IHSAA releases Iowa high school football district assignments for 2023-24 seasons

The Iowa High School Athletic Association on Monday released its high school football assignments for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.

Districts (Class 4A, 3A, 2A, 1A, A, 8-player) and groups (Class 5A) are in place for a two-year cycle. The 2023 football season is the first with a socioeconomic factor added for classifications. The adjustment works by reducing 40 percent of a school’s free or reduced lunch count from their annual enrollment to determine their final classification number.

One school in the Des Moines area impacted by this change is Des Moines North, which played in 5A last season but will compete in 4A in 2023 and 2024.

Each team, depending on group or district, will play eight or nine regular-season games. Full schedules for the upcoming season will be released in April, and Week 1 games are scheduled for the week of Friday, Aug. 25.

Here are the group and district assignments for 2023 and 2024.

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Class 5A (36 teams, 6 groups)

Group 1

• Dowling Catholic

• Ankeny Centennial

• Urbandale

• Des Moines Roosevelt

• Sioux City North

• Des Moines East

Group 2

• Southeast Polk

• Johnston

• Sioux City East

• Waukee

• Des Moines Lincoln

• Council Bluffs Lincoln

Group 3

• Cedar Rapids Kennedy

• Bettendorf

• Iowa City High

• Dubuque Hempstead

• Davenport North

• Davenport Central

Group 4

• Valley

• Waukee Northwest

• Ames

• Waterloo West

• Marshalltown

• Ottumwa

Group 5

• Cedar Falls

• Pleasant Valley

• Linn-Mar

• Dubuque Senior

• Davenport West

• Muscatine

Group 6

• Ankeny

• Cedar Rapids Prairies

• Iowa City West

• Iowa City Liberty

• Cedar Rapids Washington

• Cedar Rapids Jefferson

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Class 4A (36 teams, 6 districts)

District 1

• Denison-Schleswig

• Fort Dodge

• LeMars

• Sioux City West

• Spencer

• Storm Lake

District 2

• Decorah

• Epworth-Western Dubuque

• Marion

• Mason City

• Waterloo East

• Waverly-Shell Rock

District 3

• Burlington

• Clear Creek-Amana

• Clinton

• North Scott

• Oskaloosa

• Xavier

District 4

• Bondurant-Farrar

• Carlisle

• Des Moines Hoover

• Gilbert

• Newton

• Pella

District 5

• ADM

• Ballard

• Boone

• Des Moines North

• Indianola

• North Polk

District 6

• Council Bluffs Jefferson

• Dallas Center-Grimes

• Glenwood

• Lewis Central

• Norwalk

• Winterset

Class 3A (36 teams, 6 districts)

District 1

• Bishop Heelan

• Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley

• Carroll

• MOC-Floyd Valley

• Sergeant Bluff-Luton

• Sioux Center

District 2

• Algona

• Charles City

• Clear Lake

• Hampton-Dumont-CAL

• Humboldt

• Webster City

District 3

• Center Point-Urbana

• Central DeWitt

• Independence

• Maquoketa

• Wahlert Catholic

• West Delaware

District 4

• Davenport Assumption

• Fort Madison

• Keokuk

• Mount Pleasant

• Mount Vernon

• Washington

District 5

• Benton Community

• Fairfield

• Grinnell

• Solon

• South Tama County

• Williamsburg

District 6

• Atlantic

• Creston

• Harlan

• Knoxville

• Nevada

• Perry

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Class 2A (48 teams, 8 districts)

District 1

• Central Lyon/George-Little Rock

• Cherokee

• Sheldon

• Unity Christian

• West Lyon

• Western Christian

District 2

• Okoboji

• Spirit Lake

• Estherville Lincoln Central

• Garner-Hayfield-Ventura

• Forest City

• Clarion-Goldfield-Dows

District 3

• Crestwood

• New Hampton

• North Fayette Valley

• Oelwein

• Osage

• Waukon

District 4

• Anamosa

• Camanche

• Monticello

• Northeast

• Tipton

• West Liberty

District 5

• Albia

• Central Lee

• Davis County

• Mediapolis

• Mid-Prairie

• West Burlington

District 6

• Iowa Falls-Alden

• Jesup

• PCM

• Union, La Porte City

• Vinton-Shellsburg

• West Marshall

District 7

• Centerville

• Chariton

• Clarinda

• Clarke

• Interstate 35

• Van Meter

District 8

• Des Moines Christian

• Green County

• Kuemper Catholic

• Roland-Story

• Saydel

• Southeast Valley

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Class 1A (48 teams, 8 districts)

