Class AAAAAA will have 32 largest high schools by enrollment

A seventh football class has been added to Minnesota high school football.

The Minnesota State High School League announced April 7 that Class AAAAAA will comprise of the 32 largest schools in the state beginning in 2012. Under the new plan, the next two largest classes will have 48 schools each. How to divide the three smallest 11-man classes is not yet determined.

According to the MSHSL Board of Directors meeting synopsis, the state’s current largest football class — Class AAAAA — has an enrollment ratio of largest school to smallest school of 2.5 to 1. The newest class will have a ratio of 1.8 to 1.

The new class will range from the state’s largest school, Wayzata High School with 3,060 students to its 32nd largest, Apple Valley High School with 1,638 students.

The largest 32 schools in enrollment for the 2011-12 school year were: 1. Wayzata High School 3,060, 2. Eden Prairie High School 3007, 3. Minnetonka High School 2750, 4. Stillwater Area High School 2670, 5. Champlin Park High School 2571, 6. Blaine High School 2551, 7. Burnsville High School 2,530, 8. Edina High School 2,436, 9. White Bear Lake Area High School 2,257, 10. Anoka High School 2,157, 11. Prior Lake High School 2,154, 12. Eagan High School 2,147, 13. Maple Grove High School 2,142, 14. Coon Rapids High School 2,120, 15. Hopkins High School 2,070, 16. Eastview High School 2,056, 17. Centennial High School 2017, 18. Rosemount High School 2,013, 19. Forest Lake High School 1,952, 20. Roseville Area High School 1,840, 21. Osseo High School 1,823, 22. Robbinsdale Armstrong High School 1,789, 23. Lakeville South High School 1,774, 24. Shakopee High School 1,736, 25. Saint Paul Central High School 1,716, 26. Woodbury High School 1,715, 27. Lakeville North HighSchool 1,711, 28. Brainerd High School 1,685, 29. North High School 1,671, 30. Mounds View High School 1,671, 31. Park High School 1,656 and 32. Apple Valley High School 1,638.