Tentative Reclassification Plans

The FHSAA staff prepared an eight-district plan for Classifications 6A through 3A as passed by the Board of Directors in November.  However, there was extensive travel within this plan so the FHSAA staff made a unanimous decision to change to a 16-district format which now appears on the FHSAA web site (and is attached to this e-mail).  Some examples of the extensive travel include schools in several districts making multiple trips in a single football season from Jacksonville to Pensacola or Niceville.  Also, in other districts there were schools in Naples and Ft. Myers making multiple trips from Southwest Florida to Palm Beach County, Broward County, Miami-Dade County and also to Key West.

Tentative classifications and district assignments for the 2009 & 2010 FHSAA State Football Series are now posted on the FHSAA web site.  Schools will have until noon on Jan. 9, 2009, to submit written requests for reassignment to a different classification and/or district if they believe the change is warranted.  Schools have the option of playing in its assigned classification or one classification higher. Schools in the lower 10% of the population breakdown of each classification have the option of playing down one classification if it is deemed more suitable for district travel reasons.  As of December 12, no schools have made a request to either play up or play down.

Class 6A

72 schools

Student population: 2363-4147

REGION 1

(21 schools)

DISTRICT 1

(4 schools)

Forest (Ocala)

Mandarin (Jacksonville)

Orange Park

Sandalwood (Jacksonville)

DISTRICT 2

(7 schools)

DeLand

Deltona

Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs)

Lake Mary

Lyman (Longwood)

Seminole (Sanford)

Spruce Creek (Port Orange)

DISTRICT 3

(4 schools)

Colonial (Orlando)

Timber Creek (Orlando)

University (Orlando)

Winter Park

DISTRICT 4

(6 schools)

Apopka

East Ridge (Clermont)

Ocoee

Olympia (Orlando)

Wekiva (Apopka)

West Orange (Winter Garden)

REGION 2

(20 schools)

DISTRICT 5

(4 schools)

Boone (Orlando)

Cypress Creek (Orlando)

Dr. Phillips (Orlando)

Freedom (Orlando)

DISTRICT 6

(6 schools)

Bloomingdale (Valrico)

Brandon

North Port

Riverview (Sarasota)

Sarasota

Wharton (Tampa)

DISTRICT 7

(5 schools)

Centennial (Port St. Lucie)

Jupiter

Palm Beach Gardens

Treasure Coast (Pt. St. Lucie)

Vero Beach

DISTRICT 8

(5 schools)

Atlantic (Delray Beach)

Boca Raton

Palm Beach Central (Wellington)

Park Vista (Lake Worth)

Seminole Ridge (Loxahatchee)

REGION 3

(15 schools)

DISTRICT 9

(3 schools)

Deerfield Beach

Douglas (Parkland)

Taravella (Coral Springs)

DISTRICT 10

(4 schools)

Miramar

Piper (Sunrise)

South Plantation (Plantation)

Western (Davie)

DISTRICT 11

(4 schools)

Cypress Bay (Weston)

Everglades (Miramar)

Flanagan (Pembroke Pines)

West Broward (Pembroke Pines)

DISTRICT 12

(4 schools)

Dr. Krop (Miami)

Goleman (Miami)

North Miami

North Miami Beach

REGION 4

(16 schools)

DISTRICT 13

(4 schools)

Columbus (Miami)

Coral Gables

Hialeah

Miami

DISTRICT 14

(4 schools)

Miami Coral Park

Miami Palmetto

Miami Sunset

South Miami

DISTRICT 15

(4 schools)

Braddock (Miami)

Ferguson (Miami)

Southwest Miami

Varela (Miami)

DISTRICT 16

(4 schools)

Coral Reef (Miami)

Miami Killian

Miami Southridge

South Dade (Homestead)

Class 5A

70 schools

Student population: 2015-2362

REGION 1

(16 schools)

DISTRICT 1

(4 schools)

Buchholz (Gainesville)

First Coast (Jacksonville)

Fleming Island (Orange Park)

Fletcher (Neptune Beach)

DISTRICT 2

(3 schools)

Flagler Palm Coast (Bunnell)

Middleburg

Pine Ridge (Deltona)

