CLASSIFICATIONS: FALL GOLF
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
Fall Golf: One class.
4A: Largest 48 schools, others by request.
Remaining schools play Spring Golf.
Schools Playing in Relation to Assigned Golf Season
At its April, 2023 meeting, the IHSAA Board of Control adopted the following golf season guidelines:
The top 48 schools in Golf Classification are designated Class 4A and permitted only to compete in the IHSAA fall season.
Schools in all other classes are permitted to compete in either the IHSAA Class 4A fall season or IHSAA spring season in their designated classification.
- Teams choosing to compete in the fall season may not compete in any meets nor conduct any practices during the spring season.
- Teams choosing to compete in the spring season may not compete in the fall season nor conduct any practices during the fall season.
FALL GOLF
2023 CLASSIFICATIONS
Latest update: June 1, 2023
| School | BEDS | Co-oping Schools |
|---|---|---|
| Valley, WDM | 2290 | |
| Des Moines, Lincoln | 1823 | |
| Johnston | 1791 | |
| Southeast Polk | 1712 | |
| Linn-Mar | 1676 | |
| Waukee Northwest | 1582 | |
| Des Moines, Roosevelt | 1521 | |
| Ankeny Centennial | 1517 | |
| Des Moines, East | 1480 | |
| Waterloo, West | 1424 | |
| Cedar Falls | 1346 | Valley Lutheran |
| Waukee | 1335 | |
| Ankeny | 1332 | |
| Sioux City, North | 1311 | |
| Prairie | 1294 | |
| Cedar Rapids, Kennedy | 1282 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 1274 | |
| Marshalltown | 1242 | |
| Cedar Rapids, Jefferson | 1232 | |
| Iowa City, City High | 1222 | |
| Dubuque, Senior | 1166 | |
| Dubuque, Hempstead | 1162 | |
| Sioux City, East | 1160 | |
| Iowa City, West | 1135 | |
| Ames | 1106 | |
| Bettendorf | 1104 | Morning Star Academy, Rivermont Collegiate |
| Ottumwa | 1101 | |
| Muscatine | 1091 | |
| Davenport, West | 1088 | |
| Des Moines, North | 1078 | |
| Davenport, Central | 1057 | |
| Dowling Catholic | 1024 | |
| Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln | 1012 | |
| Sioux City, West | 1002 | |
| Davenport, North | 989 | |
| Urbandale | 969 | |
| Cedar Rapids, Washington | 944 | |
| Iowa City, Liberty | 921 | |
| Indianola | 878 | |
| Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson | 876 | |
| Waterloo, East | 834 | |
| Burlington | 821 | |
| Mason City | 809 | |
| Fort Dodge | 807 | |
| Norwalk | 789 | |
| Dallas Center-Grimes | 779 | |
| North Scott | 776 | |
| Lewis Central | 747 | |
| Clinton | 723 | opt-up |
| Western Dubuque | 667 | opt-up |
| Des Moines, Hoover | 660 | opt-up |
| Le Mars | 550 | opt-up |
| Xavier | 429 | opt-up |
| Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 420 | opt-up |
| Bishop Heelan Catholic | 412 | opt-up |
| Central DeWitt | 408 | opt-up |
| Wahlert Catholic | 356 | opt-up |
| Assumption Catholic | 328 | opt-up |