Texas high school football realignment: UIL set to announce districts for 2024-26

New districts to be unveiled on social media Thursday at 9 a.m.

Realignment is coming to Texas high school football, basketball and volleyball.

On Thursday, the UIL is set to announce new districts for the next two school years (2024-26) at 9 a.m. Central time across its social media platforms.

NEW UIL DISTRICTS: CLASS 6A | CLASS 5A | CLASS 4A | CLASS 3A

Districts are realigned every two years based on updated school enrollment. The UIL released its enrollment figures for the upcoming cycle in late October on what it calls Snapshot Day, and those numbers determined enrollment cutoffs for each conference, which were announced in December.

Schools can push to opt up in order to compete among larger schools.

Texas high school football realignment: Every UIL Class 6A district for 2024-26

DeSoto, two-time defending 6A Division II football champ, has not made a decision whether it will opt up or not after it was designated to drop to 5A Division I school after reporting 2,127 students on Snapshot Day (Class 5A range is 1,315-2,274).

Allen (6,947 students), Plano East (5,346), Plano West (5,337.5) and Conroe (5,282) have the state's largest enrollment, while Welch Dawson (32 students) has the lowest enrollment, followed by Mount Calm (38), Lazbuddie (39) and Blanket (43).

fDeSoto's Daylon Singleton, a four-star junior wide receiver, races toward the endzone during a 6A Division II state championship performance in December. Realignment might change where UIL goes.
fDeSoto's Daylon Singleton, a four-star junior wide receiver, races toward the endzone during a 6A Division II state championship performance in December. Realignment might change where UIL goes / Lead photo by Tommy Hays

Find what each classification looks like at the full UIL enrollment list here. Enrollment numbers are as of Oct. 27, 2023. Class 6A must consist of 220-250 schools that play football, not including those that choose to opt up to 6A.

Districts for other UIL sports will be released at a date that hasn't been released yet.

Stay with SBLive for breakdowns of each classification Thursday morning. 

Here are the conference and division cutoffs. All data is from the UIL.

CONFERENCE CUTOFFS

(Source: UIL)

CONFERENCE

ENROLLMENT

# SCHOOLS

# SCHOOLS (BASKETBALL)

# SCHOOLS (FOOTBALL)

# SCHOOLS (VOLLEYBALL)

6A

2,275+

247

247

247

245

5A

1,315-2,275

253

253

250

253

4A

545-1,314

218

216

200

216

3A

254-544

231

229

201

221

2A

105-253

226

226

206

170

1A

104.9 (and below)

216

215

154

123

1A-5A DIVISION I AND DIVISION II

(Source: UIL)

CONFERENCE/DIVISION

ENROLLMENT

# SCHOOLS

1A Division I

61.5-104.9

78

1A Division II

61.4 (and below)

76

2A Division I

181.5-253

103

2A Division II

105-181.4

103

3A Division I

369-544

101

3A Division II

254-368

100

4A Division I

957-1,314

106

4A Division II

545-956

94

5A Division I

1,903-2,274

128

5A Division II

1,315-1,902

122

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-- Andy Buhler | andy@scorebooklive.com | @sblivetx


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Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.