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2016-17 Classifications Released

Revisiting the Classification debate, here's my proposal updated for the new numbers:

Class A - 24 Teams - The Metro, LPS plus GI and Kearney
Class B - 28 Teams - Fremont, Pius, Norfolk and North Platte move down. Enrollment spread is 354-1,005. Still a big spread but there's just not a lot of schools in this range. Would rather go 24 teams but there is a better break at 28.
Class C-1 - 47 Teams - Nebraska City (335) down to GICC (138)
Class C-2 - 48 Teams - Lincoln Christian (138) down to Lutheran High NE (74)

Move the 8-man cut line to 95 - Only Wninebago, Ravenna and Ainsworth are ineligible.

Class D-1 - 53 Teams - Thayer Central (94) down to Nebraska Lutheran (64) plus the three above.
Class D-2 - 54 Teams - Arapahoe (63) down to Parkview Christian (32)
Six Man - 25 Teams
 
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CLASS A
1. Millard West - 1,922
2. Millard North - 1,861
3. Omaha Central - 1,856
4. Omaha South - 1,854
5. Grand Island - 1,792
6. Lincoln North Star - 1,632
7. Millard South - 1,624
8. Omaha Creighton Prep - 1,590
9. Lincoln Southeast - 1,588
10. Omaha Burke - 1,521
11. Omaha Westside - 1,457
12. Lincoln Southwest - 1,366
13. Lincoln High - 1,338
14. Lincoln East - 1,335
15. Omaha Bryan - 1,318
16. Omaha North - 1,315
17. Omaha Northwest - 1,313
18. Bellevue West - 1,293
19. Papillion-LaVista - 1,284
20. Papillion-LaVista South - 1,258
21. Lincoln Northeast - 1,109
22. Bellevue East - 1,073
23. Kearney - 1,043
24. Omaha Benson - 1,008
25. Fremont - 1,005
26. Lincoln Pius X - 956
27. Norfolk - 902
28. North Platte - 900
 
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CLASS B
1. Elkhorn South - 886
2. South Sioux City - 872
3. Columbus - 832
4. Ralston - 796
5. Gretna - 788
6. Hastings - 763
7. Elkhorn - 730
8. Scottsbluff - 716
9. Lexington - 630
10. Blair - 554
11. Omaha Skutt - 564
12. Grand Island Northwest - 532
13. Norris - 498
14. Beatrice - 494
15. Gering - 464
16. Waverly - 440
17. Crete - 423
18. Plattsmouth - 395
19. Schuyler - 393
20. Bennington - 378
21. McCook - 377
22. Alliance - 375
23. Elkhorn Mt. Michael - 366
24. Seward - 354
25. Nebraska City - 335
26. Sidney - 309
26. York - 309
28. Omaha Roncalli - 306
29. Aurora - 295
30. Platteview - 294
31. Omaha Gross - 293
32. Holdrege - 283
 
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CLASS C1
1. Omaha Concordia/Omaha Street School - 251
2. Gothenburg - 238
3. Columbus Lakeview - 236
4. Hastings Adams Central - 230
5. Wahoo - 225
6. Wayne - 218
7. Cozad - 212
7. Douglas County West - 212
9. Milford/Dorchester - 207
10. Boys Town - 200
11. Fairbury - 198
12. Columbus Scotus - 195
13. Ogallala - 192
14. Chadron - 187
15. Falls City - 184
16. Ashland-Greenwood - 180
17. Boone Central/Newman Grove - 179
18. West Point-Beemer - 176
19. Auburn - 173
20. Fort Calhoun - 172
21. O'Neill - 171
22. Syracuse - 161
22. Kearney Catholic - 161
24. Broken Bow - 157
24. Minden - 157
26. Raymond Central - 155
27. Gordon-Rushville - 151
28. Arlington - 150
28. Pierce - 150
28. Wahoo Neumann - 150
31. Conestoga - 148
31. Ord - 148
33. David City - 147
34. North Bend - 142
35. Chase County - 140
36. Louisville - 139
36. Mitchell - 139
38. David City Aquinas - 138
38. Grand Island Central Catholic - 138
38. Lincoln Christian - 138
38. Madison - 138
38. Southern/Lewiston - 138
43. Norfolk Catholic - 136
 
