Tentative GHSA region alignments for 2026-28 announced after classes settled

The Georgia High School Association placed its 454 member schools into regions for the 2026-28 academic years Monday.

Schools have one week to request a move into a different region in the same classification. The GHSA’s reclassification committee will hear those appeals Nov. 17.

Seventeen schools won appeals Monday to play in lower classifications than they were assigned last week.

They were Osborne, Meadowcreek, Lakeside-Evans to Class 6A; Arabia Mountain and Drew to 5A; Douglass to 4A; Central-Macon, KIPP Atlanta, Cross Creek and Johnson-Savannah to 3A; Savannah Christian, Putnam County, Mount Vernon, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe and Gordon Central to 2A; and Twiggs County and Lanier County to Class A.

Beginning with the 2026-27 school year, the highest class will be 7A instead of 6A. Classes A divisions I and II will become 2A and A.

Below are the region placements, with asterisks denoting schools that do not field a football team.

Class 7A

• Region 1: Camden County, Colquitt County, Lowndes, Richmond Hill, Valdosta
• Region 2: Carrollton, Douglas County, East Coweta, Northgate, Paulding County, Westlake
• Region 3: Campbell, Harrison, Hillgrove, Kennesaw Mountain, McEachern, Pebblebrook
• Region 4: Archer, Grayson, Lakeside-Atlanta, Newton, North Atlanta, Rockdale County, South Gwinnett
• Region 5: Cherokee, Etowah, Marietta, North Cobb, North Paulding, Walton, Wheeler, West Forsyth
• Region 6: Alliance Academy*, Denmark, Forsyth Central, Innovation Academy*, Lambert, North Forsyth, South Forsyth
• Region 7: Berkmar, Brookwood, Duluth, Norcross, North Gwinnett, Parkview, Peachtree Ridge
• Region 8: Buford, Central Gwinnett, Collins Hill, Dacula, Discovery, Mill Creek, Seckinger

Class 6A

• Region 1: Bradwell Institute, Brunswick, Effingham County, Glynn Academy, Greenbrier, Grovetown, Lakeside-Evans, South Effingham
• Region 2: Coffee, Houston County, Lee County, Northside-Warner Robins, Thomas County Central, Tift County, Veterans
• Region 3: Creekside, Hughes, Lovejoy, McIntosh, Morrow, Newnan, Northside-Columbus, Tri-Cities, Woodward Academy
• Region 4: Alcovy, Chamblee, Decatur, Dunwoody, Heritage-Conyers, Meadowcreek, Midtown, Shiloh
• Region 5: Alexander, Chapel Hill, East Paulding, Hiram, New Manchester, Osborne, South Cobb, South Paulding
• Region 6: Creekview, Kell, Lassiter, Pope, River Ridge, Rome, Sequoyah, Woodstock
• Region 7: Alpharetta, Gainesville, Johns Creek, Lanier, Milton, Mountain View, Riverwood, Roswell
• Region 8: Apalachee, Cedar Shoals, Clarke Central, Habersham Central, Jackson County, Loganville, Walnut Grove

Class 5A

• Region 1: Benedictine, Evans, Groves, Jenkins, Richmond Academy, Statesboro, Ware County, Wayne County
• Region 2: Eagle’s Landing, Jones County, Locust Grove, Ola, Perry, Union Grove, Warner Robins
• Region 3: Banneker, Central-Carrollton, Griffin, Harris County, LaGrange, Lithia Springs, Starrs Mill, Whitewater
• Region 4: Arabia Mountain, Drew, Dutchtown, Eastside, Forest Park, Jonesboro, M.L. King, Mundy’s Mill, Stockbridge
• Region 5: Cross Keys, Druid Hills, Jackson-Atlanta, Lithonia, Mays, Southwest DeKalb, Tucker, St. Pius
• Region 6: Blessed Trinity, Cambridge, Centennial, Chattahoochee, Marist, Northview, Sprayberry
• Region 7: Allatoona, Cartersville, Cass, Cedartown, Dalton, Villa Rica, Woodland-Cartersville
• Region 8: East Forsyth, Flowery Branch, Jefferson, Johnson, Gainesville, Madison County, North Oconee, Winder-Barrow

