Proposed new region alignments for the GHSA’s six classifications that would go into effect for the 2012-13 school year. The proposal is based on present enrollment and will change once new enrollment figures are available in October. (Proposed alignment provided by GHSA Reclassification Committee):
Class AAAAAA
Region 1 (5 schools)
Warner Robins
Northside-Warner Robins
Lowndes County
Tift County
Colquitt County
Region 2 (10)
East Coweta
Newnan
Langston Hughes
Westlake
Luella
Lovejoy
Newton
Morrow
Alcovy
Rockdale County
Region 3 (5)
Camden County
Bradwell Institute
Brunswick
Coffee
Effingham County
Region 4 (9)
Campbell
Harrison
Hillgrove
Kennesaw Mountain
McEachern
Douglas County
Pebblebrook
South Cobb
South Paulding
Region 5-AAAAAA (8)
Cherokee
Etowah
Lassiter
Marietta
Walton
Wheeler
Woodstock
North Cobb
Region 6 (8)
Milton
North Forsyth
Alpharetta
Roswell
Lambert
West Forsyth
Centennial
Johns Creek
Region 7 (9)
Collins Hill
Duluth
Mill Creek
Norcross
Mountain View
North Gwinnett
Peachtree Ridge
Meadowcreek
Habersham Central
Region 8 (10)
Archer
Berkmar
Winder-Barrow
Brookwood
Central Gwinnett
Parkview
Grayson
South Gwinnett
Shiloh
Dacula
Class AAAAA
Region 1 (6)
Valdosta
Northside-Columbus
Lee County
Houston County
Bainbridge
Hardaway
Region 2 (8)
Greenbrier
Lakeside-Evans
Evans
Glynn Academy
Groves
Ware County
Richmond Hill
South Effingham
Region 3 (9)
Jones County
Forest Park
Union Grove
Mundy's Mill
Mt. Zion-Clayton
Woodland-Henry
Riverdale
Drew
Northgate
Region 4 (10)
Lakeside-DeKalb
Tri-Cities
Grady
Druid Hills
Tucker
Stephenson
Southwest DeKalb
Miller Grove
M.L. King
Arabia Mountain
Region 5 (9)
Alexander
Chapel Hill
North Paulding
Hiram
East Paulding
Villa Rica
Whitewater
McIntosh
Lithia Springs
Region 6 (9)
Osborne
Sprayberry
Sequoyah
Woodland-Cartersville
Allatoona
Pope
Dalton
Kell
Rome
Region 7 (8)
South Forsyth
Creekview
Northview
Chattahoochee
North Springs
Riverwood
Chamblee
Dunwoody
Region 8 (7)
Heritage-Conyers
Appalachee
Flowery Branch
Cedar Shoals
Gainesville
Clarke Central
Salem
Class AAAA
Region 1 (6)
Thomas County Central
Monroe-Albany
Westover
Crisp County
Cairo
Americus
Region 2 (11)
Beach
Windsor Forest
Wayne County
Savannah
Jenkins-Savannah
Statesboro
Hephzibah
Burke County
Richmond Academy
Grovetown
Cross Creek
Region 3 (8)
Peach County
Perry
Veterans
Mary Persons
Howard
Rutland
West Laurens
Baldwin
Region 4 (9)
Troup
LaGrange
Griffin
Spalding
Upson-Lee
Columbus
Shaw
Carrollton
Harris County
Region 5 (8)
Carver-Atlanta
Washington-Atlanta
North Atlanta
Douglass-Atlanta
Columbia
Lithonia
Redan
Mays
Region 6 (10)
Jonesboro
Starr’s Mill
Stockbridge
Eagle's Landing
Dutchtown
Sandy Creek
Fayette County
Banneker
Creekside
Ola
Region 7 (10)
Cass
Ridgeland
Southeast Whitfield
Northwest Whitfield
Pickens
Gilmer
LaFayette
Paulding County
River’s Edge
Heritage-Catoosa
Region 8 (8)
Eastside
Loganville
Madison County
Monroe Area
Chestatee
Johnson-Gainesville
Lumpkin County
Forsyth Central
Class AAA
Region 1 (6)
Albany
Dougherty
Worth County
Spencer
Carver-Columbus
Jordan
Region 2 (9)
Dodge County
Liberty County
Tattnall County
Pierce County
Brantley County
Southeast Bulloch
Appling County
Cook County
Johnson-Savannah
Region 3 (6)
Glenn Hills
Josey
Jefferson County
