty	2A	291
133	Iowa Falls-Alden	2A	283
134	Cherokee Washington	2A	282
135	Davis County	2A	281
136	Albia	2A	279
137	Estherville Lincoln Central	2A	277
138	Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont	2A	276	Twin Cedars, Bussey
139	Crestwood	2A	270
140	Central Lyon	2A	264	George-Little Rock
141	PCM	2A	261
142	Southeast Valley	2A	258
143	Oelwein	2A	256
144	Columbus Community	2A	251	Winfield-Mt. Union
145	Eagle Grove	2A	249
146	Clarinda	2A	244
147	Mediapolis	2A	244
148	North Fayette Valley	2A	243
149	OABCIG	2A	241
150	Camanche	2A	239
151	Monticello	2A	238
152	North Cedar	2A	236	Calamus-Wheatland
153	Western Christian	2A	234
154	Union Community	2A	232
155	West Marshall	2A	232
156	Tipton	2A	229
157	Kuemper Catholic	2A	225
158	Van Meter	2A	225
159	Garner Hayfield Ventura	2A	223
160	North Butler	2A	223	Clarksville
161	Wilton	1A	223
162	Osage	1A	222
163	Shenandoah	1A	222
164	West Lyon	1A	219
165	Alburnett	1A	215
166	Southwest Iowa	1A	212	Fremont-Mills, Tabor
167	Cardinal	1A	210
168	Jesup	1A	210
169	MVAOCOU	1A	209
170	Northeast	1A	209
171	Denver	1A	208
172	MFL MarMac	1A	207
173	Interstate 35	1A	206
174	Sigourney	1A	205	Keota
175	Southeast Warren/Lib. Cen./M-D	1A	204	Melcher-Dallas
176	West Branch	1A	204
177	Starmont	1A	201	West Central, Maynard
178	Central Elkader	1A	199	Ed-Co
179	Pocahontas Area	1A	193
180	Postville	1A	193
181	East Sac County	1A	191
182	West Central Valley	1A	190
183	Manson-NW Webster	1A	188
184	Lawton-Bronson	1A	186
185	Sumner-Fredericksburg	1A	186
186	Hudson	1A	185
187	East Union	1A	184	Murray
188	Hinton	1A	184
189	Cascade	1A	183
190	Central Springs	1A	181
191	Missouri Valley	1A	181
192	West Sioux	1A	181
193	Beckman Catholic	1A	179
194	Pleasantville	1A	179
195	Treynor	1A	179
196	Central Decatur	1A	178
197	Regina Catholic	1A	178
198	Tri-Center	1A	178
199	Louisa-Muscatine	1A	177
200	Ogden	1A	177
201	Underwood	1A	177
202	South Central Calhoun	1A	176
203	Emmetsburg	1A	174
204	Nodaway Valley	1A	174	Orient-Macksburg
205	Durant	1A	173
206	Ridge View	1A	173
207	Sioux Central	1A	173
208	Panorama	1A	171
209	Columbus Catholic	1A	168
210	St. Albert	1A	165	Heartland Christian
211	Lisbon	1A	164
212	Van Buren County	1A	164
213	Lake Mills	1A	162
214	Bellevue	1A	161
215	AHSTW	1A	160
216	Earlham	1A	160
217	MMCRU	1A	160
218	Sibley-Ocheyedan	1A	160
219	Maquoketa Valley	1A	159
220	North Mahaska	1A	159
221	Westwood	1A	158
222	Colfax-Mingo	1A	157
223	Alta-Aurelia	1A	155
224	Logan-Magnolia	1A	155
225	South Hamilton	1A	155
226	South Winneshiek	1A	151
227	West Monona-Whiting	1A	151	Whiting
228	West Fork	1A	149
229	AGWSR	1A	148
230	Wapsie Valley	1A	148
231	ACGC	1A	147
232	Pekin	1A	146
233	Akron-Westfield	1A	142
234	BGM	1A	142
235	Mount Ayr	1A	142
236	Riverside	1A	141
237	Southwest Valley	1A	140
238	Wapello	1A	138
239	Clayton Ridge	1A	136
240	North Union	1A	135
241	Wayne	1A	135
242	East Buchanan	1A	134
243	Nashua-Plainfield	1A	134
244	Woodbury Central	1A	134
245	Midland	1A	133
246	Springville	1A	133	Cedar Valley Christian
247	Newman Catholic	1A	130
248	West Hancock	1A	130
249	Woodbine	1A	129
250	New London	1A	125
251	Highland	1A	124
252	Northwood-Kensett	1A	124
253	Saint Ansgar	1A	120
254	North Linn	1A	118
255	St. Edmond	1A	118
256	Lynnville-Sully	1A	117
257	GTRA	1A	116	Ruthven-Ayrshire
258	WACO	1A	115
259	Lenox	1A	113
260	Iowa Valley	1A	110
261	Martensdale-St Marys	1A	110
262	Kingsley-Pierson	1A	108
263	HLV	1A	107	Tri-County, Thornburg
264	North Tama	1A	107
265	Baxter	1A	102
266	CAM	1A	102
267	Janesville	1A	102
268	Montezuma	1A	102
269	Coon Rapids-Bayard	1A	99
270	Moravia	1A	98
271	Griswold	1A	96
272	Rockford	1A	96
273	Bedford	1A	94
274	Belle Plaine	1A	94
275	English Valleys	1A	94
276	Lone Tree	1A	94
277	Riceville	1A	94
278	Don Bosco	1A	92
279	West Bend-Mallard	1A	90
280	Tripoli	1A	79
281	West Harrison	1A	65
282	Essex	1A	36

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