3A teams moving up or down in enrollment, at present

[Old Cardinal]

I noticed that Bridge City has a registration of 790, to start school..There were 26 homes built inside the City limits, recently, and quite a lot of homes outside in the B.C. Ind. School District....There are about 100 homes in progress of being built at the end of Roberts Street. This new construction should put them at the-- top end, if anything close to the present boundries remain, "soon".....Would others share their forecast for 3A football enrollment numbers in their School Districts???

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[X21AAAPlayer]

Well no matter how many homes are built in the area you have to have kids in high school to effect our enrollment status. All of the new homes may just host senior citizens or young couples.. what have you.. In the immediate future I dont see too much to worry about. I watched attendance figures last year and the enrollment always drops about 30 or more throughout the year.

[crzyjournalist03]

Forney's first day high school enrollment was over 950...4A here we come

[Ranger Mom]

I talked to a man from Ballinger when I was there Thursday. He said Ballinger is way below 3-A numbers this year. Vet93, do you have any idea what the numbers are now?? I know you played below the 3-A numbers last year, but I had heard they were even lower this year!

[Old Cardinal]

I would agree with you, if these were the giant homes, being built, that we have experienced in the last 4 years; however, these 100 new homes are of the starter variety (3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, 1450 sq. ft.). Now these type homes, are usually bought by younger people with children of school age.

[vet93]

I think that we have been running in the 330's maybe up to 340 the first few weeks of school. It was about the same last year. We turned in 354 during the last realignment so we are down considerably since then. I look for us to move down to 2A next year. Ironically last year we played Bangs a 2A and they had a higher current enrollment than we did according to their sup.


Ranger Mom:
I talked to a man from Ballinger when I was there Thursday. He said Ballinger is way below 3-A numbers this year. Vet93, do you have any idea what the numbers are now?? I know you played below the 3-A numbers last year, but I had heard they were even lower this year!

[RBARKER]

I don't have any real numbers but Barbers Hill should be at the 800 mark this year. We should make the cut one more year probally being the largest school in 22-3A. I read in the Baytown sun where Coach price predicted by the current growth at BH we would be 5A in 10 years eek! Ive heard a lot of people comparing the Mont Belvieu area to Katy back when they were 3a with all of the growth going on. There are at least 6 new subdivisions going on right now that will hold at least 75 homes a piece.

[southern_thunder]

If the rumors that WOS and Silsbee are going to drop and them and Jasper and BC all end up in the same district means that 2 teams with 800+ would go into the playoffs as small schools.

[zeke]

The new enrollment numbers will be taken and based on last years(August 2002 thru May 2003) average daily attendance...this number takes into account the fluctuations in enrollment throughout the school year.
The last time-2002 the enrollment numbers were 345-899 students for 3A. At that time Ballinger averaged 354 students.

[Wbulldogs]

wylie is moving up in enrollment every year...this year we have moe kids than ever and by he time the 8th and 7th grade get here we might be 4a school for a couple years till those kids leave

[southern_thunder]

Zeke unles things have changed and I havent heard that they have, the enrollment numbers will be taken as the average daily attendance during october 2003.

[trojandad]

And all of that is dependent on whether UIL does the 6-A allignment. I know what they say and the arguments, but the fact is another classification will make UIL lots more money and I've never known them to be motivated by anything else. If 6-A happens, upper enrollment schools should move up.

[zeke]

SOUTHERN THUNDER, Right you are!! Thanks for the save. I asked this specific question to someone who should know recently. One of us got it confused. I just looked it up on the UIL website and they confirm your correctness. You Tha Man.

[everman_guy]

Everman is running around 1080 students right now.

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[St. Ivender]

Enrollments in rural SE Texas will continoe to drop. Unless gold is discovered in Newton County, look for everyone to drop in classification.

[Old Cardinal]

To BobKat: What is the stats on Orangefield? Looks like there is some growth out there also....

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[Old Tiger]

Last time I heard Rockdale had 525 people I believe.

[kaorder1999]

forney is over 1000

[russ31]

I keep hearing that North Lamar is moving up to 4A again next year. Not good for us.

[MARLINFAN]

MARLIN HAS 427. WONT THE CUTOFF POINT FOR 3A BE 450

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[BlueBlood]

I was told today that Barbers Hill has 818 students. Last year they ended with about 840.

[crzyjournalist03]

just wondering, what was the 4A cut-off in the last alignment before a team had to go 5A?

[St. Ivender]

According to Collier -Sharp 4A in '00-'01 was 843-1864. '02-'03's requirements are 900-1909.

[Burnet Dawg06]

I heard today that Burnet has 960 students, Looks like we will be 4A soon.

[Massey78]

Orangefield will be in 3a ball for awhile last year they only had 493 people in there highschool..they will be good for awhile.

[X21AAAPlayer]

southern_thunder:
If the rumors that WOS and Silsbee are going to drop and them and Jasper and BC all end up in the same district means that 2 teams with 800+ would go into the playoffs as small schools.Not really.. Last time I checked the enrollment for bridge city was about 770. That was the end of last year excluding the new freshaman class. I dont beleive they are much bigger than the senior class that just graduated. I was a senior attendance office aide last year so when I got bored Id check enrollment status. They'll most likely start at around 800 then drops due to drop outs in school. So they should level out at 780 maybe lower.. I could be wrong though.

[xhardinhornet]

hardin has 384 so i guess its back to 2a....

[Old Cardinal]

Any-this fall recent enrollment figures from: Navasota, Canyon, Borger, Snyder, Elgin, Huffman-Hargrave, Jasper, Bandera? The big Valley teams?

[CRHSeagle]

FW Carter Riverside has a little over 1100 righ now. Towards the end of the year though alot of them check out and go to Haltom.

[Ray_BearKat]

The last time I checked the three largest valley teams in 3A were Hidalgo, La Feria, and Raymondville. All the school are very close in enrollment mid-700's. All of us will stay 3A for at least a couple more years. There has been plenty of growth throught the valley, we have been the 3rd fastest growing area in the nation for a few years already. Populations almost hit 1 million.

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[southern_thunder]

Last I heard Jasper was around 830, so it looks like we are going to stay down. Sorry.