Washington County
Butler
Thomson
Region 4 (8)
Central-Macon
Locust Grove
Westside-Macon
Southwest-Macon
Pike County
Henry County
Jackson
North Clayton
Region 5 (11)
Woodward Academy
Stone Mountain
St. Pius
Therrell
Cross Keys
Blessed Trinity
McNair
Towers
Cedar Grove
Clarkston
South Atlanta
Region 6 (10)
Cedartown
Central Carroll
Haralson County
Cartersville
Adairsville
Pepperell
Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
Murray County
Sonoraville
Ringgold
North Murray
Region 7 (8)
Dawson County
West Hall
White County
North Hall
Buford
East Hall
Fannin County
Lanier-Gwinnett
Region 8 (10)
Morgan County
Stephens County
Franklin County
Elbert County
Hart County
East Jackson
Jackson County
Oconee County
North Oconee
Walnut Grove
Class AA
Region 1 (9)
Fitzgerald
Thomasville
Early County
Brooks
Randolph-Clay
Bacon County
Long County
Irwin County
Atkinson County
Region 2 (10)
Islands
Coastal
Screven
St. Vincents
Benedictine
McIntosh Co. Academy
Metter
Savannah Arts
Savannah Christian
Bryan County
Region 3 (7)
Harlem
Westside-Augusta
Dublin
East Laurens
Laney
Swainsboro
Davidson Fine Arts
Region 4 (6)
Bleckley County
Vidalia
Toombs County
Jeff Davis
Telfair County
Northeast-Macon
Region 5 (9)
Marist
Decatur
Greater Atlanta Christian
Lovett
Westminster
Jackson-Atlanta
Temple
Bowdon
Bremen
Region 6 (9)
Callaway
Manchester
Lamar County
Crawford County
Taylor County
Chattahoochee County
Heard County
Kendrick
Macon County
Region 7 (10)
Calhoun
Armuchee
Chattooga
Cohulla Creek
Coosa
Dade County
Model
Gordon Central
Rockmart
Gordon Lee
Region 8 (11)
George Walton Academy
Rabun County
Jefferson
Banks County
Putnam County
Oglethorpe County
Union County
Jasper County
Greene County
Social Circle
Washington-Wilkes
Class A
Region 1 (13)
Baker County
Seminole County
Turner County
Terrell County
Clinch County
Miller County
Echols County
Calhoun County
Baconton Charter
Stewart-Quitman
Charlton County
Webster County
Pelham
Region 2 (11)
Jenkins County
Truetlen County
Emanuel County Institute
Portal
Calvary Day
Savannah Country Day
Johnson County
Montgomery County
Wheeler County
Lanier County
Claxton
Region 3 (10)
Marion County
Wilcox County
Hawkinsville
Greenville
Dooly County
Schley
Brookstone
Pacelli
Talbot County
Wilkinson County
Region 4 (13)
Eagle's Landing Christian
Our Lady of Mercy
Strong Rock Christian
Paideia
Yeshiva
W.D. Mohammed
SW Atlanta Christian
Tech Charter
Greenforest
Ben Franklin
Whitefield Academy
Hapeville Charter
Landmark Christian
Region 5 (12)
Pace Academy
Holy Innocents’
Kings Ridge
Mount Pisgah
Pinecrest Academy
St. Francis
Atlanta International
Galloway
Providence
DeKalb Arts
Wesleyan
Morris Innovative
Region 6 (9)
Trion
Mt. Zion
Mt. Paran
Walker
North Cobb Christian
Excel Christian
Ga. School for Deaf
Fellowship Christian
Darlington
Region 7 (10)
Lincoln County
Hancock County
Johnson-Augusta
Twiggs County
Aquinas
Taliaferro County
Warren County
Glascock County
Ga. Military
Ga. School for Blind
Region 8 (11)
Commerce
Hebron Christian
Athens Academy
Athens Christian
Towns County
Prince Avenue Christian
Tallulah Falls
Woody Gap
Lakeview Academy
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
Riverside Military
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