DISTRICT 3

(5 schools)

Evans (Orlando)

Hagerty (Oviedo)

Lake Howell (Winter Park)

Oviedo

Winter Springs

DISTRICT 4

(4 schools)

Bayside (Palm Bay)

Melbourne

Palm Bay (Melbourne)

Port St. Lucie

REGION 2

(19 schools)

DISTRICT 5

(5 schools)

George Jenkins (Lakeland)

Lakeland

Liberty (Kissimmee)

Osceola (Kissimmee)

South Lake (Groveland)

DISTRICT 6

(5 schools)

Alonso (Tampa)

Chamberlain (Tampa)

Gaither (Tampa)

Newsome (Lithia)

Plant City

DISTRICT 7

(4 schools)

Freedom (Tampa)

Plant (Tampa)

Riverview

Tampa Bay Tech

DISTRICT 8

(5 schools)

Clearwater

Countryside (Clearwater)

East Lake (Tarpon Springs)

Palm Harbor University

Springstead (Spring Hill)

REGION 3

(15 schools)

DISTRICT 9

(4 schools)

Northeast (St. Petersburg)

Pinellas Park (Largo)

St. Petersburg

Seminole (Seminole)

DISTRICT 10

(4 schools)

Gulf Coast (Naples)

Manatee (Bradenton)

Port Charlotte

Venice

DISTRICT 11

(4 schools)

John I. Leonard (Greenacres)

Lake Worth

Royal Palm Beach

Santaluces (Lantana)

DISTRICT 12

(3 schools)

Spanish River (Boca Raton)

Wellington

West Boca Raton

REGION 4

(20 schools)

DISTRICT 13

(4 schools)

Boyd Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes)

Ely (Pompano Beach)

Northeast (Oakland Park)

Plantation

DISTRICT 14

(5 schools)

Coconut Creek

Cooper City

Coral Glades (Coral Springs)

Coral Springs

Monarch (Coconut Creek)

DISTRICT 15

(4 schools)

McArthur (Hollywood)

Nova (Davie)

St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)

South Broward (Hollywood)

DISTRICT 16

(7 schools)

American (Hialeah)

Hialeah-Miami Lakes

Homestead

Miami Beach

Miami Carol City

Miami Northwestern

Miami Springs

Class 4A

74 schools

Student population: 1740-2014

REGION 1

(20 schools)

DISTRICT 1

(6 schools)

Crestview

Escambia (Pensacola)

Milton

Pace

Pine Forest (Pensacola)

Tate (Cantonment)

DISTRICT 2

(5 schools)

Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach)

Fort Walton Beach

Mosley (Lynn Haven)

Navarre

Niceville

DISTRICT 3

(4 schools)

Chiles (Tallahassee)

Columbia (Lake City)

Leon (Tallahassee)

Lincoln (Tallahassee)

DISTRICT 4

(5 schools)

Ed White (Jacksonville)

Ridgeview (Orange Park)

Robert E. Lee (Jacksonville)

Terry Parker (Jacksonville)

Wolfson (Jacksonville)

REGION 2

(18 schools)

DISTRICT 5

(4 schools)

Central (Brooksville)

Gainesville

Lecanto

West Port (Ocala)

DISTRICT 6

(4 schools)

Ridgewood (New Port Richey)

River Ridge (New Port Richey)

Tarpon Springs

Wiregrass Ranch (Wesley Chapel)

DISTRICT 7

(4 schools)

East River (Orlando) [new school]

Edgewater (Orlando)

Harmony

St. Cloud

DISTRICT 8

(6 schools)

Bartow

Haines City

Kathleen (Lakeland)

Lake Gibson (Lakeland)

Lake Region (Eagle Lake)

Ridge (Davenport)

REGION 3

(19 schools)

DISTRICT 10

(7 schools)

Armwood (Seffner)

Durant (Plant City)

East Bay (Gibsonton)

Hillsborough (Tampa)

King (Tampa)

Leto (Tampa)

Sickles (Tampa)

DISTRICT 11

(5 schools)

Boca Ciega (Gulfport)

Dixie Hollins (St. Petersburg)

Dunedin

Gibbs (St. Petersburg)

