CLASSIFICATIONS: WRESTLING

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

Wrestling: Three classes.

3A: Largest 64 schools.

2A: Next largest 96 schools.

1A: Remaining schools.

WRESTLING

2023-24 PRELIMINARY CLASSIFICATIONS

Latest update: Sept. 26, 2023

#	School	Class	Enrollment	Sharing Schools
1	Valley, West Des Moines	3A	2272
2	Johnston	3A	2015	Johnston, Des Moines Christian
3	Southeast Polk	3A	1797
4	Des Moines North-Hoover	3A	1786	Des Moines North, Des Moines Hoover
5	Des Moines Lincoln	3A	1785
6	Linn-Mar	3A	1713
7	Des Moines East	3A	1711	Des Moines East, Grand View Christian
8	Waukee Northwest	3A	1502
9	Ankeny Centennial	3A	1485
10	Des Moines Roosevelt	3A	1458
11	Ankeny	3A	1439	Ankeny, Ankeny Christian Academy
12	Waterloo West	3A	1377	Waterloo West, Waterloo Christian
13	Cedar Falls	3A	1349	Cedar Falls, Valley Lutheran
14	Waukee	3A	1318
15	Prairie	3A	1301
16	Cedar Rapids Kennedy	3A	1296
17	Pleasant Valley	3A	1268
18	Sioux City North	3A	1251
19	Iowa City High	3A	1244
20	Cedar Rapids Jefferson	3A	1203
21	Marshalltown	3A	1196
22	Dubuque Hempstead	3A	1177
23	Bettendorf	3A	1165	Bettendorf, Morning Star Academy, Rivermont Collegiate
24	Muscatine	3A	1161
25	Iowa City West	3A	1159
26	Davenport Central	3A	1150
27	Sioux City East	3A	1149
28	Ottumwa	3A	1131
29	Davenport West	3A	1096
30	Dubuque Senior	3A	1090
31	Ames	3A	1088
32	Davenport North	3A	1056
33	Council Bluffs Lincoln	3A	1040
34	Urbandale	3A	1016
35	Dowling Catholic	3A	995
36	Cedar Rapids Washington	3A	962
37	Sioux City West	3A	956
38	Council Bluffs Jefferson	3A	904
39	Iowa City Liberty	3A	897
40	Waterloo East	3A	855
41	Indianola	3A	852
42	Burlington	3A	813
43	Fort Dodge	3A	813
44	Mason City	3A	803
45	Clinton	3A	800	Clinton, Prince of Peace Catholic
46	North Scott	3A	783
47	Pella	3A	773	Pella, Pella Christian
48	Norwalk	3A	767
49	Dallas Center-Grimes	3A	744
50	Lewis Central	3A	722
51	Fort Madison	3A	714	Fort Madison, Central Lee, Holy Trinity Catholic
52	Western Dubuque	3A	691
53	Waverly-Shell Rock	3A	686	Waverly-Shell Rock, Janesville
54	Newton	3A	681
55	Storm Lake	3A	606	Storm Lake, St. Mary’s, Storm Lake
56	Denison-Schleswig	3A	597
57	Bondurant-Farrar	3A	590
58	Clear Creek Amana	3A	565
59	Carlisle	3A	562
60	Boone	3A	545
61	Marion	3A	539
62	LeMars	3A	535
63	Spencer	3A	522
64	ADM	3A	518
65	Xavier	3A	469	Isaac Newton Christian (opt up to 3A)
66	North Polk	2A	495
67	Nevada	2A	467	Nevada, Collins-Maxwell
68	Keokuk	2A	456
69	Oskaloosa	2A	454
70	Algona	2A	451	Algona, Bishop Garrigan
71	Burlington Notre Dame/WB/Dan	2A	449	Burlington Notre Dame, Danville-West Burlington
72	Glenwood	2A	447
73	Mount Pleasant	2A	444
74	Perry	2A	444
75	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows	2A	440	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, Belmond-Klemme
76	Okoboji/HMS	2A	437	Okoboji, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
77	Decorah	2A	428
78	Webster City	2A	424
79	Winterset	2A	423
