{"id":12867,"date":"2025-04-16T12:47:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/?p=12867"},"modified":"2025-04-16T12:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:47:24","slug":"diaa-board-of-directors-approves-division-alignment-for-2025-2027-school-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/2025\/04\/16\/diaa-board-of-directors-approves-division-alignment-for-2025-2027-school-years\/","title":{"rendered":"DIAA Board of Directors Approves Division Alignment for 2025\u20132027 School Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Dover, DE \u2013 April 16, 2025 \u2013<\/strong>The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Board of Directors approved the Division I and Division II school classifications for the 2025\u20132026 and 2026\u20132027 academic years at their meeting held on April 10, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"1101\">In accordance with DIAA regulations, schools with a Delaware Department of Education (DOE) certified enrollment count for grades 9\u201312 equal to or greater than the smallest school in either the Blue Hen Conference Flight A or the Henlopen North Conference are classified as Division I. For the upcoming alignment cycle, that enrollment threshold is 1,104 students. This figure includes all students who, if eligible, would participate in athletics at the school, including special needs students. For single-gender schools, total enrollment is doubled to determine the final count. Schools with enrollments below this threshold are classified as Division II.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1103\" data-end=\"1203\">DIAA conducts separate State Championships for Division I and Division II in the following sports:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1349\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1238\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1238\">Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Cross Country<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1239\" data-end=\"1262\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1241\" data-end=\"1262\">Dual Team Wrestling<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1263\" data-end=\"1297\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1297\">Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Outdoor Track<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1298\" data-end=\"1314\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1300\" data-end=\"1314\">Boys\u2019 and Girls Soccer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1333\" data-end=\"1349\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1349\">Field Hockey<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1428\">In football, DIAA conducts State Championships in Class 1A, 2A, and 3A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1430\" data-end=\"1508\"><strong>The Division I schools for the 2025\u20132026 and 2026\u20132027 school years are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1832\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1527\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1512\" data-end=\"1527\">Appoquinimink<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1528\" data-end=\"1545\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1545\">Caesar Rodney<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"1563\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1548\" data-end=\"1563\">Cape Henlopen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1564\" data-end=\"1596\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1596\">Charter School of Wilmington<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1611\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1599\" data-end=\"1611\">Christiana<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1612\" data-end=\"1625\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1614\" data-end=\"1625\">Delcastle<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1626\" data-end=\"1635\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1628\" data-end=\"1635\">Dover<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1647\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1638\" data-end=\"1647\">Hodgson<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1648\" data-end=\"1662\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1650\" data-end=\"1662\">Middletown<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1663\" data-end=\"1674\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1665\" data-end=\"1674\">Milford<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1675\" data-end=\"1685\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1677\" data-end=\"1685\">Odessa<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1686\" data-end=\"1711\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1688\" data-end=\"1711\">Padua Academy (girls)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1724\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1714\" data-end=\"1724\">Polytech<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"1753\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1753\">Salesianum School (boys)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1754\" data-end=\"1764\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1756\" data-end=\"1764\">Smyrna<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1765\" data-end=\"1780\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"1780\">St. Georges<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1781\" data-end=\"1799\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1783\" data-end=\"1799\">Sussex Central<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1800\" data-end=\"1815\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1802\" data-end=\"1815\">Sussex Tech<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1816\" data-end=\"1832\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1818\" data-end=\"1832\">William Penn<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1834\" data-end=\"1954\">DIAA Division Alignments are reviewed biennially to ensure competitive balance and fairness across all member schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1956\" data-end=\"1972\">For reference:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1973\" data-end=\"2133\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1973\" data-end=\"2052\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"2052\"><a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Division-Alignment-DIAA-2025-2027_4.16.25.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"2050\">DIAA Division Alignments for 2025\u20132027 (Approved 4.10.25)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2053\" data-end=\"2133\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2055\" data-end=\"2133\"><a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/10\/Division-Alignment-DIAA-2023-2025.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2055\" data-end=\"2131\">DIAA Division Alignments for 2023\u20132025 (Approved 10.16.23)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2135\" data-end=\"2222\">For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/governance\/school_classification\/\">https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/governance\/school_classification\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About DIAA<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) regulates interscholastic athletics and promotes the value of sportsmanship, teamwork, and integrity for Delaware high schools and middle schools. DIAA oversees numerous sports and activities, ensuring equitable opportunities for all student-athletes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dover, DE \u2013 April 16, 2025 \u2013The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-page","category-home-page-slider","category-news"],"acf":[],"checksum":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}