Following through on its announcement last year that it was scrapping the two-year experiment with Metro and Suburban divisions, the Florida High School Athletic Association has released its final district alignments for the 2024 and 2025 high school football season.
Florida will have eight classifications over the next two seasons. The largest classification will be 7A. The smallest will be 1R for rural schools.
Below is the new alignment with notes from our friends at FloridaHSFootball.com.
CLASS 7A
Region 1
District 1
Atlantic Coast (Jacksonville)
Creekside (St. Johns)
Sandalwood (Jacksonville)
District 2
DeLand
Flagler Palm Coast
Spruce Creek (Port Orange)
University (Orange City)
District 3
Hagerty (Oviedo)
Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs)
Lake Mary
Seminole (Sanford)
District 4
Boone (Orlando)
Freedom (Orlando)
Timber Creek (Orlando)
Winter Park
Notes: This district initially included Colonial (Orlando) and University (Orlando). Both teams opted for independent status as such Freedom was moved from Class 6A-District 2 to Class 7A and assigned to this district.
Region 2
District 5
Apopka
Ocoee
West Orange
West Port (Ocala)
Notes: Initially East Ridge (Clermont) was assigned to this district but was reassigned to Class 7A-District 9 for the next two seasons.
District 6
George Jenkins (Lakeland)
Haines City
Ridge Community (Davenport)
Winter Haven
District 7
Alonso (Tampa)
Newsome (Lithia)
Plant City
Strawberry Crest (Dover)
Sumner (Riverview)
District 8
Lehigh (Lehigh Acres)
Riverview (Sarasota)
Sarasota
Venice
Notes: After it appears that North Port would rejoin the state series, the Bobcats have opted out for another two years of being independent.
Region 3
District 9
Celebration
Dr. Phillips (Orlando)
East Ridge (Clermont)
Olympia (Orlando)
Notes: Celebration moves in from Class 7A-District 10 likely due to travel preferences based on their location in Osceola County compared to the other schools in their tentative district. East Ridge also moves from Class 7A-District 5. Windermere which was initially assigned to the district has opted for independent status for the next two seasons.
District 10
Harmony
Lake Nona (Orlando)
Tohopekaliga (Kissimmee)
Notes: The district shrinks to three teams after Celebration made their move to Class 7A-District 10, while Cypress Creek (Orlando) who was initially assigned to the district has opted for independent status for the next two seasons.
District 11
Centennial (Port St. Lucie)
Fort Pierce Central
Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie)
Vero Beach
District 12
Jupiter
Palm Beach Central (Wellington)
Palm Beach Lakes (West Palm Beach)
Wellington
Region 4
District 13
Forest Hill (West Palm Beach)
John I. Leonard (Greenacres)
Lake Worth
Park Vista (Lake Worth)
Santaluces (Lantana)
Notes: It appears Forest Hill, which was assigned to Class 5A-District 14 in the tentative release appealed to move up two classifications and as such have expanded this district from the initial four teams to five teams.
District 14
Boca Raton
Coral Glades (Coral Springs)
Douglas (Parkland)
Spanish River (Boca Raton)
District 15
Cypress Bay (Weston)
Goleman (Miami)
Taravella (Coral Springs)
Western (Davie)
District 16
Columbus (Miami)
Coral Gables
Miami
Miami Palmetto
South Dade (Homestead)
CLASS 6A
Region 1
District 1
Crestview
Navarre
Pace
Tate (Cantonment)
District 2
First Coast (Jacksonville)
Fletcher (Neptune Beach)
Mandarin (Jacksonville)
Oakleaf (Orange Park)
District 3
Bartram Trail (St. Johns)
Buchholz (Gainesville)
Nease (Ponte Vedra)
Tocoi Creek (St. Augustine)
District 4
Evans (Orlando)
Lake Howell (Winter Park)
Oviedo
Wekiva (Apopka)
Region 2
District 5
Melbourne
Osceola (Kissimmee)
St. Cloud
Viera (Melbourne)
Notes: With Freedom (Orlando) heading to Class 7A-District 4, this district shrinks to four teams.
