The MPSSAA has released the class realignment, beginning in the 2023-24 school year. Based on enrollment numbers, 70 schools in the state of Maryland find themselves in either a new division of their class, or a new class entirely for the 2023 season.
Some of the more notable movements include reigning State 3A Champions Damascus dropping down to 2A, 4A-3A runner-up Arundel moving down to 3A, and Seneca Valley and Dundalk jumping from 4A-3A up to 4A.
Check out all of the movement this offseason:
SCHOOL | PREVIOUS | NEW |
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Seneca Valley | 4A-3A West ↑ | 4A West |
B-CC | 4A West → | 4A North |
Walter Johnson | 4A West → | 4A North |
Northwestern | 4A South → | 4A North |
Bladensburg | 4A North → | 4A South |
Dundalk | 4A-3A North ↑ | 4A East |
Frederick | 3A West ↑ | 4A-3A West |
Magruder | 4A-3A South → | 4A-3A West |
Wootton | 4A-3A South → | 4A-3A West |
Towson | 3A North ↑ | 4A-3A North |
Digital Harbor | 3A South ↑ | 4A-3A North |
Einstein | 4A North ↓ | 4A-3A South |
Suitland | 4A South ↓ | 4A-3A South |
Crofton | 3A East ↑ | 4A-3A East |
Howard | 4A-3A West → | 4A-3A East |
Reservoir | 4A-3A West → | 4A-3A East |
Long Reach | 3A East ↑ | 4A-3A East |
Manchester Valley | 3A North → | 3A West |
Westminster | 3A North → | 3A West |
Sherwood | 4A-3A South ↓ | 3A West |
Poly | 3A South → | 3A North |
City College | 3A South → | 3A North |
Patterson | 2A North ↑ | 3A North |
Overlea | 2A North ↑ | 3A North |
South River | 4A-3A East ↓ | 3A South |
Arundel | 4A-3A East ↓ | 3A South |
Chesapeake – AA | 3A East → | 3A South |
Northeast | 2A South ↑ | 3A South |
Northern | 3A East → | 3A South |
St. Charles | 3A East → | 3A South |
Chopticon | 4A-3A East ↓ | 3A South |
Lansdowne | 2A North ↑ | 3A East |
Marriotts Ridge | 3A South → | 3A East |
Mount Hebron | 4A-3A West ↓ | 3A East |
Atholton | 3A South → | 3A East |
River Hill | 3A South → | 3A East |
Oakland Mills | 2A West ↑ | 3A East |
Centennial | 3A South ↓ | 2A West |
Wilde Lake | 3A South ↓ | 2A West |
Damascus | 3A West ↓ | 2A West |
Patapsco | 3A North ↓ | 2A North |
C. Milton Wright | 2A East → | 2A North |
North Harford | 2A East → | 2A North |
Crossland | 2A-1A South ↑ | 2A South |
Gwynn Park | 2A-1A South ↑ | 2A South |
James M. Bennett | 3A East ↓ | 2A East |
Parkside | 2A-1A East ↑ | 2A East |
Century | 2A West ↓ | 2A-1A West |
Middletown | 2A West ↓ | 2A-1A West |
Elkton | 2A-1A East → | 2A-1A North |
North East | 2A-1A East → | 2A-1A North |
Rising Sun | 2A-1A East → | 2A-1A North |
Fallston | 2A-1A East → | 2A-1A North |
Harford Tech | 2A-1A East → | 2A-1A North |
Frederick Douglass – PG | 2A South ↓ | 2A-1A South |
Largo | 2A-1A North → | 2A-1A South |
Randallstown | 2A-1A West → | 2A-1A East |
Western Tech | 2A-1A West → | 2A-1A East |
Carver-Vo Tech | 2A-1A North → | 2A-1A East |
Dunbar | 2A-1A North → | 2A-1A East |
Edmondson-Westside | 1A South ↑ | 2A-1A East |
Forest Park | 1A South ↑ | 2A-1A East |
Central | 2A-1A North → | 2A-1A East |
Fairmont Heights | 2A-1A North → | 2A-1A East |
Boonsboro | 2A-1A West ↓ | 1A North |
Green Street Academy | 1A East → | 1A South |
SEED School | 1A North → | 1A South |
Surrattsville | 1A East → | 1A South |
Cambridge-South Dorchester | 2A-1A East ↓ | 1A East |