Texas UIL Realignment 2024: New districts announced; Legacy, Memorial headed west as expected
The University Interscholastic League will announce it's biennial realignment at 9 a.m. Thursday which will determine which classification, district, and — in the case of football — which division schools will play in for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years.
Every two years, the UIL provides one of the state's greatest talking points by reconfiguring all six classifications, districts, and in the case of football, divisions.
While the effect is felt statewide, this is the place to be to get updates and analysis about this year's process and how it pertains to the Wichita Falls area.
More: UIL REALIGNMENT: Predicting district alignments for the Wichita Falls area
2024-25 Basketball, Volleyball Alignments
DISTRICT 4-5A BASKETBALL & VOLLEYBALL |
|---|
Legacy |
Memorial |
Abilene High |
Abilene Cooper |
Abilene Wylie |
DISTRICT 6-4A BASKETBALL & VOLLEYBALL |
Graham |
Brock |
Brownwood |
Glen Rose |
Mineral Wells |
Stephenville |
DISTRICT 7-4A BASKETBALL & VOLLEYBALL |
Burkburnett |
Bridgeport |
Decatur |
Eagle Mountain |
Krum |
Lake Worth |
Castleberry |
Springtown |
DISTRICT 7-3A BASKETBALL & VOLLEYBALL |
Bowie |
City View |
Henrietta |
Holliday |
Iowa Park |
Jacksboro |
Vernon |
DISTRICT 2-2A BASKETBALL | DISTRICT 7-2A VOLLEYBALL | |
|---|---|---|
Quanah | Electra | |
Amarillo Highland Park | Quanah | |
Carlendon | Seymour | |
Memphis | Memphis | |
Panhandle | ||
Wellington | DISTRICT 8-2A VOLLEYBALL | |
Wheeler | Archer City | |
Nocona | ||
DISTRICT 9-2A BASKETBALL | Olney | |
Archer City | Petrolia | |
Electra | Windthorst | |
Nocona | ||
Olney | DISTRICT 8-A VOLLEYBALL | |
Petrolia | Benjamin | |
Seymour | Knox City | |
Windthorst | Munday | |
Paducah | ||
DISTRICT 16-A BASKETBALL | ||
Benjamin | DISTRICT 9-A VOLLEYBALL | |
Chillicothe | Chillicothe | |
Crowell | Crowell | |
Harrold | Harrold | |
Knox City | Northside | |
Munday | ||
Northside | DISTRICT 10-A VOLLEYBALL | |
Bellevue | ||
DISTRICT 17-A BASKETBALL | Gold-Burg | |
Bryson | Forestburg | |
Newcastle | Prairie Valley | |
Throckmorton | Saint Jo | |
Garner | ||
Perrin-Whitt | DISTRICT 11-A VOLLEYBALL | |
Woodson | Bryson | |
Newcastle | ||
DISTRICT 18-A BASKETBALL | Garner | |
Bellevue | Perrin-Whitt | |
Gold-Burg | ||
Forestburg | ||
Midway | ||
Prairie Valley | ||
Saint Jo |
2024-25 Football Alignments
DISTRICT 2-5A DIVISION II | 2022 record |
|---|---|
Legacy | New program |
Memorial | New program |
Abilene Cooper | 5-7 |
Abilene Wylie | 8-4 |
Amarillo Palo Duro | 4-7 |
Lubbock-Cooper | 8-4 in 5A DI |
Plainview | 5-5 |
DISTRICT 3-4A DIVISION II | 2022 record |
Burkburnett | 3-8 in 4A DI |
Graham | 10-2 |
Brock | 11-4 in 3A DI |
Bridgeport | 1-9 |
Mineral Wells | 4-6 in 4A DI |
Eagle Mountain | New program |
DISTRICT 3-3A DIVISION I | 2022 record |
Bowie | 1-8 |
Iowa Park | 4-7 |
Vernon | 8-3 |
Paradise | 12-2 |
Peaster | 4-7 |
Ponder | 4-6 |
Boyd | 1-9 |
DISTRICT 5-3A DIVISION II | 2022 record |
City View | 7-5 |
Henrietta | 6-4 |
Holliday | 11-2 |
Jacksboro | 13-1 |
Millsap | 5-5 |
Valley View | 2-8 |
DISTRICT 4-2A DIVISION I | 2022 record |
Olney | 3-6 |
Anson | 5-6 |
Abilene TLCA | 1-9 in 2A DII |
Hawley | 11-3 |
Stamford | 9-2 |
Cisco | 5-7 |
DISTRICT 5-2A DIVISION I | 2022 record |
Nocona | 8-2 |
Alvord | 6-4 |
Tioga | 9-4 |
Tom Bean | 6-4 |
Trenton | 4-7 |
Whitewright | 2-8 |
Wolfe City | 9-3 |
DISTRICT 5-2A DIVSION II | 2022 record |
Quanah | 1-9 |
Clarendon | 10-4 |
Memphis | 0-9 |
Wellington | 9-4 |
Wheeler | 4-7 |
Shamrock | 5-6 |
DISTRICT 6-2A DIVISION II | 2022 record |
Archer City | 5-5 |
Electra | 3-6 |
Petrolia | 3-7 |
Seymour | 8-3 |
Windthorst | 9-3 |
Munday | 0-10 |
Haskell | 4-6 |
DISTRICT 6-A DIVISION I | 2022 record |
Bryson | 7-4 |
Knox City | 11-1 |
Newcastle | 10-2 |
Northside | 6-4 |