80	Maquoketa	2A	410
81	Carroll	2A	409
82	Anamosa	2A	408	Anamosa, Central City
83	Central DeWitt	2A	407
84	Ballard	2A	403
85	Sergeant Bluff-Luton	2A	403
86	Gilbert	2A	400
87	Charles City	2A	399
88	Creston	2A	397
89	Humboldt	2A	384
90	AP-GC	2A	381	Aplington-Parkersburg, Grundy Center
91	Sheldon-South O’Brien	2A	379	Sheldon, South O’Brien
92	Knoxville	2A	379
93	Sioux Center	2A	377
94	Bishop Heelan	2A	376
95	Benton	2A	372
96	BH-RV	2A	371	Rock Valley, Boyden-Hull
97	MOC-Floyd Valley	2A	371
98	Harlan Community	2A	369
99	Independence	2A	369
100	Solon	2A	369
101	Waukon	2A	367	Waukon, Kee, Lansing
102	Atlantic	2A	365
103	West Delaware	2A	364
104	Woodward-Granger	2A	363	Woodward-Granger, Madrid
105	Hampton-Dumont-CAL	2A	360
106	Spirit Lake Park	2A	358	Spirit Lake, Harris-Lake Park
107	South Tama	2A	358
108	Clear Lake	2A	356
109	Roland-Story	2A	354	Roland-Story, Colo-NESCO
110	Grinnell	2A	354
111	Washington	2A	353
112	Center Point-Urbana	2A	352
113	Mount Vernon	2A	350
114	Audubon	2A	344	Audubon, Exira-EHK-IKM-Manning
115	Clarke	2A	344
116	Fairfield	2A	340
117	NH/TV	2A	339	New Hampton, Turkey Valley
118	East Marshall/GMG/MESK	2A	338	East Marshall, GMG, Garwin-Meskwaki Settlement School
119	Wahlert Catholic	2A	337
120	Forest City	2A	336	Forest City, North Iowa
121	Saydel	2A	329
122	Greene County	2A	327	Greene County, Paton-Churdan
123	BCLUW-SH	2A	326	BCLUW, South Hardin
124	Assumption	2A	320
125	Dike-New Hartford	2A	316	Dike-New Hartford, Gladbrook-Reinbeck
126	Mid-Prairie	2A	314	Mid-Prairie, Hillcrest Academy
127	Davis County	2A	311
128	Williamsburg	2A	310
129	Vinton-Shellsburg	2A	308
130	Chariton	2A	307
131	Red Oak	2A	305	Stanton
132	Centerville	2A	300
133	Albia	2A	291
134	Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont	2A	289	Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont, Twin Cedars
135	Iowa Falls-Alden	2A	288
136	Estherville Lincoln Central	2A	286
137	Crestwood	2A	285
138	West Liberty	2A	275
139	PCM	2A	274
140	Clarinda	2A	268
141	Central Lyon/George-Little Rock	2A	264	Central Lyon, George-Little Rock
142	Southeast Valley	2A	264
143	Cherokee Washington	2A	263
144	Oelwein	2A	259
145	Monticello	2A	257
146	Union Community	2A	251
147	Columbus Community/WMU	2A	243	Columbus Community, Winfield-Mt. Union
148	North Fayette Valley	2A	243
149	West Marshall	2A	241
150	Mediapolis	2A	240
151	Eagle Grove	2A	237
152	Tipton	2A	235
153	Garner Hayfield Ventura	2A	232
154	OABCIG	2A	232
155	West Lyon	2A	232
156	Camanche	2A	228
157	Van Meter	2A	227
158	Osage	2A	225
159	Western Christian	2A	224
160	Northeast	2A	224
161	Kuemper Catholic	1A	222
162	North Butler/Clarksville	1A	219	North Butler, Clarksville
163	Jesup	1A	216
164	MVAOCOU	1A	216
165	Southwest Iowa	1A	215	Sidney, Fremont-Mills
166	Interstate 35	1A	214
167	Pocahontas Area	1A	214
168	Shenandoah	1A	214
169	Cardinal	1A	208
170	Woodbine	1A	208	Woodbine, Boyer Valley
171	Starmont	1A	206	Starmont, West Central
172	MFL MarMac	1A	206
