It could be said that no team in the playoffs has done more with less than Warren County, a school of 159 students, according to GHSA enrollment numbers used for the 2020-21 reclassification. Warren County is the fourth-smallest GHSA school that fields a football team, ahead of only Stewart County, Glascock County and Central of Talbotton. By comparison, the No. 1-ranked Class A public-school team, Irwin County, has 498 students. Below are the GHSA-listed enrollment numbers for the 64 quarterfinal teams. The signs + and - indicate whether a school is moving up or down in classification for 2020-21. High numbers of out-of-zone students might cause a school to play higher than its raw enrollment totals.

Class AAAAAAA

3,651 - Mill Creek

3,239 - North Gwinnett

3,138 - Grayson

3,124 - Parkview

2,934 - Lowndes

2,845 - Archer

2,518 - Marietta

2,412 - McEachern

Class AAAAAA

2,350 - Harrison (+1)

2,341 - Richmond Hill

2,196 - Dacula

2,111 - Valdosta

1,947 - Houston County

1,939 - Lee County

1,785 - Allatoona

1,741 - Coffee (-1)

Class AAAAA

1,760 - Clarke Central

1,740 - Dutchtown

1,698 - Carrollton

1,620 - Warner Robins

1,581 - Jones County

1,543 - Buford (+1)

1,450 - Griffin

1,379 - Starr's Mill

Class AAAA

1,467 - Cartersville (+1)

1,402 - Madison County

1,272 - West Laurens

1,162 - Oconee County (-1)

1,134 - Sandy Creek (-1)

1,082 - Woodward Acd. (+1)

970 - Blessed Trinity (+1)

809 - Marist

Class AAA

1,184 - Jefferson (+1)

1,088 - Cedar Grove

1,066 - Crisp County

1,052 - Jenkins (+1)

1,007 - North Murray

1,004 - Hart County

958 - Peach County

672 - GAC

Class AA

1,059 - Douglass (+1)

825 - Callaway

756 - Thomasville

660 - Rabun County

597 - Hapeville Charter (+2)

511 - Dublin (-1)

475 - Brooks County (-1)

472 - Metter (-1)

Class A (private)

550 - Holy Innocents'

496 - Wesleyan

414 - Hebron Christian

412 - Mount Paran Christian

374 - Savannah Christian

353 - ELCA

351 - Fellowship Christian

332 - Athens Academy

Class A (public)

498 - Irwin County

402 - Pelham

386 - Manchester

369 - Marion County

356 - Clinch County

327 - Mitchell County

316 - Lincoln County

159 - Warren County

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