NCHSAA announces 2025-28 realignment figures. What classification is your school in?
Here are the size classifications that Charlotte-area schools will be playing in, beginning next school year.
“This marks the first step in an extensive process,” NCHSAA Commissioner Que Tucker said. “In the coming weeks, NCHSAA staff will draft a proposed conference alignment, which will be reviewed by the Realignment Committee. The committee will then work to develop a first draft for membership approval.”
In May 2023, the NCHSAA membership approved a change moving from four classes to eight.
That model will begin next school year.
“We look forward to entering a new era of interscholastic athletics in North Carolina under the eight-classification model,” Tucker said.
Scroll down for the full statewide list.
Class 8A
(school average daily membership, or ADM, number also listed)
Myers Park (3,317)
Ardrey Kell (3,125)
Chambers (2,686)
South Mecklenburg (2,615)
Hough (2,593)
East Mecklenburg (2,498)
Palisades (2,460)
Garinger (2,348)
West Charlotte (2,332)
Mallard Creek (2,304)
Providence (2,248)
(Other 8A schools: Apex, Apex Friendship, Athens Drive, Broughton, Corinth Holders, Enloe, Green Hope, Green Level, Hoggard, Hoke County, Jordan, Laney, Leesville Road, Millbrook, Northwest Guilford, Panther Creek, Pinecrest, Rolesville, Wakefield, West Forsyth, Willow Spring)
Class 7A
Independence (2,148)
Ballantyne Ridge (2,133)
North Mecklenburg (2,102)
Hopewell (2,098)
Lake Norman (1,981)
Marvin Ridge (1,959)
Mooresville (1,953)
Butler (1,926)
West Mecklenburg (1,914)
Weddington (1,895)
Cuthbertson (1,853)
Rocky River (1,848)
South Iredell (1,841)
Porter Ridge (1,802)
Cox Mill (1,772)
A.L. Brown (1,726)
Hickory Ridge (1,671)
West Cabarrus (1,626)
Class 6A
Olympic (1,613)
Berry Academy (1,527)
Ashbrook (1,386)
Central Cabarrus (1,369)
Charlotte Catholic (1,369)
Harding (1,344)
Piedmont (1,264)
Sun Valley (1,256)
North Iredell (1,248)
Statesville (1,244)
Class 5A
Monroe (1,192)
Jay M. Robinson (1,186)
Hunter Huss (1,165)
Northwest Cabarrus (1,142)
Forestview (1,133)
Concord (1,128)
North Lincoln (1,123)
Parkwood (1,079)
North Gaston (1,061)
East Lincoln (1,043)
South Point (989)
Forest Hills (963)
Class 4A
Stuart Cramer (953)
East Gaston (917)
Mount Pleasant (894)
Central Academy (875)
West Iredell (830)
Lincoln Charter (815)
Lake Norman Charter (808)
Class 3A
Lincolnton (793)
West Lincoln (731)
Pine Lake Prep (685)
Union Academy (633)
Piedmont Community Charter (630)
Bessemer City (590)
Class 2A
Queen’s Grant Charter (572)
Mountain Island Charter (559)
Community School of Davidson (558)
Highland Tech (538)
Bradford Prep (517)
Cherryville (484)
Langtree Charter (465)
Corvian Community (454)
Christ the King (434)
Sugar Creek Charter (409)
Class 1A
Carolina International (270)
Bonnie Cone Leadership (263)
Jackson Day (203)
Valor Prep (191)
NCHSAA statewide realignment figures
This story was originally published November 19, 2024 at 12:43 PM.