PIAA Football Teams, Conferences and Leagues

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As of the 2022-2023 and the 2023-2024 school years, there are 555 high school football teams competing in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's (PIAA) 12 Districts. Each district is divided into numerous leagues and conferences. Up until the end of the 2015-16 school year, there were only four classifications, ranging from Class A to Class AAAA. At the beginning of the 2016-17 school year, an update took place and the PIAA added two additional classifications, making six total.

The classifications range from Class A (1A) to Class AAAAAA (6A). As of the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, the PIAA will have 95 A or (1A) class, 94 AA or (2A) class, 88 AAA or (3A) class, 92 AAAA or (4A) class, 98 AAAAA or (5A) class and 88 AAAAAA or (6A) class schools competing throughout the football season.^[1] Every two years, the PIAA reconfigures the classifications due to student population changes in Pennsylvania high schools.

The PIAA divides its schools into 12 districts for state championship competitions. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania belong to a distinct district. The district breakdown and the counties included are as follows:

• District I or District 1 (Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery).^[2]
• District II or District 2 (Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming).^[3]
• District III or District 3 (Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York).^[4]
• District IV or District 4 (Bradford, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga and Union).^[5]
• District V or District 5 (Bedford, Fulton and Somerset).^[6]
• District VI or District 6 (Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Indiana and Mifflin).^[7]
• District VII (WPIAL) or District 7 (Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland).^[8]
• District VIII or District 8 (Pittsburgh Public Schools)
• District IX or District 9 (Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, McKean and Potter).^[9]
• District X or District 10 (Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango and Warren).^[10]
• District XI or District 11 (Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Schuylkill).^[11]
• District XII or District 12 (Philadelphia) including Philadelphia Catholic League and Public League.^[12]

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• State Championships listed in Bold indicate State Champion, Non-bold indicates Runner-Up