The Georgia High School Association released its classifications for the 2020-21 school year and, as expected, Calhoun High School was hit the hardest among northwest Georgia schools.
Calhoun will move up two classifications to AAAAA after its adjusted enrollment figures swelled the number to 1,481 from the actual number of 1,217. The GHSA used a multiplier to determine classifications, with any out of school zone student counting twice.
The only other area school affected is LaFayette, which dropped from Class AAAA to AAA. There was concern in Dalton that its adjusted numbers might move the school into Georgia’s highest classification, AAAAAAA, but the Catamounts will remain in AAAAAA.
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