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CLASS C2
1. Central City - 135
1. St. Paul - 135
1. Valentine - 135
4. Hershey - 133
5. Lincoln Lutheran - 130
6. Logan View - 127
7. Malcolm - 126
8. Bridgeport - 124
9. Fillmore Central - 123
10. Gibbon - 121
10. Tekamah-Herman - 121
12. Wilber-Clatonia - 120
13. Johnson County Central - 118
14. Ponca - 117
14. Southern Valley - 117
16. Wood River - 116
17. Kimball - 114
18. Centennial - 113
19. Yutan - 112
20. Sutton - 111
21. Battle Creek - 110
21. Hastings St. Cecilia - 110
21. Omaha Brownell-Talbot - 110
24. Elmwood-Murdock - 108
25. Centura - 107
26. Arcadia/Loup City - 105
26. Doniphan-Trumbull - 105
28. Shelby/Rising City - 103
29. Sandy Creek - 102
29. Wisner-Pilger - 102
31. Bancroft-Rosalie/Lyons-Decatur - 101
31. Twin River - 101
33. Crofton - 100
33. Stanton - 100
35. Hartington Cedar Catholic - 97
36. Palmyra - 95
37. Bayard - 93
38. Cross County - 92
39. Fremont Bergan - 90
39. Oakland-Craig - 90
41. Freeman - 89
42. North Platte St. Patrick's - 88
43. Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer - 86
44. Lutheran High Northeast - 74
 
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* = School is i two-year exemption period and IS eligible for playoffs
** = School IS NOT eligible for playoffs

CLASS D1
1. Winnebago - 121**
2. Ravenna - 109**
3. Ainsworth - 106**
4. Omaha Nation - 94*
4. Thayer Central - 94**
4. Wakefield - 94**
7. Southwest - 92*
8. Sutherland - 90*
9. Homer - 89**
9. Nebraska Christian - 89**
9. Superior - 89**
12. Perkins County - 88*
13. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge - 87**
13. Neligh-Oakdale - 87**
15. Amherst - 85*
15. Plainview - 85**
17. Cambridge - 83
17. Creighton - 83
17. Niobrara/Verdigre - 83
20. Atkinson West Holt - 82
20. Diller-Odell - 82
20. Hartington-Newcastle - 82
23. Hemingford - 80
24. Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family - 79
25. Howells-Dodge - 78
26. Burwell - 76
26. Guardian Angels Central Catholic - 76
28. Pender - 75
28. Tri County - 75
30. Overton - 72
31. Dundy County-Stratton - 71
31. Heartland - 71
31. South Loup - 71
34. Boyd County - 70
34. Clarkson/Leigh - 70
34. Clearwater/Orchard - 70
34. Nebraska City Lourdes - 70
38. Chambers/Wheeler Central/Ewing - 68
38. Elgin/Elgin Pope John - 68
38. High Plains - 68
38. Kenesaw - 68
42. East Butler - 67
42. McCool Junction - 67
42. Medicine Valley - 67
42. Omaha Christian - 67
46. Alma - 66
46. Franklin - 66
46. Johnson-Brock - 66
49. Morrill - 65
49. Palmer - 65
51. Bertrand - 64
51. Elm Creek - 64
51. Nebraska Lutheran - 64
 
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Because of all the ineligibles, there are 9 teams in D1 who WON"T make playoffs. Something is not right here.




