Since it was announced back in April that the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) was moving from six to seven classifications, there’s been a lot of speculation on which schools would move up.
On Thursday, the MHSAA cleared the air, announcing the new classifications that will go into effect come 2023.
Class 7A
DeSoto Central High School
Tupelo High School
Ocean Springs High School
Northwest Rankin High School
Southaven High School
Oak Grove High School
Clinton High School
Gulfport High School
Biloxi High School
Madison Central High School
Brandon High School
Harrison Central High School
D’Iberville Senior High School
Germantown High School
Hernando High School
Starkville High School
Horn Lake High
Meridian High School
St. Martin High School
Oxford High School
Petal High School
Murrah High School
Pearl High School
Lewisburg High School
Class 6A
Hancock High School
West Harrison High School
Pascagoula High School
South Panola High School
Warren Central High School
Olive Branch High School
George County High School
Center Hill High School
Terry High School
Grenada High School
West Jones High School
Pearl River Central High School
Picayune High School
Ridgeland High School
Forest Hill High School
Lake Cormorant High School
Hattiesburg High School
Neshoba Central High School
Saltillo High School
Long Beach High School
Jim Hill High School
Columbus High School
Callaway High School
Vicksburg High School
Class 5A
Greenville High School
Gautier High School
Canton Public High School
Cleveland Central High School
Wayne County High School
South Jones High School
Lafayette High School
Brookhaven High School
West Point High School
Holmes County High School
Natchez High School
New Hope High School
East Central High School
Provine High School
Laurel High School
Vancleave High School
Florence High School
Stone High School
North Pike High School
Gentry High School
Pontotoc High School
Yazoo City High School
Clarksdale High School
Corinth High School
Class 4A
Caledonia High School
Purvis High School
Tishomingo County High School
Northeast Lauderdale High School
Greenwood High School
McComb High School
Pass Christian High School
Wingfield High School
Sumrall High School
Forest County Agricultural
Northeast Jones High School
Lanier High School
New Albany High School
West Lauderdale High School
Kosciusko High School
Leake Central High School
Poplarville High School
Choctaw Central
Lawrence County High School
Raymond High School
Itawamba Agricultural School
Shannon High School
Mendenhall High School
Bay High School
Byhalia High School
Newton County High School
Houston High School
Richland High School
Louisville High School
North Pontotoc High School
Quitman High School
Columbia High School
Forest High School
Ripley High School
South Pontotoc High School
Moss Point High School
Amory High School
Morton High School
Senatobia High School
Greene County High School
Class 3A
Mooreville High School
South Pike High School
St. Stanislaus
Humphreys County High School
Crystal Springs High School
Rosa Fort High School
St. Patrick
Yazoo County High School
Seminary High School
Franklin High School
Noxubee County High School
Kossuth High School
Magee High School
Hazlehurst High School
Amanda Elzy High School
Jefferson Davis County High School
West Marion High School
North Panola High School
Alcorn Central High School
Southeast Lauderdale High School
Booneville High School
Port Gibson High School
McLaurin Attendance Center
Aberdeen High School
Tylertown High School
Kemper County High School
Nettleton High School
Thomas E. Edwards High School
Independence High School
Holly Springs High School
Choctaw County High School
Coahoma County High School
Our Lady Academy
Jefferson County High School
Winona High School
Belmont School
Mantachie Attendance Center
Wesson Attendance Center
East Webster High School
Enterprise High School
Perry Central High School
Class 2A
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Union High School
Water Valley High School
Charleston High School
Pisgah High School
Hatley High School
Raleigh High School
East Union Attendance Center
Collins High School
Eupora High School
New Site High School
J Z George High School
O’Bannon High School
Riverside High School
Bruce High School
Leflore County High School
Scott Central Attendance Center
Amite County High School
Walnut Attendance Center
North Forest High School
Heidelberg High School
Philadelphia High School
Puckett Attendance Center
Mize Attendance Center
Bay Springs High School
Bogue Chitto School
Northside High School
Newton High School
Lake High School
Loyd Star School
Calhoun City High School
- S. Palmer High School
West Lincoln School
Hamilton High School
Ingomar Attendance Center
Richton High School
Sebastopol Attendance Center
Class 1A
East Marion High School
Enterprise School
Velma Jackson High School
Strayhorn High School
Pine Grove High School
Leake County High School
Potts Camp High School
Taylorsville Attendance Center
Baldwyn High School
Myrtle Attendance Center
Leland High School
Lumberton High School
- W. Byers High School
Ethel Attendance Center
Vardaman High School
Smithville High School
Sacred Heart
South Delta High School
West Tallahatchie High School
Stringer Attendance Center
West Union Attendance Center
Tupelo Christian Prep
Miss. School for Math & Science
Houlka Attendance Center
Biggersville High School
Hickory Flat Attendance Center
Okolona High School
Wheeler High School
Simmons High School
West Lowndes High School
Nanih Waiya Attendance Center
Coffeeville High School
West Bolivar High School
McEvans High School
Resurrection
French Camp
Falkner Attendance Center
Salem Attendance Center
Noxapater Attendance Center
Thrasher High School
Ashland High School
Mount Olive Attendance Center
Tremont Attendance Center
McAdams Attendance Center
Jumpertown Attendance Center
Coldwater High School
Blue Mountain High School
Piney Woods
Miss. School For The Deaf
Miss. School For The Blind
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