Texas high school football realignment: Every UIL Class 5A district for 2024-26

UIL releases two-year district realignment. Everything you need to know about Class 5A

The updated Texas high school football districts are in. The University Interscholastic League unveiled its updated district and classification realignment for the 2024-26 school years on Thursday morning.

UIL member schools' enrollment is reassessed every two years, and classifications and districts are rearranged accordingly.

MORE REALIGNMENT: CLASS 6A | CLASS 4A | CLASS 3A

Next school year, 17 schools are set to drop from 6A to 5A, 11 schools are jumping from 4A to 5A and new schools Wichita Falls Legacy and Wichita Falls Memorial are set to debut in 5A.

Scroll down for the new UIL district alignments for Class 5A for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 Texas high school football seasons:

CONFERENCE	ENROLLMENT	# SCHOOLS	# SCHOOLS (W/ FOOTBALL)
6A	2,275+	247	247
5A	1,315-2,275	253	250
4A	545-1,314	216	200
3A	254-544	229	201
2A	105-253	226	206
1A	104.9 (and below)	215	154

5A DIVISION I

Smithson Valley and Aledo face off in the UIL 5A Division I state championship at AT&T Stadium in December / Photo by Tommy Hays

Region 1

DISTRICT 1 (5A DIVISION I)

El Paso Americas **

El Paso Bel Air 

El Paso El Dorado **

El Paso Parkland

DISTRICT 2 (5A DIVISION I)

Abilene 

Amarillo 

Amarillo Caprock 

Amarillo Tascosa 

Lubbock 

Lubbock Coronado 

Lubbock Monterey

DISTRICT 3 (5A DIVISION I)

Aledo 

Azle 

Denton 

Denton Ryan 

Granbury 

Keller 

Fossil Ridge **

North Richland Hills Birdville 

North Richland Hills Richland 

White Settlement Brewer

DISTRICT 4 (5A DIVISION I)

Fort Worth Arlington Heights 

Fort Worth North Side 

Fort Worth Paschal **

Fort Worth Polytechnic 

Fort Worth South Hills 

Fort Worth Trimble Tech 

Fort Worth Wyatt 

Fort Worth Chisholm Trail 

Saginaw

Region 2

DISTRICT 5 (5A DIVISION I)

Frisco 

Frisco Centennial 

Frisco Heritage 

Frisco Lebanon Trail 

Frisco Lone Star 

Frisco Reedy 

Frisco Wakeland 

McKinney North Sherman

DISTRICT 6 (5A DIVISION I)

Carrollton Creekview 

Carrollton Smith 

Carrollton Turner 

Dallas Adams 

Dallas Molina 

Dallas Sunset 

Dallas White 

North Mesquite 

West Mesquite

DISTRICT 7 (5A DIVISION I)

Burleson Centennial 

Cleburne 

Dallas Highland Park **

Joshua 

Lufkin 

Midlothian 

Red Oak 

Tyler

DISTRICT 8 (5A DIVISION I)

Cedar Park 

Georgetown 

Georgetown East View 

Killeen Chaparral 

Lake Belton 

Leander 

Leander Glenn 

Leander Rouse

Region 3

DISTRICT 9 (5A DIVISION I)

Angleton 

Baytown Sterling 

Beaumont United **

Beaumont West Brook **

Galveston Ball 

Mount Belvieu 

Barbers Hill 

Port Arthur Memorial

DISTRICT 10 (5A DIVISION I)

Galena Park 

Houston Austin 

Houston Madison 

Houston Milby 

Houston Sharpstown 

Houston Sterling 

Houston Waltrip 

Houston Westbury **

DISTRICT 11 (5A DIVISION I)

Crosby 

Fort Bend Kempner 

Friendswood 

Houston Spring Woods **

Humble Kingwood Park 

La Porte 

New Caney 

Porter Pasadena **

DISTRICT 12 (5A DIVISION I)

Austin Anderson **

Bastrop Cedar Creek 

Buda Hays College Station 

College Station 

A&M Consolidated 

Kyle Lehman 

Lockhart 

Pflugerville Hendrickson 

Pflugerville Weiss **

Region 4

DISTRICT 13 (5A DIVISION I)

Boerne Champion

Comal Pieper

Comal Smithson Valley 

New Braunfels **

San Antonio MacArthur 

San Antonio Wagner

Seguin Victoria East

DISTRICT 14 (5A DIVISION I)