Alum-Ni said:
* = School is i two-year exemption period and IS eligible for playoffs
** = School IS NOT eligible for playoffs

CLASS D1
1. Winnebago - 121**
2. Ravenna - 109**
3. Ainsworth - 106**
4. Omaha Nation - 94*
4. Thayer Central - 94**
4. Wakefield - 94**
7. Southwest - 92*
8. Sutherland - 90*
9. Homer - 89**
9. Nebraska Christian - 89**
9. Superior - 89**
12. Perkins County - 88*
13. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge - 87**
13. Neligh-Oakdale - 87**
15. Amherst - 85*
15. Plainview - 85**
17. Cambridge - 83
17. Creighton - 83
17. Niobrara/Verdigre - 83
20. Atkinson West Holt - 82
20. Diller-Odell - 82
20. Hartington-Newcastle - 82
23. Hemingford - 80
24. Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family - 79
25. Howells-Dodge - 78
26. Burwell - 76
26. Guardian Angels Central Catholic - 76
28. Pender - 75
28. Tri County - 75
30. Overton - 72
31. Dundy County-Stratton - 71
31. Heartland - 71
31. South Loup - 71
34. Boyd County - 70
34. Clarkson/Leigh - 70
34. Clearwater/Orchard - 70
34. Nebraska City Lourdes - 70
38. Chambers/Wheeler Central/Ewing - 68
38. Elgin/Elgin Pope John - 68
38. High Plains - 68
38. Kenesaw - 68
42. East Butler - 67
42. McCool Junction - 67
42. Medicine Valley - 67
42. Omaha Christian - 67
46. Alma - 66
46. Franklin - 66
46. Johnson-Brock - 66
49. Morrill - 65
49. Palmer - 65
51. Bertrand - 64
51. Elm Creek - 64
51. Nebraska Lutheran - 64
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Other interesting notes...

***Norfolk Catholic stays in C-1. They are the smallest C-1 and missed moving down to C-2 by 1 kid.

***David City Aquinas moves up to Class C-1. They have 3 more kids than the biggest Class C-2 schools. That will make things more interesting in Class C-1.

***The gap to Holdrege as the smallest Class B school to the biggest C-1 is pretty sizable. Holdrege is at 283 and the biggest C-1 is 251 (Omaha Concordia). However it wouldn't surprise me if Omaha Concordia was Class B at some point.

***Elkhorn South's average class size in the three-year enrollment is 295, which is bigger than the total three-year enrollments of Aurora, Gross, Holdrege and Platteview in Class B.
 
CLASS D2
1. Arapahoe - 63
1. Maxwell - 63
1. Pawnee City - 63
4. Elkhorn Valley - 62
4. Fullerton - 62
6. Blue Hill - 61
6. Bruning-Davenport/Shickley - 61
6. Friend - 61
6. Weeping Water - 61
10. Ansley/Litchfield - 59
10. Meridian - 59
10. North Central - 59
10. Osmond - 59
10. Randolph - 59
10. Shelton - 59
16. Osceola - 58
17. Creek Valley - 57
17. Hitchcock County - 57
17. Paxton - 57
20. Bloomfield - 56
20. Cedar Bluffs - 56
20. Central Valley - 56
20. Emerson-Hubbard - 56
20. Pleasanton - 56
25. Giltner - 54
25. Sterling - 54
27. Brady - 53
27. Lawrence-Nelson - 53
27. Twin Loup - 53
27. Wallace - 53
31. Crawford - 52
31. Falls City Sacred Heart - 52
31. Mullen - 52
34. Allen - 51
34. Anselmo-Merna - 51
36. Garden County - 50
36. Humphrey St. Francis - 50
36. Sandhills/Thedford - 50
36. Wausa - 50
40. Exeter-Milligan - 49
40. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller - 49
42. Axtell - 47
42. Eustis-Farnam - 47
42. Scribner-Snyder - 47
42. Wauneta-Palisade - 47
46. Leyton - 46
46. Winside - 46
48. O'Neill St. Mary's - 45
49. Loomis - 44
50. Mead - 42
51. Stuart - 39
52. Stapleton - 36
53. Wynot - 34
54. Parkview Christian - 32
 
