BEDS Documents, enrollment and classification

Life as a Class 4A school turned out to be a one-year deal for Western Dubuque.

Boone replaced Western Dubuque as the state's 48th-largest school, according to the BEDS Documents, and will take the Bobcats' place as the small fish in the big-school pond in 2011-12.

The BEDS Documents are the barometer for the Iowa High School Athletic Association and the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union's classification of schools via enrollment. The number of students in grades 9-11 for 2010-11 will determine classification for 2011-12. Football is an exception; classification is done in football on a two-year basis, and the deck will be reshuffled again for the 2012 season.

In most major sports (boys' and girls' basketball, baseball and softball, and volleyball), the top 48 schools are 4A, Nos. 49-112 are 3A, Nos. 113-240 are 2A and the rest are 1A.

In other notes concerning enrollment:

* Iowa City West has replaced Cedar Rapids Kennedy as the most populated high school in the Mississippi Valley Conference. West has a three-grade enrollment of 1,426; Kennedy is at 1,320.

* All three of the Cedar Rapids public schools' figures are lower, though Washington lost only one student.

* Mount Vernon's seemingly up-and-down movement continues. Mount Vernon will back down in 2A next year.

* In terms of percentage growth, Solon is the area's biggest winner at 14.9 percent.

* A number of county-seat schools, such as Independence, Vinton-Shellsburg, Waukon and West Delaware, suffered sharp declines. So did North Fayette, HLV and Olin.

* Cedar Valley Christian's debut as a sanctioned school has it with an enrollment of 58.

Here are figures for all area schools:

Mississippi Valley

'10-11

'09-10

Change

6. Iowa City West

1,426

1,347

+79

8. Cedar Rapids Kennedy

1,320

1,379

-59

10. Linn-Mar

1,285

1,300

-15

11. Dubuque Hempstead

1,285

1,280

+5

12. Waterloo West

1,246

1,260

-14

13. Dubuque Senior

1,212

1,162

+50

14. Cedar Rapids Jefferson

1,209

1,251

-42

19. Cedar Falls

1,107

1,073

+34

24. Cedar Rapids Washington

1,070

1,071

-1

26. Iowa City High

1,044

1,041

+3

30. Cedar Rapids Prairie

984

973

+11

38. Waterloo East

825

846

-21

47. Cedar Rapids Xavier

578

603

-25

69. Dubuque Wahlert

423

436

-13

Wamac

'10-11

'09-10

Change

50. Western Dubuque

564

564

No change

62. Marion

459

463

-4

72. Maquoketa

417

422

-5

75. Benton Community

408

411

-3

78. DeWitt Central

393

400

-7

79. West Delaware

391

414

-23

81. Vinton-Shellsburg

378

406

-28

86. Clear Creek Amana

356

390

-33

89. Solon

339

295

+44

92. Anamosa

337

364

-9

103. Independence

313

332

-19

104. Center Point-Urbana

313

316

-3

105. Williamsburg

307

312

-5

114. Mount Vernon

279

293

-14

120. Dyersville Beckman

262

255

+7

150. Waterloo Columbus

215

219

-4

Cedar Valley

'10-11

'09-10

Change

126. Mid-Prairie

248

252

-4

129. West Liberty

241

237

+4

144. Wilton

218

216

+2

151. West Branch

212

193

+19

157. Tipton

202

197

+5

162. Durant

198

211

-13

166. North Cedar

194

191

+3

167. Iowa City Regina

193

203

-10

Big East

'10-11

'09-10

Change

127. Camanche

246

220

+26

193. Northeast

174

164

+10

202. Bellevue

168

153

+15

265. Lisbon

125

123

+2

273. Calamus-Wheatland

122

131

-9

305. Midland

97

107

-10

340. Preston

67

78

-11

353. Bellevue Marquette

56

69

-13

356. Clinton Prince of Peace

53

58

-5

376. Olin

30

43

-13

Northeast Iowa

'10-11

'09-10

Change

55. Waverly-Shell Rock

502

526

-24

64. Decorah

454

441

+13

67. Charles City

435

402

+33

91. Crestwood

338

322

+16

102. Waukon

313

350

-37

108. Oelwein

297

313

-16

109. New Hampton

295

286

+9

South Iowa Cedar

'10-11

'09-10

Change

220. Iowa Valley

156

150

+6

244. North Mahaska

140

132

+8

249. BGM

134

137

-3

256. Belle Plaine

131

145

-14

258. Lynnville-Sully

130

128

+2

271. Montezuma

122

103

+19

275. English Valleys

121

135

-14

276. Sigourney

120

123

-3

321. Tri-County

82

71

+11

330. HLV

78

99

-21

348. Keota

61

79

-18

Tri-Rivers

'10-11

'09-10

Change

123. Monticello

254

279

-25

146. Cascade

218

218

No change

183. Maquoketa Valley

182

187

-5

210. North Linn

163

179

-16

219. Alburnett

159

153

+6

226. Starmont

152

173

-21

230. Edgewood-Colesburg

150

151

+1

262. East Buchanan

127

129

-2

306. Central City

93

102

-9

309. Springville

91

95

-4

Upper Iowa

'10-11

'09-10

Change

152. South Winneshiek

210

195

+15

170. Sumner-Fredericksburg

191

207

-16

174. North Fayette

185

231

-46

175. MFL MarMac

185

201

-16

214. Clayton Ridge

161

172

-11

246. Turkey Valley

137

159

-22

270. Valley Community

122

130

-8

286. Elkader Central

113

126

-13

292. Postville

106

114

-8

297. Lansing Kee

102

105

-3

317. West Central

85

80

+5

Others

'10-11

'09-10

Change

80. Washington (Iowa)

380

362

+18

97. South Tama

318

324

-6

106. Union

305

305

No change

189. Jesup

178

196

-18

212. Highland

162

163

-1

254. North Tama

131

129

+2

294. Lone Tree

105

99

+6

322. Iowa Mennonite

82

87

-5

352. Cedar Valley Christian

58

NA

NA

363. Meskwaki Settlement

47

49

-2