Columbus High School and Starkville High School are moving on up.
Almost every other public high school in the Golden Triangle is staying put.
The Mississippi High School Activities Association announced its reclassification figures for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years Thursday, moving Starkville into its brand-new 7A classification.
The figures are based on enrollment numbers of current ninth-graders to 11th-graders. Starkville is the 16th-biggest public high school in the state, with a listed enrollment of 1,074.
Alignment for football, basketball and other regions can be found here.
Columbus will return to Class 6A, where it was from 2009 to 2018. Its enrollment is 706, the third-lowest among 24 Class 6A schools.
West Point and New Hope will remain in Class 5A. The Green Wave’s enrollment of 643 ranks ninth in the class, and the Trojans’ 607 students put them 12th.
Caledonia remains in Class 4A as the biggest school in the classification, coming short of Corinth — which moved up to Class 5A — by only two students. The Cavaliers’ enrollment is listed at 499.
Noxubee County stays in Class 3A with a 321 enrollment, 11th among Class 3A schools. West Lowndes remains a 1A school with a total enrollment of 118.
Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science was reassigned to Class 1A, down from Class 2A. Its enrollment is 126.
Theo DeRosa reports on Mississippi State sports for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter at @Theo_DeRosa.
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