Class 4A

• Region 1: Bainbridge, Cairo, Columbus, Dougherty, Hardaway, Monroe, Shaw, Spencer, Westover
• Region 2: Baldwin, Howard, Mary Persons, Peach County, Spalding, Troup, Upson-Lee, Westside-Macon
• Region 3: Harlem, Liberty County, Long County, New Hampstead, Southeast Bulloch, West Laurens, Windsor Forest
• Region 4: Fayette County, Hampton, Luella, McDonough, Mount Zion-Jonesboro, North Clayton, Riverdale, Sandy Creek, Woodland-Stockbridge
• Region 5: Clarkston, Douglass, Greater Atlanta Christian, North Springs, Pace Academy, Salem, Stephenson, Stone Mountain, Westminster
• Region 6: Chestatee, Dawson County, Gilmer, North Hall, Pickens, White County
• Region 7: Adairsville, Calhoun, Heritage-Catoosa, Northwest Whitfield, Ridgeland, Southeast Whitfield
• Region 8: Cherokee Bluff, East Hall, East Jackson, Hoschton*, Monroe Area, Oconee County, West Hall

Class 3A

• Region 1: Carver-Columbus, Cook, Crisp County, Jordan, Kendrick, Sumter County, Worth County
• Region 2: Callaway, Central-Macon, Jackson, Lamar County, Northeast, Pike County, Rutland, Southwest
• Region 3: Appling County, Beach, Brantley County, Islands, Johnson-Savannah, Pierce County, Tattnall County, Toombs County
• Region 4: Burke County, Butler, Cross Creek, Hephzibah, Morgan County, Thomson, Washington County, Westside-Augusta
• Region 5: Haralson County, Holy Innocents’, KIPP Atlanta Collegiate, Lovett, North Cobb Christian, Temple, Therrell, Wesleyan, Towers
• Region 6: Carver-Atlanta, Cedar Grove, Columbia, Hapeville, McNair, Miller Grove, Redan, South Atlanta
• Region 7: Coahulla Creek, LaFayette, Murray County, North Murray, Ringgold, Rockmart, Sonoraville
• Region 8: Barrow*, Elbert County, Franklin County, Hart County, Hebron Christian, Lumpkin County, Stephens County, Union County

Class 2A

• Region 1: Bacon County, Berrien, Brooks County, Fitzgerald, Jeff Davis, Thomasville
• Region 2: ACE Charter, Bleckley County, Dodge County, Dublin, East Laurens, Vidalia
• Region 3: Bryan County, Calvary Day, Metter, Savannah, Savannah Arts Academy*, Savannah Christian, Screven County, St. Vincent’s Academy*, Swainsboro, Woodville-Tompkins*
• Region 4: Aquinas, Davidson Fine Arts*, Glenn Hills, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Johnson-Augusta, Josey, Laney, Putnam County, Social Circle, Technical Career Magnet*
• Region 5: Ben Franklin Academy*, Coretta Scott King Academy*, Drew Charter*, Eagle’s Landing Christian, Greenforest Christian*, Landmark Christian, Paideia*, Southwest Atlanta Christian*, Stilwell Arts*, Trinity Christian, Utopian Academy, W.D. Mohammed*, Washington, Whitefield Academy
• Region 6: Armuchee, Bremen, Coosa, Darlington, Heard County, Model, Mount Zion-Carroll, Pepperell
• Region 7: Chattooga, Christian Heritage, Dade County, Dalton Academy*, Fannin County, Gordon Central, Gordon Lee, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
• Region 8: Athens Academy, Banks County, Commerce, Oglethorpe County, Prince Avenue Christian, Providence Christian, Rabun County