6-MAN
1. Harvard - 74
2. Walthill - 70
3. Deshler - 60
4. Minatare - 52
5. Cody-Kilgore - 51
6. Silver Lake - 48
6. Wilcox-Hildreth - 48
8. Elwood - 47
9. Hampton - 46
9. Riverside - 46
11. Heartland Lutheran - 44
12. Potter-Dix - 39
12. Santee - 39
12. South Platte - 39
15. Red Cloud - 38
16. Hyannis - 37
16. St. Edward - 37
18. Maywood/Hayes Center - 36
19. Elba - 35
20. Banner County - 33
21. Spalding Academy - 32
22. Hay Springs - 30
23. McPherson County - 22
24. Arthur County - 20
24. Sioux County - 20
 
oldnewballcoach said:
Because of all the ineligibles, there are 9 teams in D1 who WON"T make playoffs. Something is not right here.
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Actually its 11, and I agree. Not sure why the NSAA is so focused on that 83 number. It is certainly something that needs to be adjusted moving forward as all these rural school enrollments keep declining.
 
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The real problem in D-1 is a team like Amherst will play a team like Ravenna and not get bonus points for playing them. In any other league you get bonus points for playing up a class. Ravenna is a C2 team that opted to play D1 ball....why does Amherst and everyone else that plays Ravenna get punished by not getting the bonus points they deserve? Ravenna (and other teams like them) not going to the playoffs is irrelevant to me. They chose that. I have an issue with the NSAA not compensating the REAL D-1 teams when they play these schools that opt in.
 
Mavric said:
Revisiting the Classification debate, here's my proposal updated for the new numbers:

Class A - 24 Teams - The Metro, LPS plus GI and Kearney
Class B - 28 Teams - Fremont, Pius, Norfolk and North Platte move down. Enrollment spread is 354-1,005. Still a big spread but there's just not a lot of schools in this range. Would rather go 24 teams but there is a better break at 28.
Class C-1 - 47 Teams - Nebraska City (335) down to GICC (138)
Class C-2 - 48 Teams - Lincoln Christian (138) down to Lutheran High NE (74)

Move the 8-man cut line to 95 - Only Wninebago, Ravenna and Ainsworth are ineligible.

Class D-1 - 53 Teams - Thayer Central (94) down to Nebraska Lutheran (64) plus the three above.
Class D-2 - 54 Teams - Arapahoe (63) down to Parkview Christian (32)
Six Man - 25 Teams
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In D-1 has 11 teams are ineligible 32 in playoffs only 9 not wow thats way to stupid
 
Its not the enrollment gaps at schools that are the problem. Its the culture and importance the community puts on football. I just wish there way to base classifications on total football participants or at least boys at the school but it just doesn't work that way. NC may be at the bottom of C-1 but I bet they still have over 60 kids out. That's more than 90% of C-1.
 
Class D1 is a joke. 32 of the 42 eligible teams will make the playoffs. What a joke, 16 teams is the only way to go.
 
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parotbay said:
Interesting as you look at these numbers that very successful and very unsuccessful schools exist in the top, middle and bottom of the enrollment numbers for each individual class. Maybe school enrollment isn't the number one determining factor in the success of a football program. There is no doubt it plays a factor, some schools excel with lack of numbers and some schools continue to fail with large numbers.
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I agree - while enrollment does play a factor - tradition, community support, and consistency in coaching are also major factors in the success of a football PROGRAM
 
The top 3 six man schools have the numbers of higher D-2 and lower D-1 but yet are six man. How is that possible? I understand you can opt down a class, but to drop 2 classes that seems unfair to schools who really don't have the numbers.
 
Suhisabeast said:
The top 3 six man schools have the numbers of higher D-2 and lower D-1 but yet are six man. How is that possible? I understand you can opt down a class, but to drop 2 classes that seems unfair to schools who really don't have the numbers.
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Nebraska is the only State that allows teams to opt down, In other States you play in your class and man up or cancel football. Some how the rest of the USA has it figured out but in Nebraska we are always crying and playing the feel bad for me song.
 