District 6
Davenport
Forest (Ocala)
Horizon (Winter Garden)
Lake Minneola
South Lake (Groveland)
District 7
Bartow
Bloomingdale (Valrico)
Durant (Plant City)
Riverview (Riverview)
District 8
Armwood (Seffner)
Plant (Tampa)
Sickles (Tampa)
Wharton (Tampa)
Region 3
District 9
Land O’ Lakes
Mitchell (New Port Richey)
Sunlake (Land O’Lakes)
Wiregrass Ranch (Wesley Chapel)
District 10
East Lake (Tarpon Springs)
George Steinbrenner (Lutz)
Largo
Palm Harbor University
District 11
Gateway (Fort Myers)
Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton)
Lennard (Ruskin)
Palmetto
Parrish Community
Notes: Parrish Community now lands in this district as they were a school just right on the dividing line between Class 5A and Class 6A. We are not sure if Parrish Community appealed to go up to Class 6A from Class 5A-District 10 which had them in a district with two other Manatee County schools and a school from Pinellas County.
District 12
Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens)
Palm Beach Gardens
Royal Palm Beach
Seminole Ridge (Westlake)
West Boca Raton
Region 4
District 13
Coral Springs
Fort Lauderdale
Monarch (Coconut Creek)
Piper (Sunrise)
District 14
Cooper City
Nova (Davie)
South Broward (Hollywood)
South Plantation
District 15
Dr. Krop (Miami)
Flanagan (Pembroke Pines)
Miami Beach
West Broward (Pembroke Pines)
District 16
Doral Academy
Homestead
Miami Southridge
Southwest Miami
CLASS 5A
Region 1
District 1
Gulf Breeze
Milton
Mosley (Lynn Haven)
Niceville
District 2
Chiles (Tallahassee)
Leon (Tallahassee)
Lincoln (Tallahassee)
District 3
Beachside (St. Johns)
Fleming Island
Middleburg
Orange Park
Ponte Vedra
Notes: Beachside will be in the first district assignment as a program after their first two seasons as a program being completed as an independent.
District 4
Belleview
Mainland (Daytona Beach)
Matanzas (Palm Coast)
Region 2
District 5
Edgewater (Orlando)
Lyman (Longwood)
Winter Springs
Notes: East River (Orlando) and Lake Buena Vista (Orlando) both opted for independent status for the next two years after the initial assignment had them in this district, shrinking the number of teams from five teams to three teams.
District 6
Kathleen (Lakeland)
Lake Gibson (Lakeland)
Lakeland
Sebring
District 7
Cypress Creek (Wesley Chapel)
Gaither (Tampa)
Springstead (Spring Hill)
Wesley Chapel
District 8
East Bay (Gibsonton)
Leto (Tampa)
Spoto (Riverview)
Tampa Bay Tech
Region 3
District 9
Braden River (Bradenton)
Manatee (Bradenton)
Pinellas Park (Largo)
Notes: With Parrish Community moving to Class 6A-District 11, which was assigned to this district tentatively, this district will now feature three teams.
District 10
Cape Coral
Charlotte (Punta Gorda)
Ida Baker (Cape Coral)
Mariner (Cape Coral)
District 11
East Lee County (Lehigh Acres)
Fort Myers
North Fort Myers
Riverdale (Fort Myers)
District 12
Golden Gate (Naples)
Gulf Coast (Naples)
Immokalee
Palmetto Ridge (Naples)
Region 4
District 13
Fort Pierce Westwood
Heritage (Palm Bay)
Martin County (Stuart)
South Fork (Stuart)
District 14
Atlantic (Delray Beach)
Blanche Ely (Pompano Beach)
Coconut Creek
Deerfield Beach
Notes: With Forest Hill, who was tentatively assigned to this district, winning their appeal to go up to Class 7A-District 13, this district will now feature four teams instead of five.