Perrin-Whitt | 2-8 |
DISTRICT 7-A DIVISION II | 2022 record |
Benjamin | 15-0 |
Chillicothe | 1-9 |
Crowell | 8-3 |
Harrold | 6-4 |
Guthrie | 3-7 |
DISTRICT 9-A DIVISION II | 2022 record |
Throckmorton | 6-5 |
Strawn | 8-4 |
Woodson | 3-8 |
Moran | 2-8 |
DISTIRCT 10-A DIVISION II | 2022 record |
Forestburg | 1-8 |
Gold-Burg | 6-4 |
Fannindel | 5-4 |
What is UIL Realignment
The UIL requires all districts participating in interscholastic competition to submit current high school enrollment numbers in October of odd-numbered years.
The organization takes these enrollment numbers and slots the schools with other like-sized schools and based on enrollment growth, determines the parameters for every classification from Class 6A to 1A.
It further splits up the classifications into Division I and Division II in football from Class 5A down.
Once this happens, the league announces what the new cutoffs will be for each classification and division in December, along with which schools have elected to opt into a higher classification. This leads up to February in even-numbered years when the UIL releases district information for football and basketball with other sports released later on Realignment Day.
Typically in Class 5A and Class 6A the basketball districts will mirror all other sports, but in the smaller districts with charter schools and schools that do not field teams in every sport, the districts in other sports can vary.
Local storylines
Among the area football scenarios we're watching are:
Will WFISD's new schools, Legacy and Memorial, be placed in a district with Lubbock, Amarillo and Abilene schools as expected?
Where does Burkburnett land? The Bulldogs are on an island in Class 4A Division II and could be pulled in three different directions.
Will Iowa Park and Vernon be pulled into a Panhandle district in Class 3A Division I?
Will Jacksboro rejoin other local Class 3A Division II programs City View, Holliday and Henrietta in a district?
Which way will the UIL pull Olney for its Class 2A Division I district? Like Burkburnett, Olney is a fair distance away from any other program in its division.
Does Quanah leave the Panhandle and come back to a district with local teams such as Seymour, Electra, Archer City, Petrolia and Windthorst? How many of our local Class 2A Division II teams end up in the same district?
Keep refreshing this page for the most relevant news regarding all things realignment in the TRN Sports coverage area.
For now, here's a look at what classification and football divisions each of our area schools will be placed.
2024-26 UIL Realignment Cutoffs
Class 6A — 2,275 and above
Class 5A — 1,315-2,274
Class 4A — 545-1,314
Class 3A — 254-544
Class 2A — 105-253
Class A — 104.9 and below
Football Division Cutoffs
Class 5A
Division I — 1,903-2,274
Division II — 1,315-1,902
Class 4A
Division I — 957-1,314
Division II — 546-956
Class 3A
Division I — 369-544
Division II — 254-368
Class 2A
Division I — 181.5-253
Division II — 105-181.4
Class A
Division I — 61.5-104.9
Division II — 61.4 and below
2024-26 Wichita Falls-area enrollments
CLASS 5A DIVISION II
Legacy 1,868
Memorial 1,695
CLASS 4A DIVISION II
Burkburnett 942
Graham 689
CLASS 3A DIVISION I
Iowa Park 541
Vernon 496
Bowie 493
CLASS 3A DIVISION II
Holliday 364
Jacksboro 348
City View 344
Henrietta 295
CLASS 2A DIVISION I
Nocona 234
Olney 215
CLASS 2A DIVISION II
Seymour 170
Archer City 143
Quanah 143
Windthorst 140
Petrolia 134
Electra 131
Munday 104 (opt-up)
CLASS A DIVISION I
Newcastle 77
Northside 69
Knox City 68
Bryson 68
CLASS A DIVISION II
Chillicothe 59
Forestburg 57
Gold-Burg 49
Throckmorton 46
Benjamin 45
Crowell 44
Harrold 44
SCHOOLS WITHOUT FOOTBALL
Bellevue 52
Prairie Valley 45
Midway 42
This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: UIL Realignment 2024: Follow for updates from the Wichita Falls area
