Alabama splits public and private schools

[Alum-Ni]

Just posting for discussion.

High school football: Alabama votes to split public, private school championships

MaxPreps News - Public schools will compete in six classifications while private schools will crown two champions in next two seasons.

www.maxpreps.com

Starting next year, Alabama will separate public and private schools into separate championships. For football specifically, the state will have six public school divisions and two private school divisions.

Public and private schools can compete against each other in the regular season, but will they will have separate postseason and championships.

The new eight classes in Alabama for football

Class 6A: largest 32 schools
Class 5A: next 64 schools
Class 4A: next 64 schools
Class 3A: next 64 schools
Class 2A: next 63 schools
Class 1A: remaining 63 schools

Private Double-A: 16 largest private schools
Private Single-A: remaining 32 private schools

 

[oldnewballcoach]

I saw a ranking where Alabama was 47th in average IQ among the 50 states, while Nebraska was 10th. Yet, even they can comprehend that Public and Private are not on a level playing field.

 

[hailvictors2]

Just for fun
My count shows only 17 teams that play 11 man football that are private. Cedar Catholic is 6% the size of Creighton Prep.

Creighton Prep- 769
Pius X- 387
Skutt Catholic- 279
Gross Catholic- 167
Roncalli Catholic- 151
Omaha Concordia- 125
Mount Michael Benedictine- 123
Omaha Brownell Talbot/Cornerstone Christian- 116
Lincoln Christian- 86
Kearney Catholic- 81
Scotus Central Catholic- 80
Grand Island Central Catholic- 77
Lincoln Lutheran- 76
Norfolk Catholic- 63
Bishop Neumann-53
Archbishop Bergan-52
Cedar Catholic-51

8-Man has 13 teams that are private or partly private (cooperative involves a private school). Sacred Heart is 39% the size of LHNE, so pretty similar in ratio to current Class B discrepancy

Lutheran High Northeast- 46
St Cecilia- 45
Nebraska Christian- 45
Aquinas Catholic- 42
Humphrey-Lindsay Academy- 42
Lourdes Central Catholic- 39
St Patrick's- 37
Omaha Christian- 36
Guardian Angels Central Catholic- 32
St Mary's- 29
Archangels Catholic- 25
Elgin Public/Pope John- 19
Falls City Sacred Heart- 18

6-Man- Only 4 teams. Not enough have its own league.
Grand Island Lutheran- 23
Parkview Christian- 21
Riverside-Spalding Academy- 21
Nebraska Lutheran- 18

If Nebraska was ever going to use a model that split schools like Alabama we would have to do it based on what districts are open enrollment and what ones arent. To me, that is the bigger issue in today's world of high school sports.

 

[LooseCannon]

Just for fun
My count shows only 17 teams that play 11 man football that are private. Cedar Catholic is 6% the size of Creighton Prep.

Creighton Prep- 769
Pius X- 387
Skutt Catholic- 279
Gross Catholic- 167
Roncalli Catholic- 151
Omaha Concordia- 125
Mount Michael Benedictine- 123
Omaha Brownell Talbot/Cornerstone Christian- 116
Lincoln Christian- 86
Kearney Catholic- 81
Scotus Central Catholic- 80
Grand Island Central Catholic- 77
Lincoln Lutheran- 76
Norfolk Catholic- 63
Bishop Neumann-53
Archbishop Bergan-52
Cedar Catholic-51

8-Man has 13 teams that are private or partly private (cooperative involves a private school). Sacred Heart is 39% the size of LHNE, so pretty similar in ratio to current Class B discrepancy

Lutheran High Northeast- 46
St Cecilia- 45
Nebraska Christian- 45
Aquinas Catholic- 42
Humphrey-Lindsay Academy- 42
Lourdes Central Catholic- 39
St Patrick's- 37
Omaha Christian- 36
Guardian Angels Central Catholic- 32
St Mary's- 29
Archangels Catholic- 25
Elgin Public/Pope John- 19
Falls City Sacred Heart- 18

6-Man- Only 4 teams. Not enough have its own league.
Grand Island Lutheran- 23
Parkview Christian- 21
Riverside-Spalding Academy- 21
Nebraska Lutheran- 18

If Nebraska was ever going to use a model that split schools like Alabama we would have to do it based on what districts are open enrollment and what ones arent. To me, that is the bigger issue in today's world of high school sports.

Correct. That is becoming the bigger issue in Nebraska.

Schools like St. Cecilia, NPSP, Bergan, HSF, Scotus, etc are not turning away kids if the families want to be at those schools. The schools need tuition dollars to stay open.

It’s the closed districts that are really benefiting now. Many families are priced out of places like Hickman, Bennington, Elkhorn, etc. Even places like Malcolm, A-G, Lakeview, are hard to opt into due to space.

 

[Dynasty Dreaming]

Correct. That is becoming the bigger issue in Nebraska.

Schools like St. Cecilia, NPSP, Bergan, HSF, Scotus, etc are not turning away kids if the families want to be at those schools. The schools need tuition dollars to stay open.

It’s the closed districts that are really benefiting now. Many families are priced out of places like Hickman, Bennington, Elkhorn, etc. Even places like Malcolm, A-G, Lakeview, are hard to opt into due to space.

Norris isn't a closed district though (I don't believe), and they accept option students. They may have caps though on enrollment, which is what Malcolm has. I'm told though that Malcolm isn't full in most grades at this time. A-G and Lakeview are the same as these previous two I believe.

Bennington and Elkhorn are closed districts. We know people can't all live in the neighborhoods of those two communities to get into the school they may want. It will be interested to see how quickly the new Bennington school fills up in 2 years. How quickly do they have to look to a 3rd high school being built?