Following Wednesday morning’s Zoom meeting of the IHSAA Board of Control, district and group assignments for the 2025 and 2026 football seasons are now available. Districts and Class 5A groups are effective for a two-year cycle.
This will be the second cycle with a socioeconomic factor added for football classifications. Approved in 2023 by the State Board of Education, the classification adjustment will reduce 40 percent of a school’s free or reduced lunch (FRL) count from their annual enrollment to determine their final classification number.
Ankeny has been placed in Group 3 in Class 5A. Other teams in Group 3 are Ames, Council Bluffs Lincoln, Des Moines Roosevelt, Johnston and Sioux City East.
Ankeny Centennial has been placed in Group 4. Other teams in Group 4 are Des Moines Lincoln, Indianola, Sioux City North, Urbandale and Valley.