Largo

DISTRICT 11

(3 schools)

Charlotte (Punta Gorda)

Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton)

Palmetto

DISTRICT 12

(4 schools)

Baker (Cape Coral)

Barron Collier (Naples)

Cape Coral

Palmetto Ridge (Naples)

REGION 4

(17 schools)

DISTRICT 13

(4 schools)

Mainland (Daytona Beach)

New Smyrna Beach

Seabreeze (Daytona Beach)

Viera (Melbourne)

DISTRICT 14

(4 schools)

Fort Pierce Central

Martin County (Stuart)

Sebastian River (Sebastian)

South Fork (Stuart)

DISTRICT 15

(4 schools)

Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens)

Forest Hill (West Palm Beach)

Okeechobee

Palm Beach Lakes (West Palm Beach)

DISTRICT 16

(5 schools)

Dillard (Fort Lauderdale)

Hollywood Hills (Hollywood)

Miami Central

Reagan (Doral)

Stranahan (Fort Lauderdale)

Class 3A

72 schools

Student population: 1391-1739

REGION 1

(17 schools)

DISTRICT 1

(4 schools)

Gulf Breeze

Pensacola

Rutherford (Springfield)

Washington (Pensacola)

DISTRICT 2

(5 schools)

Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville)

Englewood (Jacksonville)

Forrest (Jacksonville)

Paxon (Jacksonville)

Stanton (Jacksonville)

DISTRICT 3

(4 schools)

Bartram Trail (Jacksonville)

Clay (Green Cove Springs)

Creekside (Jacksonville)

Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach)

DISTRICT 4

(4 schools)

Matanzas (Palm Coast)

Menendez (St. Augustine)

Palatka

St. Augustine

REGION 2

(21 schools)

DISTRICT 5

(6 schools)

Dunnellon

Belleview

Eastside (Gainesville)

Lake Weir (Ocala)

North Marion (Citra)

Vanguard (Ocala)

DISTRICT 6

(4 schools)

Citrus (Inverness)

Hernando (Brooksville)

Leesburg

Nature Coast (Brooksville)

DISTRICT 7

(6 schools)

Gulf (New Port Richey)

Hudson

Land O’Lakes

Mitchell (New Port Richey)

Sunlake (Land O’Lakes)

Zephyrhills

DISTRICT 8

(5 schools)

Blake (Tampa)

Jefferson (Tampa)

Lakewood (St. Petersburg)

Osceola (Seminole)

Spoto (Riverview)

REGION 3

(19 schools)

DISTRICT 9

(5 schools)

Auburndale

Celebration

Oak Ridge (Orlando)

Poinciana (Kissimmee)

Winter Haven

DISTRICT 10

(4 schools)

Bayshore (Bradenton)

Braden River (Bradenton)

Sebring

Lemon Bay (Englewood)

DISTRICT 11

(5 schools)

Fort Myers

Mariner (Cape Coral)

North Fort Myers

Riverdale (Fort Myers)

South Fort Myers

DISTRICT 12

(5 schools)

East Lee County (Lehigh Acres)

Estero

Lehigh (Lehigh Acres)

Lely (Naples)

Naples

REGION 4

(15 schools)

DISTRICT 13

(5 schools)

Eau Gallie (Melbourne)

Fort Pierce Westwood

Jensen Beach

Merritt Island

Titusville

DISTRICT 14

(4 schools)

Fort Lauderdale

Hallandale

Olympic Heights (Boca Raton)

Pembroke Pines Charter

DISTRICT 15

(3 schools)

Miami Jackson

Miami Norland

Westland Hialeah

DISTRICT 16

(3 schools)

Belen Jesuit Prep (Miami)

Key West

Mater Academy (Hialeah Gardens)

Class 2A

57 schools

Student population: 1015-1390

REGION 1

(15 schools)

DISTRICT 1

(7 schools)

Arnold (Panama City Beach)

Bay (Panama City)

East Gadsden (Havana)

Godby (Tallahassee)

Rickards (Tallahassee)

Wakulla (Crawfordville)

West Florida (Pensacola)

DISTRICT 2

(8 schools)

Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville)

Baker County (Glen St. Mary)