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Another option(although I still think the ineligibles should be removed) is to split D1 & D2 among Playoff eligible teams, so that each division has the same percentage of eligible teams making the playoffs. The ineligibles would still be able to play 8 man, but there would need to be more games between D1 & D2 teams.
 
highschoolfootballnut said:
Nebraska is the only State that allows teams to opt down, In other States you play in your class and man up or cancel football. Some how the rest of the USA has it figured out but in Nebraska we are always crying and playing the feel bad for me song.
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Amen! Unfortunately 10 years down the road alot of these schools may be gone and as much as I hate to say it possibly this sport. Sad situation but family farms are disappearing everyday and those that still exist are getting bigger with the same amount of employees. Not a population builder!
 
sker09 said:
Nebraska is also the only state with a cut off enrollment of 83. Every other state is up in the hundreds or figures enrollments differently. Fix the cut off first and then don't allow opting down.
You sound ignorant when you say man up. Putting a 110 lb. freshman on the same playing field as any junior or senior is a safety concern, not an issue of whether your school/school board members have balls. And, if you are a fan of the sport at all, you should not be promoting the cancellation of a programs football season.
Fix the cut off (set it plenty high). No more opting down. Superintendents and school boards, start being proactive and look at the numbers you have coming up and figure out if you need to start the coop/consolidation process.
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The schools that play 8-man voted the raise of the cut off down, it was purposed last year to go to 95 but was voted down in all districts, so that is the cut off either play in your class or dont play thats the choice in every state except Nebraska. Is it fair to have a school of 62 enrollment to play a school with 106 or even 122 and risk injury or even the season on a game that doesnt count, or against a team that can't even make playoffs because they want to drop down a class so they can compete. Is it fair to all the teams that are in D-1 to now have districts of 5 teams with a possible 2 teams 40% of those teams not even eligible for the playoffs. Its that schools problem they cant get kids out NOT every school in 8-man AND this effects C2 also Now the C2 cut of is at its highest of 135 and if the trend continues you will have C2 similar to the problem in B teams competing against teams with 3 times the enrollment. We all are now paying the price because of those schools. Those 11 schools effect 100 schools, why should the concern or problem of 11 have any even if it a 10% negative effect on 100 schools. The needs of the many should always out weigh the needs of the few. Now there problem is every schools trouble
 
I don't disagree with any of the above comments about the affects of the schools that opted to play down. The one issue that we seldom talk about when it deals with football classifications is that we need to talk about gender. In a small school it's not unusual to have a class with a small percentage of boys. So my belief is that we should base the numbers for football on the number of boys not on the student population. If you have two classes in series that have a class population of 25% boys you risk having freshmen playing against seniors. Not ideal or safe.
 
highschoolfootballnut said:
The schools that play 8-man voted the raise of the cut off down, it was purposed last year to go to 95 but was voted down in all districts, so that is the cut off either play in your class or dont play thats the choice in every state except Nebraska. Is it fair to have a school of 62 enrollment to play a school with 106 or even 122 and risk injury or even the season on a game that doesnt count, or against a team that can't even make playoffs because they want to drop down a class so they can compete. Is it fair to all the teams that are in D-1 to now have districts of 5 teams with a possible 2 teams 40% of those teams not even eligible for the playoffs. Its that schools problem they cant get kids out NOT every school in 8-man AND this effects C2 also Now the C2 cut of is at its highest of 135 and if the trend continues you will have C2 similar to the problem in B teams competing against teams with 3 times the enrollment. We all are now paying the price because of those schools. Those 11 schools effect 100 schools, why should the concern or problem of 11 have any even if it a 10% negative effect on 100 schools. The needs of the many should always out weigh the needs of the few. Now there problem is every schools trouble
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Was it the school's that play 8 man that votes? If so doesn't that seem backwards? Shouldn't it be the schools in the bottom half of C2 that vote?

