MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – The PIAA Tuesday released the classification parameters for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 sports seasons.
There are some changes in top-end numbers in each classification from the 2022-23 and 2023-24 numbers. All numbers are based on students currently in grades 9, 10, and 11 (10, 11, 12 for the first year of the new two-year sports cycle).
In every returning sport but girls’ cheer, it will take more students to gain a higher classification in the upcoming cycle than it did in the previous cycle. But the caveat to that is the PIAA will be counting students differently for the 2024-25/2025-26 cycle than it did for the 2022-23/2023-24 cycle.
In the current cycle, some students including career center students, home-schooled students, cyber-school students, and charter-school students (when the charter school doesn’t have sports teams) are counted only at 10%. Starting with the 2024-25/2025-26 cycle, those students will count as 100%.
Official school classifications will come out within the next month or so.
Here is a comparison of the current two-year cycle that ends at the end of the school year to the new one that starts at the beginning of next school year.
BASEBALL | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 1A | 1-95 | 1-110 |
Class 2A | 96-149 | 111-176 |
Class 3A | 150-214 | 177-249 |
Class 4A | 215-328 | 250-362 |
Class 5A | 329-523 | 363-575 |
Class 6A | 524 and above | 576 and above |
BOYS BASKETBALL | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 1A | 1-83 | 1-89 |
Class 2A | 84-132 | 90-147 |
Class 3A | 133-194 | 148-224 |
Class 4A | 195-297 | 225-319 |
Class 5A | 298-507 | 320-545 |
Class 6A | 508 and above | 546 and above |
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 1A | 1-167 | 1-191 |
Class 2A | 168-363 | 192-385 |
Class 3A | 364 and above | 386 and above |
FOOTBALL | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 1A | 1-123 | 1-143 |
Class 2A | 124-180 | 144-216 |
Class 3A | 181-262 | 217-295 |
Class 4A | 263-382 | 296-423 |
Class 5A | 383-557 | 424-619 |
Class 6A | 558 and above | 620 and above |
BOYS GOLF | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-251 | 1-285 |
Class 3A | 252 and above | 286 and above |
BOYS LACROSSE | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-480 | 1-499 |
Class 3A | 481 and above | 500 and above |
BOYS SOCCER | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 1A | 1-156 | 1-176 |
Class 2A | 157-262 | 177-291 |
Class 3A | 263-463 | 292-492 |
Class 4A | 464 and above | 493 and above |
BOYS SWIMMING/DIVING | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-392 | 1-430 |
Class 3A | 393 and above | 431 and above |
BOYS TENNIS | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-339 | 1-396 |
Class 3A | 340 and above | 397 and above |
BOYS TRACK/FIELD | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-231 | 1-259 |
Class 3A | 232 and above | 260 and above |
BOYS VOLLEYBALL | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-423 | 1-448 |
Class 3A | 424 and above | 449 and above |
BOYS WRESTLING | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-291 | 1-308 |
Class 3A | 292 and above | 309 and above |
GIRLS BASKETBALL | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 1A | 1-83 | 1-91 |
Class 2A | 84-129 | 92-149 |
Class 3A | 130-194 | 150-220 |
Class 4A | 195-291 | 221-309 |
Class 5A | 292-466 | 310-502 |
Class 6A | 467 and above | 503 and above |
CHEER | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-319 | 1-310 |
Class 3A | 320 and above | 311 and above |
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 1A | 1-166 | 1-179 |
Class 2A | 167-341 | 180-364 |
Class 3A | 342 and above | 365 and above |
FIELD HOCKEY | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 1A | 1-284 | 1-294 |
Class 2A | 285-485 | 295-542 |
Class 3A | 486 and above | 543 and above |
GIRLS GOLF | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-269 | 1-282 |
Class 3A | 270 and above | 283 and above |
GIRLS LACROSSE | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-436 | 1-449 |
Class 3A | 437 and above | 450 and above |
GIRLS SOCCER | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 1A | 1-158 | 1-175 |
Class 2A | 159-259 | 176-282 |
Class 3A | 260-436 | 283-472 |
Class 4A | 437 and above | 473 and above |
SOFTBALL | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 1A | 1-97 | 1-112 |
Class 2A | 98-150 | 113-170 |
Class 3A | 151-220 | 171-245 |
Class 4A | 221-321 | 246-354 |
Class 5A | 322-487 | 355-542 |
Class 6A | 488 and above | 543 and above |
GIRLS SWIMMING/DIVING | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-370 | 1-396 |
Class 3A | 371 and above | 397 and above |
GIRLS TENNIS | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-327 | 1-349 |
Class 3A | 328 and above | 350 and above |
GIRLS TRACK/FIELD | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 2A | 1-230 | 1-250 |
Class 3A | 231 and above | 251 and above |
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
Class 1A | 1-107 | 1-126 |
Class 2A | 108-222 | 127-246 |
Class 3A | 223-416 | 247-438 |
Class 4A | 417 and above | 439 and above |
GIRLS WRESTLING | CURRENT CYCLE | NEXT CYCLE |
One Classification | N/A | All Wrestlers |