With the start of the new school year and fall sports schedule, Belle Plaine maintains its position in enrollment among members of the SICL Conference and District Five in Class 1A in football.

The state athletic associations determine school classifications based on enrollments in grades nine, 10 and 11 from the previous school year.

Belle Plaine maintains the second largest enrollment in the SICL, second only to Iowa Valley. But the school is the second smallest in enrollment in the football district.

In the SICL, school enrollment figures in descending order include: Iowa Valley, 173; Belle Plaine, 169; BGM, 164; Sigourney, 157; Lynnville-Sully 139; English Valleys, 130; North Mahaska, 125; Montezuma, 122; HLV, 107; Keota, 87 and Tri-County, 79.

In the football district, school enrollments include: Durant, 217; Eddyville-Blakesburg, 204; Pekin, 201; Van Buren Keosauqua, 193; West Branch, 184; Iowa Valley, 173; Belle Plaine, 169 and Wapello, 160.