The last Friday in October falls on the 30th and makes a late “Snapshot” date for the Texas Education Agency and the UIL. The UIL uses the enrollment data for that day to realign the Texas high school classes one through five A. Throughout the 90’s and early 2000’s rural Texas school lost population in historical numbers. The trend seems to have slowed and this should mean that the classification numbers should not change much unless the UIL has a policy change. The twenty to thirty schools (bubble schools) just above or just below the 2007 enrollment cutoff lines will determine who goes and who stays. For instance the top end cut off for AA two years ago was 429. Anahuac turned in 412 in 2007 and Tatum turned in 443. Anahuac stayed down and Tatum went up. Friends from Anahuac to me they were at 407 this week and friends at Tatum reported 435. The cut off number should stay within approximately 1% *of the current 429 (425-434) and the bottom line should reflect similar numbers in a range of 198-202.

2008-2009 & 2009-2010
5A 2085 & up
4A 980 to 2084
3A 430 to 979
2A 200 to 429
1A 199 & below
99.9 & below

* I have not made an in-depth study.

Tatum turned their number in two weeks early as most schools did.
Tatum turned in 421 on the 15th. What did your school turn in?