Posted by: Jeff Fisher
March 5, 2025

We now know the country's laypersons for high school football in Iowa for the 2025 and 2026 season. The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released its districts and groups in the next two seasons. You can see them below.

Class 5a

District 1

  • Des Moines, East
  • Iowa City, city
  • Norwalk
  • Ottumwa
  • Southeastkolk
  • Waukee Northwest

District 2

  • Cedar Rapids, Kennedy
  • Dallas Center Grimes
  • Dowling Catholic
  • Marshalltown
  • Waterloo, West
  • Waukee

District 3

  • Ames
  • Ankeny
  • Council cliffs, Abraham Lincoln
  • Des Moines, Roosevelt
  • Johnston
  • Sioux City, East

District 4

  • Ankeny Centennial
  • Des Moines, Lincoln
  • Indianola
  • Sioux City, north
  • Original bandal
  • canyon

District 5

  • Betting village
  • Cedar falls
  • Cedar Rapids, Jefferson
  • Dubuque, Hempstead
  • Dubuque, senior
  • Prairie, Cedar Rapids

District 6

  • Davenport, central
  • Iowa City, freedom
  • Iowa City, West
  • Linn-Mar
  • Muscatine
  • Pleasant valley

Class 4a

District 1

  • Fort Dodge
  • Lemars
  • Sergeant Bluff-Luton
  • Sioux City, West
  • Spencer
  • Storm Lake

District 2

  • Cedar Rapids, Washington
  • Decorah
  • Mason City
  • Waterloo, East
  • Waverly-Shell Rock
  • Xavier, Cedar Rapids

District 3

  • Burlington
  • Clinton
  • Davenport, north
  • Davenport, West
  • North Scott, Eldridge
  • Western Dubuque

District 4

  • Clear Creek-Amana
  • Grass
  • Marion
  • Newton
  • Oskaloosa
  • Pella

District 5

  • Ballard
  • Bondurant-Farrar
  • Carlisle
  • Of the moin, north
  • Gilbert
  • North Polk, Alleman

District 6

  • ADM, nobility
  • Boon
  • Council cliffs, Thomas Jefferson
  • Denison-Saint
  • Glenwood
  • Lewis Central

Class 3a

District 1

  • Algona
  • Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City
  • Humboldt
  • Moc-Floyd Valley
  • Sioux Center
  • Webster City

District 2

  • Benton Community
  • Charles City
  • Clear lake
  • independence
  • Iowa Falls-Alden
  • West Delaware, Manchester

District 3

  • Acceptance, Davenport
  • Center point-urbana
  • Central Dewitt
  • Maquoketa
  • Mount Vernon
  • Wahlert Catholic, Dubuque

District 4

  • Fairfield
  • Fort Madison
  • Keokuk
  • Pleasant
  • Solon
  • Washington

District 5

  • Of the Moines Christian
  • Knoxville
  • Nevada
  • Saydel
  • Williamsburg
  • Winter set

District 6

  • Atlantic
  • Carroll
  • Creston
  • Greene County
  • Harlan
  • Perry

Class 2a

District 1

  • Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley
  • Central Lyon/George-Little Rock
  • Cherokee
  • Sheldon
  • Unity Christian, Orange City
  • Western Christ, fuselage

District 2

  • Estherville Lincoln Central
  • Kuemper Catholic, Carroll
  • Oabcig
  • Okoboji, Milford
  • Southeast Valley
  • Spirit lake

District 3

  • Crestwood, Cresco
  • Forest city
  • New Hampton
  • North Fayette Valley
  • Osage
  • Waucon

District 4

  • Denver
  • Dike-New Hartford
  • Hampton-Dumont-Cal
  • Oelwein
  • Roland story, story city
  • Vinton-Shellsburg

District 5

  • Alburnett
  • Anamosa
  • Bellevue
  • Monticello
  • Tipton
  • West branch

District 6

  • Central Lee, Donnelison
  • Mediapolis
  • Mid-prairie, Wellman
  • West Burlington/Notre Dame
  • West Liberty
  • Wilton

District 7

  • Albia
  • Center
  • Davis County, Bloomfield
  • PCM, Monroe
  • Pella Christian
  • South Tama County

District 8

  • Chariton
  • Clarinda
  • Clarke, Oscola
  • Grand View Christian
  • Van meter
  • Woodward Granger

Class 1a

District 1

  • Alta-Oreelia
  • Hinton
  • Lawton-Bronson
  • Mvaocou
  • Ridge view
  • West Lyon, Inwood

District 2

  • East SAC County
  • Emmetsburg
  • Manson Northwest Webster
  • Pocahontas area
  • South Central Calhoun
  • South Hamilton, Jewell