Ponte Vedra

Raines (Jacksonville)

Ribault (Jacksonville)

Santa Fe (Alachua)

Suwannee (Live Oak)

West Nassau (Callahan)

REGION 2

(17 schools)

DISTRICT 3

(8 schools)

Astronaut (Titusville)

Atlantic (Port Orange)

Bishop Moore (Orlando)

Cocoa

Jones (Orlando)

Rockledge

Satellite (Satellite Beach)

Space Coast (Cocoa)

DISTRICT 4

(9 schools)

Anclote (Holiday) [new school]

Avon Park

Crystal River

Eustis

Lake Wales

Pasco (Dade City)

South Sumter (Bushnell)

Tavares

Wesley Chapel

REGION 3

(15 schools)

DISTRICT 5

(6 schools)

George Steinbrenner (Seffner) [new school]

Jesuit (Tampa)

Lennard (Ruskin)

Middleton (Tampa)

Robinson (Tampa)

Strawberry Crest (Seffner) [new school]

DISTRICT 6

(9 schools)

Booker (Sarasota)

Cypress Lake (Fort Myers)

DeSoto County (Arcadia)

Golden Gate (Naples)

Hardee (Wauchula)

Immokalee

Island Coast (Cape Coral)

LaBelle

Southeast (Bradenton)

REGION 4

(10 schools)

DISTRICT 7

(5 schools)

American Heritage (Plantation)

Boynton Beach

Glades Central (Belle Glade)

Pompano Beach

Suncoast (Riviera Beach)

DISTRICT 8

(5 schools)

Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale)

Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)

Hialeah Gardens

Miami Edison

Washington (Miami)

Class 2B

58 schools

Student population: 522-1014

REGION 1

(13 schools)

DISTRICT 1

(7 schools)

Bozeman (Southport)

Chipley

Marianna

Northview (Bratt)

Pensacola Catholic

South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach)

Walton (DeFuniak Springs)

DISTRICT 2

(6 schools)

Dixie County (Cross City)

Fort White

FSU (Tallahassee)

Madison County (Madison)

Taylor County (Perry)

Union County (Lake Butler)

REGION 2

(15 schools)

DISTRICT 3

(7 schools)

Baldwin

Bishop Snyder (Jacksonville)

Bolles (Jacksonville)

Bradford (Starke)

Episcopal (Jacksonville)

Fernandina Beach

Yulee

DISTRICT 4

(8 schools)

Interlachen

Keystone Heights

Mount Dora

Newberry

Trinity Catholic (Ocala)

Umatilla

Williston

Villages

REGION 3

(15 schools)

DISTRICT 5

(8 schools)

Berkeley Prep (Tampa)

Clearwater Central Catholic

Cocoa Beach

Frostproof

Lake Highland Prep (Orlando)

Lake Nona (Orlando) [new school]

Mulberry

Tampa Catholic

DISTRICT 6

(7 schools)

Bishop Verot (Fort Myers)

Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota)

Clewiston

Dunbar (Fort Myers)

Gateway Charter (Fort Myers)

Lake Placid

St. Petersburg Catholic

REGION 4

(15 schools)

DISTRICT 7

(6 schools)

Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach)

Coral Springs Charter

Inlet Grove (Riviera Beach)

North Broward Prep (Coconut Creek)

Pahokee

St. Andrew’s (Boca Raton)

DISTRICT 8

(9 schools)

Archbishop Carroll (Miami)

Chaminade (Hollywood)

Doral Academy (Miami)

Gulliver Prep (Miami)

LaSalle (Miami)

Monsignor Pace (Miami)

Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale)

Ransom Everglades (Miami)

Somerset Academy (Pembroke)

Class 1A

58 schools

Student population: 259-521

REGION 1 (Rural Schools)

(12 schools)

DISTRICT 1

(6 schools)

Baker

Freeport

Holmes County (Bonifay)

Jay

Sneads

Vernon

DISTRICT 2

(6 schools)

Blountstown

Franklin County (Eastpoint)

Liberty County (Bristol)

Port St. Joe

West Gadsden (Greensboro)

Wewahitchka

REGION 2 (Urban)

(15 schools)

DISTRICT 3

(7 schools)