District 15
Boyd Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes)
Hollywood Hills
McArthur (Hollywood)
St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)
District 16
Everglades (Miramar)
Mater Academy (Hialeah Gardens)
Miramar
North Miami
Pembroke Pines Charter
CLASS 4A
Region 1
District 1
Booker T. Washington (Pensacola)
Escambia (Pensacola)
Pine Forest (Pensacola)
District 2
Arnold (Panama City Beach)
Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach)
Fort Walton Beach
Rickards (Tallahassee)
District 3
Clay (Green Cove Springs)
Columbia (Lake City)
Ridgeview (Orange Park)
St. Augustine
District 4
Ed White (Jacksonville)
Englewood (Jacksonville)
Riverside (Jacksonville)
Region 2
District 5
Gainesville
Lecanto
Leesburg
Vanguard (Ocala)
District 6
Deltona
New Smyrna Beach
Pine Ridge (Deltona)
Rockledge
Seabreeze (Daytona Beach)
District 7
Auburndale
Jones (Orlando)
Lake Region (Eagle Lake)
Lake Wales
District 8
Fivay (Hudson)
Freedom (Tampa)
Pasco (Dade City)
Zephyrhills
Region 3
District 9
Blake (Tampa)
Brandon
Hillsborough (Tampa)
Jesuit (Tampa)
Middleton (Tampa)
District 10
Clearwater
Countryside (Clearwater)
Gulf (New Port Richey)
River Ridge (New Port Richey)
District 11
Northeast (St. Petersburg)
Osceola (Seminole)
Southeast (Bradenton)
St. Petersburg
District 12
Dunbar (Fort Myers)
Naples
Port Charlotte
South Fort Myers
Region 4
District 13
John Carroll (Fort Pierce)
Jensen Beach
Okeechobee
Port St. Lucie
Sebastian River (Sebastian)
Notes: This one is interesting as John Carroll who was tentatively assigned to Class 1A-District 13 appealed to move three classifications and now will join this district with teams much closer to them in the Treasure Coast region of the state instead of having to travel over an hour to Palm Beach County.
District 14
Boynton Beach
Dillard (Fort Lauderdale)
Dr. Joaquin Garcia (Lake Worth)
Northeast (Oakland Park)
Suncoast (Riviera Beach)
Notes: Dr. Joaquin Garcia will have its first district assignment here after opening and fielding their first team as an independent this past fall.
District 15
American Heritage (Plantation)
Archbishop McCarthy (Southwest Ranches)
Miami Norland
Plantation
District 16
American (Hialeah)
Belen Jesuit (Miami)
Hialeah
South Miami
CLASS 3A
Region 1
District 1
Bay (Panama City)
Pensacola
West Florida (Pensacola)
District 2
Baker County (Glen St. Mary)
Godby (Tallahassee)
Suwannee (Live Oak)
Wakulla (Crawfordville)
Notes: Suwannee won their appeal to move up to this district from Class 2A-District 3 and now puts the Bulldogs in a district with more familiar opponents they have seen in their districts over the last decade.
District 3
Raines (Jacksonville)
Ribault (Jacksonville)
Yulee
District 4
Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville)
Menendez (St. Augustine)
Terry Parker (Jacksonville)
Westside (Jacksonville)
Region 2
District 5
Dunnellon
Eastside (Gainesville)
North Marion (Citra)
South Sumter (Bushnell)
The Villages
Notes: With both South Sumter and The Villages appealing their tentative assignment of Class 2A-District 6 placement that would have had them in the same district with teams like Cocoa and Astronaut that are two-plus hours away, both programs get a district with teams that are at an hour or under in travel time. Santa Fe (Alachua) which was initially part of the tentative assignment was sent to Class 2A-District 5 due to the reshuffling of teams in the lower classifications.
