WHSAA releases ADM numbers for 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years

The Wyoming High School Activities Association on Friday released the biggest piece to the upcoming reclassification puzzle: the enrollment numbers used to classify the schools.

The Average Daily Membership, or ADM, numbers for each school were released to the schools on Friday. The enrollment figures released will not affect classifications for any sport in the 2013-14 school year; the new figures will be used to classify schools for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years.

Schools can opt to move up or down classifications with the approval of the WHSAA.

The big takeaways from the ADM’s release and their effect on football for the 2014 and 2015 seasons:

* No changes will take place for either Class 4A or Class 3A.

* Class 2A will lose Moorcroft and Tongue River. It won’t gain any schools, as 2A is shrinking from 16 to 14 schools next season.

* Class 1A 11-man will gain Moorcroft and Tongue River from 2A and Saratoga and Wyoming Indian from six-man.

* Cokeville will continue to stay in Class 1A 11-man despite falling below the six-man/11-man cutline. The Panthers have made it clear they want to stay in 11-man and will opt up to do so.

* The Upton-Sundance co-op agreement runs through the 2015 football season and the two schools have given no indication that they want to cut that agreement off after this year. The Patriot co-op squad will have to redo its enrollment figures next fall to determine if the team will be eligible for the playoffs; the enrollment of Upton’s school plus the number of boys in the Sundance school must be smaller than that of the smallest 2A school for the Patriots to be eligible for the postseason.

* Lingle is the school with the biggest choice in reclassification. The Doggers, as the 51st school, are classified as six-man but have traditionally played 11-man. They can opt up, giving the 1A 11-man classification 15 schools and 1A six-man 13; or they can opt to stay in six-man as classified and give 11-man and six-man an even 14-14 split.

WHSAA Commissioner Ron Laird said via email schools have until Aug. 30 to decide if they want to play in either 11-man or six-man.

The numbers:

1. Gillette: 2,439
2. Natrona: 2,183.5
3. Rock Springs, 1,561.5
4. Cheyenne East: 1,468
5. Kelly Walsh: 1,395
6. Cheyenne Central: 1,268.5
7. Cheyenne South: 1,222.5
8. Sheridan: 1,016.5
9. Laramie: 990.5
10. Evanston: 918
—–3A cutoff for football
11. Green River: 816.5
12. Riverton: 787.5
13. Star Valley: 717
14. Jackson: 673
15. Cody: 661
16. Douglas: 515.5
17. Rawlins: 506.5
18. Lander: 493
19. Powell: 483.5
20. Worland: 425.5
21. Torrington: 398.5
22. Buffalo: 328
—–2A cutoff for football
23. Pinedale: 303
24. Wheatland: 298
25. Newcastle: 236.5
26. Mountain View: 221.5
27. Glenrock: 221.5
28. Lovell: 214.5
29. Thermopolis: 209.5
30. Lyman: 203.5
31. Big Piney: 198
32. Kemmerer: 176.5
33. Greybull: 174.5
34. Burns: 166.25
35. Big Horn: 156.5
36. Wright: 156
—–1A 11-man cutoff for football
37. Moorcroft: 152.5
38. Wyoming Indian: 138.6
39. Wind River: 128
40. Rocky Mountain: 124
41. Tongue River: 122.5
42. Lusk: 115.5
43. Shoshoni: 114.5
44. Pine Bluffs: 109.25
45. Sundance: 103
46. Southeast: 101
47. Saratoga: 99.5
48. Riverside: 96.5
49. Burlington: 81.5
50. Upton: 80.5
—-1A six-man cutoff for football
51. Lingle: 79.5
52. Cokeville: 74
53. St. Stephens: 70
54. Fort Washakie: 69 (does not sponsor football)
55. Hanna: 67.5
56. Guernsey-Sunrise: 65
57. Normative Services: 65
58. Midwest: 62.5
59. Dubois: 51.5
60. Hulett: 51
61. Farson: 48.5
62. Kaycee: 47
63. Snake River: 46
64. Arapaho Charter: 40.5 (does not sponsor football)
65. Encampment: 40.5 (does not sponsor football)
66. Meeteetse: 40
67. Rock River: 33
68. Ten Sleep: 32.5
69. Arvada-Clearmont: 27.5 (does not sponsor football)
70. Glendo: 18.5 (does not sponsor football)
71. Chugwater: 12 (does not sponsor football)

–patrick