Every two years, the Wyoming High School Activities Association (WHSAA) examines the Average Daily Membership (ADM) figures for high schools in the state in order to determine if changes are needed. The ADM is a projected figure for high school aged children in a community, not necessarily the number of students roaming the hallways of the local high school.

For the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years, the WHSAA made some changes to their classification structure, using enrollment cutoff numbers to create the classes rather than stick with a set number of schools in each class. For example, schools with more than 700 on the projected ADM were considered 4A schools. However, with the most recent projections, using this method would have created a large mismatch of 2A and 1A schools in particular for the next two year cycle. Using the same methods, there would be 26 1A schools and only 11 2A schools. For this reason, the WHSAA is moving back to the set number of schools per classification which will create some changes in competition structure for many schools.

These structure changes are for all sports with the exception of football. There are currently no proposals to change the current classification of football.

The 4A classification will be comprised of the largest 16 schools. This will have the Cody Broncs rejoining the class after a two-year absence.

The 4A’s projected largest school for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years is Kelly Walsh with an average of 1,989. Cody will be the smallest at 610. Star Valley is projected to average 852 during that two year span. Jackson Hole High School is projected at slightly larger than Star Valley with 876.

Most schools are seeing a smaller number for this next cycle compared to the current one including Star Valley. SVHS was projected to average 919 students during this current cycle.

The 3A classification’s largest school will be Powell at 531 students. The next 16 largest schools will comprise this class. The 3A’s lower half of enrollment will be much different with Tongue River joining the class with a size of 191. Schools like Lyman which have straddled the state’s classifications is now right in the middle with 244.

Kemmerer High School is projected at 174 students, making it the fourth largest 2A school moving forward for the two year cycle. The largest 2A school will be Moorcroft with 184 and the smallest will be Southeast at 78 students. The next largest 18 schools after 4A and 3A will comprise the 2A class.

The 1A class will be made up of the smallest 20 schools with Upton at 78 being the largest and Arvada-Clearmont the smallest with just 25 students. Cokeville High School is projected to have 61 students on average over the two-year cycle.