UIL releases realignment cutoff numbers and what it means for Fort Worth-area schools
The UIL released its enrollment cutoff numbers for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 realignment, which will be later announced during the first week of February.
Numbers indicate what classification a school will be placed in during realignment.
Schools submitted snapshot enrollment numbers to the UIL in October. Some notable changes come realignment time is Mansfield Legacy and Crowley moving up from Class 5A Division 1 to Class 6A.
Legacy will join Mansfield ISD schools Mansfield and Mansfield Lake Ridge in 6A. Crowley will join North Crowley.
Aledo, which has a UIL record 10 state championships, will play in its largest classification in football program history when it moves up from 5A D2 to D1. The Bearcats have gone 56-3 during the past four seasons. The UIL split 5A into divisions in 2018. Aledo won three straight 5A D2 titles before it was knocked out of the third round this season.
Other football programs moving up are Argyle (to 5A D2), Cleburne (5A D1), Fort Worth South Hills (5A D1), Mansfield Timberview (5A D1) and Midlothian Heritage (5A D2).
Midlothian Heritage will compete with Midlothian in every sport other than football. Midlothian is in 5A D1.
Football teams moving down are Colleyville Heritage (5A D2), Mansfield Summit (5A D2), Benbrook (4A D2) and Fort Worth Arlington Heights (5A D2).
Colleyville Heritage will once again be in the same football district as Grapevine.
Other notable football schools on the move around Dallas-Fort Worth include Highland Park, Royse City and North Forney going to Class 6A.
Take a look at the Fort Worth-area cutoff numbers and snapshot numbers below:
Conference Cutoffs
Class 6A: 2225 and above
Class 5A: 1300-2224
Class 4A: 545-1299
Class 3A: 250-544
Class 2A: 105-249
Class 1A: 104.9 and below
Football Division I and II Numbers
6A: 2225 and above
5A D1: 1925-2224
5A D2: 1300-1924
4A D1: 880-1299
4A D2: 545-879
3A D1: 360-544
3A D2: 250-359
2A D1: 164.5-249
2A D2: 105-164.4
1A D1: 59.5-104.9
1A D2: 59.4 and below
Snapshot Enrollment Numbers
Aledo 2090
Argyle 1325
Arlington 2734
Arlington Bowie 2411
Arlington Lamar 2703
Arlington Martin 3738
Arlington Sam Houston 4039
Arlington Seguin 1677
Azle 2026
Benbrook 868
Boswell 2436
Brewer 2162
Burleson 1737
Burleson Centennial 2063
Boyd 403
Brock 532
Byron Nelson 2735
Chisholm Trail 2408
Cleburne 2016
Colleyville Heritage 1880
Crowley 2275
Everman 1829
Fort Worth Arlington Heights 1908
Fort Worth Carter-Riverside 1161
Fort Worth Diamond Hill-Jarvis 1092
Fort Worth Dunbar 903
Fort Worth Eastern Hills 1223
Fort Worth North Side 1911
Fort Worth South Hills 1929
Fort Worth Western Hills 960
Fort Worth Wyatt 1621
Fossil Ridge 2421.5
Glen Rose 588
Godley 711
Granbury 2138
Grandview 427
Grapevine 1820
Haslet Eaton 2988
Joshua 1761
Justin Northwest 2176
Keller 3180.5
Keller Central 2637
Kennedale 997
LD Bell 3125.5
Mansfield 2587
Mansfield Lake Ridge 2607
Mansfield Legacy 2451
Mansfield Summit 1923.5
Mansfield Timberview 1975
Midlothian 1954
Midlothian Heritage 1512
Millsap 343
Mineral Wells 902
North Crowley 2841
Peaster 461
Richland 2095
Rio Vista 220.5
Saginaw 2198
Southlake Carroll 2820
Springtown 1115
Timber Creek 3230
Tolar 244
Weatherford 2421
This story was originally published December 9, 2021 at 10:45 AM.