Father Lopez (Daytona Beach)

North Florida Christian (Tallahassee)

P.K. Yonge (Gainesville)

Providence (Jacksonville)

St. Joseph (St. Augustine)

Trinity Christian (Jacksonville)

University Christian (Jacksonville)

DISTRICT 4

(8 schools)

Crescent City

First Academy (Orlando)

Florida Air (Melbourne)

Holy Trinity Episcopal (Melbourne)

Melbourne Central Catholic

St. Edward’s (Vero Beach)

Taylor (Pierson)

Trinity Prep (Winter Park)

REGION 3

(14 schools)

DISTRICT 5

(8 schools)

Bell

Branford

Chiefland

Hamilton County (Jasper)

Hilliard

Lafayette (Mayo)

Trenton

Wildwood

DISTRICT 6

(6 schools)

Evangelical Christian (Fort Myers)

Fort Meade

Indian Rocks Christian (Largo)

Lakeland Christian

Northside Christian (St. Petersburg)

Shorecrest (St. Petersburg)

REGION 4

(17 schools)

DISTRICT 7

(9 schools)

Academy (Coral Springs) [eligible in 2010]

American Heritage (Delray Beach)

Benjamin (North Palm Beach)

Calvary Christian (Fort Lauderdale)

John Carroll (Fort Pierce)

King’s Academy (West Palm Beach)

Parkway (Miramar)

Pope John Paul II (Boca Raton)

Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale)

DISTRICT 8

(8 schools)

Archbishop Curley (Miami)

Dade Christian (Miami)

Florida Christian (Miami)

Hillel (North Miami Beach)

Marathon

Miami Country Day

Palmer Trinity (Miami)

Westminster Christian (Miami)

Class 1B

58 schools

Student population: 48-258

REGION 1

(15 schools)

DISTRICT 1

(8 schools)

Aucilla Christian (Monticello)

Cottondale

FAMU (Tallahassee)

Graceville

Jefferson County (Monticello)

John Paul II (Tallahassee)

Munroe (Quincy)

Rocky Bayou Christian (Niceville)

DISTRICT 2

(7 schools)

Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville)

Cedar Creek Christian (Jacksonville)

Eagle’s View (Jacksonville)

Hawthorne

Oak Hall (Gainesville)

St. Francis (Gainesville)

St. Johns (Orange Park)

REGION 3

(12 schools)

DISTRICT 3

(6 schools)

Calvary Christian (Ormond Beach)

Lighthouse Christian (DeLand)

Merritt Island Christian

Trinity Christian (Deltona)

Warner Christian (South Daytona)

Temple Christian (Titusville)

DISTRICT 4

(6 schools)

Lake Mary Prep

Master’s (Oviedo)

Mount Dora Bible

Orangewood Christian (Maitland)

Orlando Lutheran

Pine Castle Christian (Orlando)

REGION 3

(15 schools)

DISTRICT 5

(7 schools)

Agape Christian (Orlando)

All Saints’ (Winter Haven)

Cambridge (Tampa)

Central Florida Christian (Ocoee)

Santa Fe Catholic (Lakeland)

Vanguard (Lake Wales)

Victory Christian (Lakeland)

DISTRICT 6

(8 schools)

Admiral Farragut (St. Petersburg)

Bradenton Christian

Calvary Christian (Clearwater)

Keswick Christian (St. Petersburg)

Out-of-Door (Sarasota)

Moore Haven

St. John Neumann (Naples)

St. Stephen’s (Bradenton)

REGION 4

(16 schools)

DISTRICT 7

(8 schools)

Berean Christian (West Palm Beach)

Boca Raton Christian

Glades Day (Belle Glade)

Highlands Christian (Pompano Beach)

Jupiter Christian

Summit Christian (West Palm Beach)

Zion Lutheran (Deerfield Beach)

Village Academy (Delray Beach) [eligible in 2010]

DISTRICT 8

(8 schools)

Barrington Christian (Florida City) [eligible in 2010]

Coral Springs Christian

Hollywood Christian

Miami MacArthur North

Sheridan Hills Christian (Hollywood)

Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill)

Westlake Prep (Davie)

Westwood Christian (Miami