NMAA District Realignment Plan

New NMAA District realignment and classification

The New Mexico Activities Association has unveiled its district realignment plan and classification of schools for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years. The board of directors voted in favor of the new proposal 8-4.

Football is getting a massive facelift as the districts are getting considerably larger. The NMAA believes the expanded districts will ease nondistrict scheduling issues.

There will be three districts in classes 6A, 3A, 2A, and 8-Man. The rest of the classes will have just two districts.

Lovington who just won the 4A championship will be moving up into 5A. Other moves of note, Piedra Vista jumps to 6A, Legacy Academy goes from 8-Man to 2A, and Raton and Dexter will be dropping from 3A to 2A.

There is a new initiative allowing struggling football programs to compete in a lower classification. To be eligible, teams must have had a winning percentage of 20% or less in three of the last four years, excluding the COVID year.

Schools that play down will be reevaluated based on their performance in the next two seasons. If they win a playoff game in either 2024 or 2025, or if their winning percentage is above 65% in either season, they will be moved back to their previous class.

Any school wishing to appeal their placement can do so on Dec. 11 in front of the board.

Basketball (and most other major team sports with exceptions for wrestling, soccer, and swimming/diving) will still have five to six districts depending on the class.

Classification/Realignment for 2024-25 and 2025-26

FOOTBALL ONLY

CLASS 6A

District 1: Cibola, Cleveland, Rio Rancho, Volcano Vista, Farmington, Piedra Vista
District 2: Albuquerque High, Atrisco Heritage, Eldorado, La Cueva, Los Lunas, Sandia, Santa Fe, West Mesa
District 3: Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Centennial, Clovis, Hobbs, Las Cruces, Organ Mountain

CLASS 5A

District 1: Belen, Capital, Del Norte, Highland, Los Alamos, Miyamura, Rio Grande, Valley
District 2: Artesia, Deming, Gadsden, Goddard, Lovington, Mayfield, Roswell, Santa Teresa

CLASS 4A

District 1: Aztec, Bloomfield, Bernalillo, Espanola Valley, Grants, Kirtland Cental, Moriarty, Taos
District 2: Albuquerque Academy, Chaparral (playing down), Manzano (playing down), Portales, Silver, St. Pius, Valencia

CLASS 3A

District 1: Crownpoint, Gallup (playing down), Shiprock (playing down), Thoreau, Tohatchi, Wingate, Zuni
District 2: Hope Christian, Pojoaque Valley (playing down), Robertson, Santa Fe Indian, St. Michael’s (playing up), West Las Vegas
District 3: Cobre (playing up), Hatch Valley, Hot Springs, New Mexico Military Institute, Ruidoso, Socorro

CLASS 2A

District 1: Cuba, Hozho Academy, Laguna-Acoma, McCurdy, Navajo Prep, Newcomb
District 2: Capitan, Cloudcroft, Estancia, Legacy Academy, Raton, Santa Rosa, Tucumcari
District 3: Dexter, Eunice, Jal, Loving, Texico, Tularosa

8-MAN

District 1: Alamo Navajo, Dulce, Navajo Pine (playing down), Northwest, Pine Hill, Ramah
District 2: Clayton, Escalante, Fort Sumner, Menaul, Questa
District 3: Gateway Christian, Hagerman/Lake Arthur, Lordsburg, Melrose, Mescalero Apache, Mesilla Valley, Tatum

6-MAN

District 1: Dora, Elida, Floyd, Grady, Logan, NM School/Deaf, Roy/Mosquero, Springer
District 2: Animas, Carrizozo, Chesterton Academy, Hondo Valley, Magdalena, Mountainair

BASKETBALL ALIGNMENT

(This alignment will apply to most major sports with exception to wrestling, soccer and swimming/diving)

CLASS 5A

District 1: Cibola, Cleveland, Farmington, Piedra Vista, Rio Rancho, Volcano Vista
District 2: Capital, Eldorado, La Cueva, Manzano, Sandia, Santa Fe
District 3: Alamogordo, Centennial, Gadsden, Las Cruces, Mayfield, Organ Mountain
District 4: Carlsbad, Clovis, Hobbs, Roswell
District 5: Albuquerque High, Atrisco Heritage, Los Lunas, Miyamura, Rio Grande, West Mesa

CLASS 4A

District 1: Aztec, Bloomfield, Gallup, Kirtland Central, Shiprock
District 2: Espanola Valley, Los Alamos, Moriarty, Pojoaque Valley, Taos
District 3: Chaparral, Deming, Santa Teresa, Silver
District 4: Artesia, Goddard, Lovington, Portales
District 5: Belen, Grants, Highland, St. Pius, Valencia
District 6: Albuquerque Academy, Bernalillo, Del Norte, Hope Christian (playing up), Valley

CLASS 3A

District 1: Crownpoint, Navajo Prep, Newcomb, Thoreau, Tohatchi, Wingate, Zuni
District 2: Academy for Technology and the Classics, Robertson, Santa Fe Indian, Santa Fe Prep, St. Michael’s, West Las Vegas
District 3: Cobre, Hatch Valley, Hot Springs, Socorro
District 4: Dexter, N.M. Military Institute, Ruidoso, Tularosa
District 5: Bosque School, Cottonwood Classical Prep, Cuba, East Mountain, Sandia Prep

CLASS 2A

District 1: Dulce, Hozho Academy (playing up), Laguna-Acoma, Navajo Pine, Ramah, Rehoboth Christian
District 2: Jemez Valley, Legacy Academy, Menaul, Monte del Sol, Native American Community Academy, Oak Grove Classical Prep, Tierra Encantada
District 3: Capitan, Cloudcroft, Lordsburg, Mescalero, Mesilla Valley
District 4: Eunice, Hagerman, Jal, Loving, Tatum, Texico
District 5: Escalante, McCurdy, Mesa Vista (playing up), Mora, Penasco (playing up), Questa (playing up)
District 6: Clayton, Estancia, Pecos, Raton, Santa Rosa, Tucumcari

CLASS 1A

District 1: Northwest, Pine Hill, To’hajiilee, Tse’Yi’Gai
District 2: Animas, Cliff, Magdalena, Quemado, Reserve
District 3: Alamo Navajo, Carrizozo, Corona/Vaughn, Hondo, Mountainair
District 4: Dora, Elida, Floyd, Gateway Christian, Melrose
District 5: Cimarron, Des Moines, Maxwell, Mosquero/Roy, Springer, Wagon Mound
District 6: Clovis Christian, Fort Sumner, Grady, Logan, San Jon

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