FHSAA releases new football classifications for 2019, 2020 seasons

The FHSAA released the new football classifications Friday for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.

According to the FHSAA, the new classifications are based solely on enrollment, then geography.  The changes effect many schools in the area. 

Here is a look at the new classifications: 

8A - District 1

• Mandarin
• Oakleaf
• Nease
• Bartram Trail
• Sandalwood

7A - District 2

• First Coast 
• Fletcher
• Fleming Island
• Creekside
• Atlantic Coast 
• Gainesville Buchholz

6A - District 2

• Lee
• Middleburg
• Gainesville
• Columbia

6A - District 3

• Matanzas
• St. Augustine
• Ponte Vedra
• Englewood

5A - District 3

• Bishop Kenny 
• Baker County
• Ed White
• Westside
• Terry Parker

5A - District 4

• Yulee
• Raines
• Ribault
• Paxon
• Stanton

5A - District 5

• Gainesville Eastside
• Menendez​​​​​​​
• Clay 
• Ridgeview 
• Orange Park

4A - District 1

• Bolles​​​​​​​
• Bradford
• Fernandina Beach
• West Nassau
• Marianna
• North Bay Haven
• South Walton
• Gadsden County
• Panama City Rutherford|
• Alachua Santa Fe

4A - District 2

• Keystone Heights
• Palatka
• Lake Highland Prep
• The Villages
• Cocoa
• Space Coast 
• South Sumter
• Astronaut
• Wesley Chapel Cypress Creek
• Hudson

3A - Region 1

• Trinity Christian
• Episcopal 
• Andrew Jackson
• Baldwin
• Wolfson
• P.K. Yonge
• Ocala Trinity Catholic
• Pensacola Catholic 
• Florida High
• Interlachen 
• Walton

2A - Region 1

• Eagle's View
• University Christian 
• St. Joseph
• NFEI
• Munroe
• Aucilla Christian
• North Florida Christian
• FAMU High
• Rocky Bayou Christian
• Tallahassee Maclay

1A - Region 3

• Hilliard 
• Union County 
• Fort White
• Lafayette
• Hamilton County 
• Bell
• Branford
• Dixie County 
• Madison County