GHSA announces 2024-26 regions and classifications for Georgia high school sports
THOMASTON, GEORGIA – The Georgia High School Association (GHSA), after announcing its initial reclassification assignments for the 2024 thru 2026 school years on Nov. 9, met again Thursday to hear appeals from 24 schools seeking to change their region, classification or both.
Following the completing of that process, the official 2024-26 region and classification assignments were announced, as the GHSA transitions from the seven classifications it currently utilizes to six.
Here are the new classification and region assignments for 2024-26:
Class 6A (59 teams)
Region 1 (7)
Camden County
Effingham County
Lowndes
Richmond Hill
Tift County
Valdosta
Region 2 (6)
Alexander
Carrollton
Chapel Hill
Douglas County
East Coweta
Westlake
Region 3 (8)
Campbell
Harrison
Hillgrove
McEachern
Osborne
Paulding County
Pebblebrook
South Cobb
Region 4 (7)
Archer
Grayson
Grovetown
Heritage,
Conyers
Newton
Rockdale County
South Gwinnett
Region 5 (7)
Cherokee
Etowah
Marietta
North Cobb
North Paulding
Walton
Wheeler
Region 6 (9)
Alpharetta
Denmark
Forsyth Central
Innovation Academy*
Lambert
North Atlanta
North Forsyth
South Forsyth
West Forsyth
Region 7 (8)
Berkmar
Brookwood
Duluth
Meadowcreek
Norcross
North Gwinnett
Parkview
Peachtree Ridge
Region 8 (7)
Buford
Central Gwinnett
Collins Hill
Dacula
Discovery
Mill Creek
Mountain View
Class 5A (60)
Region 1 (8)
Bradwell Institute
Brunswick
Evans
Glynn Academy
Greenbrier
Lakeside
Evans
South Effingham
Statesboro
Region 2 (6)
Coffee
Houston County
Lee County
Northside-Warner Robins
Thomas County Central
Veterans
Region 3 (8)
Banneker
Dutchtown
Hughes
Lovejoy
McIntosh
Morrow
Newnan
Northgate
Region 4 (8)
Arabia Mountain
Chamblee
Decatur
Dunwoody
Lakeside
DeKalb
Shiloh
Tri-Cities
Woodward Academy
Region 5 (7)
East Paulding
Kennesaw Mountain
Lithia Springs
New Manchester
Rome
South Paulding
Villa Rica
Region 6 (8)
Creekview
Lassiter
Pope
River Ridge
Riverwood
Sequoyah
Sprayberry
Woodstock
Region 7 (7)
Chattahoochee
Gainesville
Johns Creek
Lanier
Milton
Roswell
Seckinger
Region 8 (8)
Alcovy
Apalachee
Clarke Central
Eastside
Habersham Central
Jackson County
Loganville
Winder-Barrow
Class 4A (61)
Region 1 (6)
Benedictine
New Hampstead
Perry
Ware County
Warner Robins
Wayne County
Region 2 (10)
Sub Region A
Eagle's Landing
Eagle's Landing Christian
Stockbridge
Union Grove
Woodland
Stockbridge
Sub Region B
Hampton
Jones County
Locust Grove
McDonough
Ola
Region 3 (7)
Central
Carroll Griffin
Harris County
Jonesboro
Mundy's Mill
Northside-Columbus
Starr's Mill
Region 4 (8)
Creekside
Drew
Forest Park
Jackson-Atlanta
M. L. King
Mays
Midtown
Pace Academy
Region 5 (10)
Sub Region A
Cross Keys
Marist
North Springs
Northview
Tucker Sub
Sub Region B
Clarkston
Druid Hills
Lithonia
Southwest DeKalb
St. Pius X
Region 6 (6)
Blessed Trinity
Cambridge
Centennial
Holy Innocents'
Kell
Westminster
Region 7 (8)
Allatoona
Cartersville
Cass
Cedartown
Dalton
Hiram
Southeast Whitfield
Woodland-Cartersville
Region 8 (6)
Cedar Shoals
East Forsyth
Flowery Branch
Madison County
North Oconee
Walnut Grove
Class 3A (63)
Region 1 (6)
Bainbridge
Cairo
Dougherty
Monroe
Peach County
Westover
Region 2 (9)
Fayette County
LaGrange
Mary Persons
Sandy Creek
Spalding
Trinity Christian
Troup County
Upson-Lee
Whitewater
Region 3 (10)
Sub Region A
Groves
Liberty County
Long County
Southeast Bulloch
Windsor Forest
Sub Region B
Beach
Calvary Day School
Islands
Jenkins
Johnson-Savannah
Region 4 (9)
Aquinas
Baldwin
Cross Creek
Harlem
Hephzibah
Howard
Richmond Academy
West Laurens
Westside-Augusta
Region 5 (8)
Cedar Grove
Douglass-Atlanta
Luella
Mt. Zion-Jonesboro
North Clayton
Riverdale
Stephenson
Stone Mountain
Region 6 (8)
Chestatee
Dawson County
Greater Atlanta Christian
Johnson-Gainesville
Lumpkin County
North Hall
Pickens
White County
Region 7 (7)
Adairsville
Calhoun
Gilmer
Heritage-Catoosa
LaFayette