There are 22 schools at 95 or below and above the 8 man cutoff. 9 choose to stay 11 man and 13 opted down.

Wonder if the NSAA would attempt to have schools that are ineligible only play each other so they don't effect the other schools that are eligible as much. Travel times would be increased for some but not horrible for most. Do this and have D1 play a 9 game regular season and have a 16 team playoff.

The NSAA needs to address this soon. Before you know it we'll be able to create an 8 man class as large as class A just out of ineligible teams.
 
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nenebskers said:
Was it the school's that play 8 man that votes? If so doesn't that seem backwards? Shouldn't it be the schools in the bottom half of C2 that vote?

There are 22 schools at 95 or below and above the 8 man cutoff. 9 choose to stay 11 man and 13 opted down.

Wonder if the NSAA would attempt to have schools that are ineligible only play each other so they don't effect the other schools that are eligible as much. Travel times would be increased for some but not horrible for most. Do this and have D1 play a 9 game regular season and have a 16 team playoff.

The NSAA needs to address this soon. Before you know it we'll be able to create an 8 man class as large as class A just out of ineligible teams.
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Every school in the State gets to vote and it failed. And those schools only playing each other would be a great idea but you would have to rewrite the state bylaws and the district schools have not even attempted that. Like I said the problems these 11 schools are having are now negatively effecting 100+ schools. It should not be allowed, because they have now effected the classification process and because of their sad state of football they now are allowed to effect other programs.
 
highschoolfootballnut said:
Every school in the State gets to vote and it failed. And those schools only playing each other would be a great idea but you would have to rewrite the state bylaws and the district schools have not even attempted that. Like I said the problems these 11 schools are having are now negatively effecting 100+ schools. It should not be allowed, because they have now effected the classification process and because of their sad state of football they now are allowed to effect other programs.
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I agree with you to a certain extent that these schools are struggling with their football program but only to a certain degree. If these same schools were in any other state but Nebraska you would not look at them as struggling because the enrollment standards would be differant and they would be properly placed in 8 man. The quality of play and safety of their kids suffers for the majority of these schools when they play 11 man. Not because they aren't tough and need to nut up but because our enrollment standards are way below national average.
 
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I count 6 schools opting down that in the last cycle played 11 man. Combined they are bringing 6 wins with them from last season, which 3 are from facing each other. If two of those ineligible schools were placed in my schools district I would not be too worried. Football is an attitude sport way more than a numbers sport. I don't think that winning tradition and attitude are going to just appear by playing schools smaller than you.
 
nenebskers said:
I agree with you to a certain extent that these schools are struggling with their football program but only to a certain degree. If these same schools were in any other state but Nebraska you would not look at them as struggling because the enrollment standards would be differant and they would be properly placed in 8 man. The quality of play and safety of their kids suffers for the majority of these schools when they play 11 man. Not because they aren't tough and need to nut up but because our enrollment standards are way below national average.
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I agree with that, it needs to be raised but it has not and now their poor football culture effects others and thats not right either
 
Wow! Lutheran High Northeast has 74 for enrollment and elected to stay in C-2. Must have a lot of boys.
 
Archbishop Bergan has had 8 man numbers forever and opted up to 11 man I believe always. Unless your talking public schools that number doesn't mean the same thing. Yeah you could say they have a lot of boys or possibly a good job of screening applications.
 
Mudhog1 said:
Archbishop Bergan has had 8 man numbers forever and opted up to 11 man I believe always. Unless your talking public schools that number doesn't mean the same thing. Yeah you could say they have a lot of boys or possibly a good job of screening applications.
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Probably a low number of Sped kids and ESL kids those years LOL : )
 
I am surprised that Weeping Water dropped all the way from C-2 to D-2. I didn't realize that their enrollment was on such a down slide.
 
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