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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