From staff reports
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The difference is only eight students in the enrollments between Riverton and Baxter Springs high schools.
Nevertheless, Riverton has been moved up to Class 4A for winter and spring sports competition this school year.
Enrollment figures, based on the 10th, 11th and 12th grades as of Sept. 22, were announced Tuesday by the Kansas State High School Activities Association.
Riverton, with an enrollment of 197, is the third smallest school in 4A, ahead of Scott City-Scott Community (196) and Wichita Independent (195).
Baxter Spring’s enrollment of 189 makes the Lions the seventh biggest school in 3A, behind Pleasant Ridge (194), Halstead (194), Larned (192), Marysville (192) Fredonia (191) and Silver Lake (190).
Pittsburg, at 550 students, remains one of the smallest 5A schools.
The state’s biggest school is Wichita East (1,559), and the smallest is St. Xavier of Junction City (16).
The classification breakdown has 32 schools in 6A and 5A, 64 schools in 4A through 2A and the remaining 101 schools in 1A.
Kansas enrollments
Enrollment figures as of Sept. 22, 2008, in grades 10, 11 and 12:
Class 5A
(Range: 993-510)
Pittsburg 550
Class 4A
(Range 503-195)
Chanute 462
Fort Scott 458
Labette County 422
Independence 416
Coffeyville 393
Parsons 329
Iola 306
Columbus 279
Girard 240
Riverton 197
Class 3A
(Range: 194-122)
Baxter Springs 189
Southeast 172
Frontenac 152
Galena 151
Erie 145
Class 2A
(Range: 121-81)
Northeast 112
St. Mary’s-Colgan 101
Oswego 93
Class 1A
(Range: 80-16)
Chetopa 72