District 6
Atlantic (Port Orange)
Bishop Moore (Orlando)
Eustis
Mount Dora
Tavares
District 7
Central (Brooksville)
Citrus (Inverness)
Crystal River
Hernando (Brooksville)
Weeki Wachee
District 8
Eau Gallie (Melbourne)
Merritt Island
Palm Bay (Melbourne)
Satellite (Satellite Beach)
Titusville
Region 3
District 9
Anclote (Holiday)
Dunedin
Hudson
Nature Coast (Brooksville)
District 10
Chamberlain (Tampa)
Jefferson (Tampa)
King (Tampa)
Robinson (Tampa)
District 11
Bayshore (Bradenton)
Boca Ciega (Gulfport)
Booker (Sarasota)
Gibbs (St. Petersburg)
District 12
DeSoto County (Arcadia)
Hardee (Wauchula)
Mulberry
Region 4
District 13
Cypress Lake (Fort Myers)
Estero
Island Coast (Cape Coral)
Lemon Bay (Englewood)
District 14
Aubrey Rogers (Naples)
Barron Collier (Naples)
Bonita Springs
Lely (Naples)
District 15
Miami Central
Pompano Beach
Somerset Academy (Pembroke Pines)
Stranahan (Fort Lauderdale)
Notes: Pompano Beach returns to district play after quite a few years of playing as an independent program.
District 16
Key West
Miami Jackson
Miami Northwestern
St. Brendan (Miami)
CLASS 2A
Region 1
District 1
Freeport
Pensacola Catholic
South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach)
Walton (DeFuniak Springs)
District 2
Bozeman (Panama City)
Marianna
North Bay Haven (Panama City)
Rutherford (Panama City)
District 3
Florida High (Tallahassee)
Gadsden County (Havana)
Taylor County (Perry)
Notes: With Suwannee winning their appeal to move to Class 3A, this district now shrinks to three teams.
District 4
Andrew Jackson (Jacksonville)
Baldwin
Bolles (Jacksonville)
Fernandina Beach
West Nassau (Callahan)
Wolfson (Jacksonville)
Region 2
District 5
Bradford (Starke)
Keystone Heights
Newberry
Palatka
Santa Fe (Alachua)
Notes: Cresent City which was tentatively assigned to this district is now in Class 1A, while Santa Fe moves down from Class 3A-District 5.
District 6
Astronaut (Titusville)
Cocoa
Notes: What started as a five-team district has shrunk to two teams as Umatilla went to the SSAA Atlantic League while South Sumter and The Villages won appeals to move up to Class 3A-District 5.
District 7
Avon Park
Discovery (Lake Alfred)
Lake Placid
Tenoroc (Lakeland)
Notes: Discovery canceled their football program this past season due to low roster numbers. We are not sure if Discovery is planning to relaunch its football program this season, but FHSAA rules no longer require teams to sit out for at least a year before joining a district.
District 8
Berkeley Prep (Tampa)
Calvary Christian (Clearwater)
Tampa Catholic
Region 3
District 9
Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota)|
Lakewood (St. Petersburg)
Tarpon Springs
District 10
Bishop Verot (Fort Myers)
Clewiston
Glades Central (Belle Glade)
District 11
Inlet Grove (Riviera Beach)
Kings Academy (West Palm Beach)
Somerset Canyons (Boynton Beach)
District 12
American Heritage (Delray Beach)
Calvary Christian Academy (Fort Lauderdale)
North Broward Prep (Coconut Creek)
Notes: American Heritage was announced as a new member of the SSAA Atlantic League earlier this month, but it shows they are still assigned to this district.