Northwest Whitfield
Ridgeland
Region 8 (6)
Cherokee Bluff
East Hall
Jefferson
Monroe Area
Oconee County
West Hall
Class 2A (57)
Region 1 (8)
Carver-Columbus
Columbus
Hardaway
Jordan
Kendrick
Shaw
Spencer
Sumter County
Region 2 (6)
Callaway
Jackson
Morgan County
Pike County
Rutland
Westside-Macon
Region 3 (6)
Appling County
Cook
Crisp County
Pierce County
Savannah Arts Academy*
Tattnall County
Region 4 (9)
Burke County
Butler
Davidson Fine Arts*
Glenn Hills
Johnson-Augusta*
Josey
Laney
Technical Career Magnet*
Thomson
Region 5 (7)
Carver-Atlanta
Coretta Scott King Academy*
Hapeville
KIPP Atlanta Collegiate
Lovett
Therrell
Washington
Region 6 (6)
Columbia
Drew Charter School*
Miller Grove
Redan
Salem South Atlanta
Region 7 (9)
Coahulla Creek
Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe
Murray County
North Cobb Christian
North Murray
Ringgold
Rockmart
Sonoraville
Union County
Region 8 (6)
East Jackson
Franklin County
Hart County
Hebron Christian Academy
Prince Avenue Christian
Stephens County
Class A Division I (78)
Region 1 (7)
Bacon County
Berrien
Brantley County
Fitzgerald
Jeff Davis
Thomasville
Worth County
Region 2 (10)
Sub Region A
ACE Charter
Bleckley County
Central-Macon
Northeast
Southwest
Sub Region B
Dodge County
Dublin
East Laurens
Jefferson County
Washington County
Region 3-A Division I (7)
Savannah Christian
Savannah Country Day
St. Vincent's Academy*
Swainsboro
Toombs County
Vidalia
Woodville-Tompkins*
Region 4 (10)
Sub Region A
Greenforest Christian*
McNair
Southwest Atlanta Christian*
Towers
W. D. Mohammed*
Sub Region B
Jasper County
Lamar County
Putnam County
Social Circle
Utopian Academy
Region 5 (18)
Sub Region A
Fellowship Christian Galloway*
King's Ridge
Mount Vernon
Mt. Bethel Christian*
Mt. Pisgah Christian
St. Francis
Weber School*
Wesleyan
Sub Region B
Atlanta International*
B.E.S.T Academy
Ben Franklin Academy*
DeKalb School of the Arts*
Landmark Christian
Mt. Paran Christian
Paideia*
Walker
Whitefield Academy
Region 6 (7)
Bremen
Darlington
Haralson County
Heard County
Model
Pepperell
Temple
Region 7 (9)
Armuchee
Chattooga
Christian Heritage
Coosa
Dade County
Dalton Academy*
Fannin County
Gordon Central
Gordon Lee
Region 8 (10)
Sub Region A
Banks County
Commerce
Elbert County
Rabun County
Tallulah Falls*
Sub Region B
Athens Academy
Athens Christian
Barrow*
Oglethorpe County
Providence Christian
Class A - Division II (80)
Region 1 (15)
Sub Region A
Calhoun County*
Early County
Pataula Charter
Quitman County*
Randolph-Clay
Southwest Georgia STEM*
Stewart County*
Terrell County
Sub Region B
Baconton
Baker County*
Miller County
Mitchell County
Pelham
Seminole County
Spring Creek
Region 2 (8)
Atkinson County
Brooks County
Charlton County
Clinch County
Echols County*
Irwin County
Lanier County
Turner County
Region 3 (12)
Sub Region A
Emanuel County Institute
Jenkins County
Metter
Portal
Screven County
Steam Academy*
Sub Region B
Bryan County
Claxton
McIntosh County Academy
Savannah
Savannah Classical*
Savannah Early College*
Region 4 II (7)
Dooly County
Hawkinsville
Montgomery County
Telfair County
Treutlen
Wheeler County
Wilcox County
Region 5 (9)
Georgia Academy for Blind*
Georgia Military College
Georgia School for Innovation*
Glascock County
Hancock Central
Johnson County
Stilwell Arts*
Twiggs County
Wilkinson County
Region 6 (10)
Sub Region A
Central-Talbotton
Chattahoochee County
Marion County
Rainey-McCullers*
Webster County*
Sub Region B
Crawford County
Furlow Charter*
Macon County
Schley County
Taylor County
Region 7 (11)
Sub Region A
Bowdon
Georgia School for Deaf*
Manchester
Mt. Zion-Carroll
Trion
Sub Region B
Atlanta Classical*
Elite Scholars Academy*
Fulton Leadership Academy*
Genesis Innovation*
Georgia Fugees Academy*
Greenville
Region 8 (8)
Greene County
Lake Oconee Academy
Lincoln County
Taliaferro County*
Towns County
Warren County
Washington-Wilkes
Woody Gap*
*Indicates non-football playing schools