173	Sumner-Fredericksburg	1A	205
174	Wilton	1A	204
175	East Sac County	1A	203
176	Southeast Warren	1A	201	Southeast Warren, Melcher-Dallas
177	West Central Valley	1A	201
178	Denver	1A	200
179	Sigourney Keota	1A	198	Sigourney, Keota
180	Alburnett	1A	198
181	West Sioux	1A	197
182	Postville	1A	196
183	West Monona-Whiting	1A	195	West Monona, Whiting
184	Hudson	1A	193
185	Ridge View	1A	192
186	Sioux Central	1A	192
187	Underwood	1A	191
188	Colfax-Mingo	1A	188
189	Manson-NW Webster	1A	187
190	Ogden	1A	186
191	Nodaway Valley	1A	185	Nodaway Valley, Orient-Macksburg
192	Central Decatur	1A	185
193	Pleasantville	1A	185
194	Treynor	1A	185
195	Van Buren County	1A	184
196	Cascade	1A	183
197	Emmetsburg	1A	183
198	Hinton	1A	183
199	Columbus Catholic	1A	181
200	Missouri Valley	1A	180
201	West Branch	1A	180
202	Central Springs	1A	178
203	Durant	1A	178
204	Beckman Catholic	1A	176
205	Lawton-Bronson	1A	176
206	Regina Catholic	1A	175
207	South Central Calhoun	1A	173
208	Louisa-Muscatine	1A	172
209	AHSTW	1A	171
210	East Union	1A	170	East Union, Murray
211	South Hamilton	1A	170
212	Coon Rapids-Bayard	1A	169	Coon Rapids-Bayard, Glidden-Ralston
213	Sibley-Ocheyedan	1A	168
214	Westwood	1A	167
215	Bellevue	1A	166
216	Panorama	1A	165
217	Tri-Center	1A	164
218	Southwest Valley	1A	163
219	ACGC	1A	161
220	Lisbon	1A	161
221	Lake Mills	1A	160
222	Wapsie Valley	1A	160
223	South Winneshiek	1A	159
224	Alta-Aurelia	1A	156
225	Newman Catholic	1A	155	Newman Catholic, Clear Lake Classical
226	St. Albert	1A	155	St. Albert, Heartland Christian
227	Logan-Magnolia	1A	154
228	MMCRU	1A	154
229	West Fork	1A	154
230	North Union	1A	153
231	Maquoketa Valley	1A	152
232	Akron-Westfield	1A	150
233	North Mahaska	1A	150
234	Wapello	1A	145
235	Earlham	1A	144
236	English Valleys/Tri-County	1A	143	English Valleys, Tri-County
237	Mount Ayr	1A	143
238	North Cedar	1A	143
239	Pekin	1A	143
240	East Buchanan	1A	142
241	Martensdale-St Marys	1A	142
242	Clayton Ridge	1A	141
243	AGWSR	1A	140
244	Bedford	1A	139	Bedford, South Page
245	Riverside	1A	139
246	Midland	1A	138
247	Nashua-Plainfield	1A	138
248	Wayne	1A	136
249	BGM	1A	135
250	Woodbury Central	1A	135
251	Saint Ansgar	1A	134
252	Highland	1A	133
253	Springville	1A	130	Springville, Cedar Valley Christian
254	Northwood-Kensett	1A	128
255	North Linn	1A	125
256	GTRA	1A	120	Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire
257	New London	1A	120
258	West Hancock	1A	120
259	Lynnville-Sully	1A	117
260	Iowa Valley	1A	115
261	St. Edmond	1A	115
262	Baxter	1A	112
263	Lenox	1A	112
264	Montezuma	1A	112
265	Central Elkader	1A	111
266	Rockford	1A	110
267	East Mills	1A	109
268	CAM	1A	108
269	Moravia	1A	108
270	WACO	1A	106
271	Lone Tree	1A	103
272	Edgewood-Colesburg	1A	100
273	Kingsley-Pierson	1A	100
274	Griswold	1A	96
275	North Tama	1A	94
276	West Bend-Mallard	1A	91
277	Riceville	1A	86
278	Belle Plaine	1A	83
279	Tripoli	1A	81
280	HLV	1A	72
281	West Harrison	1A	72
282	Don Bosco	1A	69
283	Essex	1A	43