Region 4
District 13
Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale)
Hallandale
Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale)
District 14
Miami Carol City
Monsignor Pace (Miami)
North Miami Beach
Westland Hialeah
District 15
Booker T. Washington (Miami)
Immaculata-LaSalle (Miami)
Miami Springs
Ransom Everglades (Miami)
District 16
Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest)
Miami Killian
Somerset Charter (Silver Palms)
CLASS 1A
Region 1
District 1
FAMU (Tallahassee)
Maclay (Tallahassee)
North Florida Christian (Tallahassee)
St. John Paul II (Tallahassee)
District 2
Episcopal (Jacksonville)
North Florida Educational (Jacksonville)
Seacoast Christian (Jacksonville)
Trinity Christian (Jacksonville)
Notes: Seacoast Christian has not fielded an 11-man team in many years and not sure why they are still listed here in the district.
District 3
Impact Christian (Jacksonville)
Providence (Jacksonville)
University Christian (Jacksonville)
District 4
Fort White
P. K. Yonge (Gainesville)
Trinity Catholic (Ocala)
Union County (Lake Butler)
Williston
Notes: Trinity Catholic was moved to this district which could have been based on either appeal due to travel, but also the fact that Crescent City was added to District 5. So either scenario could have happened here.
Region 2
District 5
Crescent City
Father Lopez (Daytona Beach)
Halifax Academy (Daytona Beach)
Taylor (Pierson)
Notes: Trinity Catholic was initially assigned to the district, but they are moved to District 5 while Crescent City moves down from Class 2A-District 5 to this district.
District 6
First Academy (Orlando)
Foundation Academy (Winter Garden)
Holy Trinity (Melbourne)
Melbourne Central Catholic
Orlando Christian Prep
District 7
Carrollwood Day (Tampa)
Lakeland Christian
Victory Christian (Lakeland)
Notes: Frostproof, a team that was tentatively in this district is bound for the SSAA Atlantic League but has not been officially announced yet. And with more moves to the SSAA Carrollwood Day is added to the district after their tentative district, District 1A-8 saw Bishop McLaughlin (Spring Hill), Cambridge Christian (Tampa), and Zephyrhills Christian jump to the SSAA 11-Man League.
District 8
Clearwater Central Catholic
Indian Rocks Christian (Largo)
Notes: The teams here were not even part of the tentative district assignment as noted above what happened. Now Clearwater Central Catholic and Indian Rocks Christian have moved from District 9 just to form a two-team district for District 8.
Region 3
District 9
Gulf Coast HEAT (Bradenton)
Northside Christian (St. Petersburg)
St. Petersburg Catholic
Notes: With Clearwater Central Catholic and Indian Rocks Christian being moved to keep District 8 together, this district is now left with three teams. It appears Gulf Coast HEAT was moved from District 10 to District 9 due to travel as it appears Gulf Coast HEAT is fielding a tackle football team.
District 10
Evangelical Christian (Fort Myers)
Southwest Florida Christian (Fort Myers)
Notes: Another two-team district here which marks the third two-team district for the new classification cycle. Originally Gulf Coast HEAT was assigned to this district and appealed to move to District 9 to be closer to teams in District 9 for travel purposes.
District 11
Community School (Naples)
First Baptist (Naples)
St. John Neumann (Naples)
District 12
Benjamin (Palm Beach Gardens)
Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach)
SLAM (West Palm Beach)
Notes: Considering that SLAM shut its football program down last summer, we are not sure if SLAM intends to field a team again. However, do not be shocked if this district ends up being just two teams. John Carroll, the other team tentatively assigned to this district appealed to move up to Class 4A-District 13 to be closer to teams for travel purposes.
Region 4
District 13
Somerset Academy Key (Deerfield Beach)
Somerset Prep (North Lauderdale)
St. Andrews (Boca Raton)
St. John Paul II (Boca Raton)
Notes: Somerset Academy Key went independent this past season as they tried to build their program and Somerset Prep enters the state series after building their program up the last few years.