District 3

  • Central springs
  • Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
  • Eagle Grove
  • Gamer-Hayfield venture
  • Grundy Center
  • South Hardin

District 4

  • Aplington-Parkersburg
  • Columbus Catholic, Waterloo
  • Hudson
  • Jesup
  • Sumner-Fredericksburg
  • Union, Laporte City

District 5

  • Beckman Catholic, Dyersville
  • Camanche
  • cascade
  • Lisbon
  • MFL Marmac
  • Northeast, Gänseeee

District 6

  • Cardinal, Eldon
  • Durant
  • Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont
  • Louisa-Muscatine
  • Regina, Iowa City
  • Sigourney/Keota

District 7

  • Interstate 35, Truro
  • Ogden
  • Panorama, panora
  • Pleasantville
  • West Central Valley, Stuart
  • West Marshall, State Center

District 8

  • Missouri Valley
  • Red oak
  • Shenandoah
  • Treynor
  • Tri-Center, Neola
  • Underwood

Class A

District 1

  • Gehmlen Catholic, Lemars
  • Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
  • Mmcru
  • Sibley-Cheyedan
  • Sioux Central, Sioux Rapids
  • South O'Brien, Paullina
  • West Sioux, Hairs

District 2

  • AGWSR, Ackley
  • Bcluw, Conrad
  • Belmond clamp
  • Lake Mills
  • Newman Catholic, Mason City
  • West Fork, Sheffield
  • West Hancock, Britt

District 3

  • Clayton Ridge, Guttenberg
  • Nashua-Plainfield
  • North Butler, Greene
  • Postville
  • Holy Ansgar
  • South Winneshiek, Calmar
  • Starmont

District 4

  • East Marshall, Legrand
  • East Buchanan, Wintrop
  • Maquoketa Valley, Delhi
  • Midland, Wyoming
  • North Cedar, Stanwood
  • North Linn, Troy Mills
  • Wapsie Valley, Fairbank

District 5

  • Columbus Community, Columbus junction
  • Danville
  • Highland, riverside
  • New London
  • Pekkin
  • Van Buren County
  • Wapello

District 6

  • BGM, Brooklyn
  • Colfax-Mingo
  • Earlham
  • Lynnville Sully
  • Madrid
  • Martensdale-St. Marys
  • North Mahaska, New Sharon

District 7

  • ACGC
  • Ahstw, Avoca
  • Central Decatur, Leon
  • Berg Ayr
  • Nodaway Valley
  • Riverside, Oakland
  • Southwest Valley

District 8

  • Akron-Westfield
  • IKM-Manning
  • Logan-Magnolia
  • St. Albert, Council Bluffs
  • West Monona, Onawa
  • Westwood, Sloan
  • Woodbury Central, Moville

Eight player

District 1

  • Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire
  • Harris-Lake Park
  • Kingsley-Pierson
  • Newell-Fonda
  • Siouxland Christian
  • St. Edmond, Fort Dodge
  • St. Mary's, Remsen

District 2

  • Bishop Garrigan, Algona
  • North Iowa, Buffalo Center
  • North union
  • Northwood-Kensett
  • Riceville
  • Rockford
  • West Bend-Mallard

District 3

  • Don Bosco, Gilbertville
  • Dunkerton
  • Janesville
  • Tripolis
  • Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction
  • Waterloo Christian
  • West Central, Maynard

District 4

  • Calamus wheatland
  • Central city
  • Central, Elkader
  • Easton Valley
  • Edgewood-Colesburg
  • Kee, Lansing
  • Springville

District 5

  • Belle Plaine
  • English valleys, northern English
  • HLV, Victor
  • Iowa Valley, Marengo
  • Lonely tree
  • Waco, Wayland
  • Winfield-Mount Union

District 6

  • Clarksville
  • Collins-Maxwell
  • Colo-nesco
  • Gladbrook-Reinbeck
  • GMG, Garwin
  • Meskwaki settlement school
  • North Tama, Traer

District 7

  • Baxter
  • Melcher-Dallas
  • Montezuma
  • Moravia
  • Southeast Warren, Liberty Center
  • Twin Cedars, Bussey
  • Wayne, Corydon

District 8

  • Bedford
  • East Union, Afton
  • Lamoni
  • Lenox
  • Mormon Trail, Garden Grove
  • Murray
  • Seymour

District 9

  • Audubon
  • AR-WE-VA, Westside
  • Cam, Anita
  • Coon Rapids-Bayard
  • Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballen
  • Glidden-Ralston
  • Gna

District 10

  • Boyer Valley, Dunlap
  • East Mills
  • Fremont Mills, Tabor
  • Sidney
  • Stanton/Essex
  • honeysuckle