Eagle Pass Winn 

Laredo Cigarroa 

Laredo Martin 

Laredo Nixon 

Northside Jay **

San Antonio Southside 

San Antonio Southwest 

South San Antonio 

Southwest Legacy

DISTRICT 15 (5A DIVISION I)

Brownsville Rivera **

Corpus Christi Flour Bluff 

Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial 

Donna 

Donna North 

Harlingen South 

PSJA Memorial 

PSJA North 

Weslaco East

DISTRICT 16 (5A DIVISION I)

Edinburg Vela 

La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 

La Joya Palmview McAllen 

McAllen Memorial 

McAllen Rowe 

Mission **

Rio Grande City

5A DIVISION II

Region 1

DISTRICT 1 (5A DIVISION II)

Canutillo 

Clint Horizon 

El Paso 

El Paso Andress 

El Paso Burges 

El Paso Chapin 

El Paso Del Valle 

El Paso Hanks 

El Paso Jefferson

DISTRICT 2 (5A DIVISION II)

Abilene Cooper 

Abilene Wylie 

Amarillo Palo Duro 

Lubbock Cooper 

Plainview 

Wichita Falls Legacy ^

Wichita Falls Memorial ^

DISTRICT 3 (5A DIVISION II)

Argyle 

Arlington Seguin 

Burleson 

Colleyville Heritage 

Everman 

Grapevine 

Lewisville The Colony 

Mansfield Summit 

Mansfield Timberview

DISTRICT 4 (5A DIVISION II)

Anna ^^

Denison 

Frisco Emerson 

Frisco Independence 

Frisco Liberty 

Frisco Memorial 

Lucas Lovejoy 

Melissa 

Prosper Walnut Grove

Region 2

DISTRICT 5 (5A DIVISION II)

Dallas Adamson 

Dallas Hillcrest 

Dallas Jefferson 

Dallas Samuell 

Dallas Seagoville 

Dallas South Oak Cliff 

Dallas Spruce 

Dallas Wilson

DISTRICT 6 (5A DIVISION II)

Corsicana 

Crandall 

Ennis 

Greenville 

Kaufman ^^

Mesquite Poteet 

Midlothian Heritage 

Terrell

DISTRICT 7 (5A DIVISION II)

Hallsville 

Jacksonville ^^

Marshall 

Mount Pleasant 

Nacogdoches 

Texarkana Texas 

Whitehouse

DISTRICT 8 (5A DIVISION II)

Dayton 

Huntsville 

Montgomery 

Montgomery Lake Creek 

Nederland

New Caney West Fork ^^

Port Neches-Groves 

Splendora ^^

Region 3

DISTRICT 9 (5A DIVISION II)

Alvin Iowa Colony ^^

Baytown Lee 

Fort Bend Marshall 

Richmond Randle 

Rosenberg Lamar Consolidated

Rosenberg Terry Santa Fe 

Texas City

DISTRICT 10 (5A DIVISION II)

Belton 

Brenham 

Bryan Rudder 

Killeen Ellison 

Waco 

Waco University

DISTRICT 11 (5A DIVISION II)

Austin Crockett 

Austin LASA 

Austin McCallum 

Austin Navarro 

Bastrop 

Elgin 

Liberty Hill 

Pflugerville 

Pflugerville Connally

DISTRICT 12 (5A DIVISION II)

San Antonio Brackenridge 

San Antonio Burbank 

San Antonio Edison 

San Antonio Highlands 

San Antonio Houston ##

San Antonio Jefferson 

San Antonio Lanier

Region 4

DISTRICT 13 (5A DIVISION II)

Boerne ^^

Kerrville Tivy 

San Antonio Alamo Heights 

San Antonio Veterans Memorial 

San Antonio Harlandale 

San Antonio McCollum 

Victoria West

DISTRICT 14 (5A DIVISION II)

Corpus Christi Carroll 

Corpus Christi King 

Corpus Christi Miller 

Corpus Christi Moody 

Corpus Christi Ray 

Gregory-Portland

DISTRICT 15 (5A DIVISION II)

Alice ^^

Mission Sharyland 

Mission Veterans Memorial 

Roma 

Sharyland Pioneer

DISTRICT 16 (5A DIVISION II)

Brownsville Lopez 

Brownsville Pace 

Brownsville Porter 

Edcouch-Elsa 

Mercedes 

PSJA Southwest

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Editor’s note:

^ — new school
^^ — moved up from 4A to 5A
** — moved down from 5A to 4A
## — petitioned to be elevated

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