District 1

• Hinton

• Lawton-Bronson

• MVAOCOU

• OABCIG

• Ridge View

• West Sioux

District 2

• Eagle Grove

• East Sac County

• Emmetsburg

• Manson Northwest Webster

• Pocahontas Area

• Sioux Central

District 3

• Aplington-Parkersburg

• Central Springs

• Denver

• Dike-New Hartford

• MFL MarMac

• Sumner-Fredericksburg

District 4

• Alburnett

• Columbus Catholic

• East Marshall

• Grundy Center

• Hudson

• South Hardin

District 5

• Beckman Catholic

• Cascade

• Durant

• Iowa City Regina

• West Branch

• Wilton

District 6

• Cardinal

• Colfax-Mingo

• Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont

• Pella Christian

• Pleasantville

• Sigourney/Keota

District 7

• Grand View Christian

• Nodaway Valley

• Ogden

• South Hamilton

• West Central Valley

• Woodward-Granger

District 8

• AHSTW

• Missouri Valley

• Red Oak

• Shenandoah

• Treynor

• Underwood

Class A (58 teams, 8 districts)

District 1

• Akron-Westfield

• Alta-Aurelia

• Gehlen Catholic

• Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn

• MMCRU

• Sibley-Ocheyedan

• South O’Brien

District 2

• Belmond-Klemme

• Lake Mills

• Newman Catholic

• North Union

• Saint Ansgar

• West Fork

• West Hancock

District 3

• AGWSR

• BCLUW

• Nashua-Plainfield

• North Butler

• North Tama

• South Winneshiek

• Wapsie Valley

District 4

• Bellevue

• Clayton Ridge

• East Buchanan

• Maquoketa Valley

• North Cedar

• North Linn

• Postville

• Starmont

District 5

• Columbus Community

• Danville

• Highland

• Lisbon

• Louisa-Muscatine

• Pekin

• Van Buren County

• Wapello

District 6

• Central Decatur

• Lynnville-Sully

• Madrid

• Martensdale-St. Mary’s

• Mount Ayr

• North Mahaska

• Wayne

District 7

• ACGC

• Earlham

• IKM-Manning

• Panorama

• Riverside

• South Central Calhoun

• Southwest Valley

District 8

• Kingsley-Pierson

• Logan-Magnolia

• St. Albert

• Tri-Center

• West Monona

• Westwood

• Woodbury Central

8-player (69 teams, 10 districts)

District 1

• Ar-We-Va

• Boyer Valley

• Newell-Fonda

• Siouxland Christian

• Remsen St. Mary’s

• West Harrison

• Woodbine

District 2

• Bishop Garrigan

• Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire

• Harris-Lake Park

• North Iowa

• Northwood-Kensett

• Rockford

• West Bend-Mallard

District 3

• Central Elkader

• Don Bosco

• Kee

• Riceville

• Turkey Valley

• Waterloo Christian

• West Central

District 4

• Dunkerton

• Clarksville

• Gladbrook-Reinbeck

• GMG

• Janesville

• Meskwaki Settlement School

• Tripoli

District 5

• Calamus-Wheatland

• Central City

• Easton Valley

• Edgewood-Colesburg

• Lone Tree

• Midland

• Springville

District 6

• English Valleys

• HLV

• Iowa Valley

• New London

• Tri-County

• WACO

• Winfield-Mount Union

District 7

• Belle Plaine

• BGM

• Melcher-Dallas

• Montezuma

• Moravia

• Twin Cedars

District 8

• Bedford

• East Union

• Lamoni

• Lenox

• Mormon Trail

• Murray

• Southeast Warren

District 9

• Audubon

• Baxter

• Collins-Maxwell

• Colo-Nesco

• Coon Rapids-Bayard

• Glidden-Ralston

• St. Edmond

District 10

• CAM

• East Mills

• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton

• Fremont-Mills

• Griswold

• Sidney

• Stanton/Essex

Alyssa Hertel is the college sports recruiting reporter for the Des Moines Register. Contact Alyssa at ahertel@dmreg.com or on Twitter @AlyssaHertel.

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