District 14
Avant Garde (Hollywood)
Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood)
Florida Christian (Miami)
Miami Edison
District 15
Archbishop Carroll (Miami)
BridgePrep Village Green (Miami)
True North (Miami)
Westminster Christian (Miami)
District 16
Everglades Prep (Homestead)
Palm Glades Prep (Miami)
Palmer Trinity (Miami)
Somerset Academy Charter South Homestead
CLASS 1R
Region 1
Baker
Central (Milton)
Chipley
Graceville
Holmes County (Bonifay)
Jay
Northview (Century)
Vernon
Notes: Central (Milton) launched their first football program this season and was JV and now will field their first varsity team this season and qualified for the Rural Classification.
Region 2
Blountstown
Cottondale
Franklin County (Eastpoint)
Liberty County (Bristol)
Munroe Day (Quincy)
Port St. Joe
Sneads
Wewahitchka
Notes: Munroe Day joins the Rural Classification for the first time, but has been eligible to be a part of the classification since the creation of the classification in 2011.
Region 3
Aucilla Christian (Monticello)
Branford
Dixie County (Cross City)
Hamilton County (Jasper)
Hilliard
Jefferson County (Monticello)
Lafayette (Mayo)
Madison County (Madison)
Notes: Aucilla Christian announced recently that they were heading to the SSAA, but we are hearing that might not fully be the case. We will keep an eye on this one and see if anything changes.
Region 4
Chiefland
Fort Meade
Hawthorne
Marathon
Moore Haven
Pahokee
Trenton
Wildwood
Notes: Fort Meade jumps back into the rural classification after two years away from the classification while both Marathon and Moore Haven join the classification for the first time despite being eligible for the classification from the start due as both programs look to take advantage of what the classification could bring to their programs.
INDEPENDENT
All Saints’ (Winter Haven)
Bell
Bishop Snyder (Jacksonville)
Boca Raton Christian
Braddock (Miami)
Bradenton Christian
Bronson
Cedar Creek Christian (Jacksonville)
Central Florida Christian (Orlando)
Christ’s Church Academy (Jacksonville)
Cocoa Beach
Colonial (Orlando)
Coral Reef (Miami)
Coral Shores (Tavernier)
Coral Springs Charter
Cornerstone Charter (Belle Isle)
Cypress Creek (Orlando)
Dade Christian (Miami)
Destin
East River (Orlando)
Faith Christian (Orlando)
Ferguson (Miami)
Gateway (Kissimmee)
Geneva (Casselberry)
Glades Day (Belle Glade)
Hialeah Gardens
Hialeah-Miami Lakes
Hollins (St. Petersburg)
IMG Academy (Bradenton)
Jupiter Christian
Keswick Christian (St. Petersburg)
KIPP Bold City (Jacksonville)
Lake Buena Vista (Orlando)
Lake Highland Prep (Orlando)
Legacy (Ocoee)
Liberty (Kissimmee)
Marco Island Academy
Miami Coral Park
Miami Country Day
Miami Sunset
Mount Dora Christian
Mourning (Miami)
North Port
NSU University School (Fort Lauderdale)
Oak Ridge (Orlando)
Oasis (Cape Coral)
Olympic Heights (Boca Raton)
Orangewood Christian (Maitland)
Paxon (Jacksonville)
Pepin Academies (Tampa)
Poinciana (Kissimmee)
Reagan (Doral)
Roosevelt (Lake Wales)
Santa Fe Catholic (Lakeland)
Seminole (Seminole)
Space Coast (Cocoa)
St. Francis (Gainesville)
St. Johns Classical (Fleming Island)
St. Joseph (St. Augustine)
Stanton (Jacksonville)
Tradition Preparatory (Port St. Lucie)
Trinity Preparatory (Winter Park)
University (Orlando)
Varela (Miami)
Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale)
Windermere
Windermere Prep
Notes: This list of independents may not be fully accurate. With the SSAA now requiring football teams to be members with them for the sport and not having dual membership with the FHSAA, expect this list to shrink quickly.
