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The data also doesn’t support you.  In 1976, the largest HS enrollment classification in Texas started an enrollment of 1200.  In 1990, the largest HS classification in Texas started at an enrollment of 1900.  Today, it starts 2275 and 1900 would put you in the third highest enrollment division in Texas HS sports.  I couldn’t easily find data for VHSL, and VA hasn’t had the population/building boom of Texas, but similar trends are probably in play there.[/quote]

I don't know about 1976, but I have the Fall 1968 enrollments for Fairfax County high schools. The largest was Woodson with 2,643 students and the smallest was Herndon with 1,397. Herndon was still kind of rural at that point. In Arlington Wakefield had 2,407 in just grades 10-12 and W-L was also over 2,000 for three grades. There were obviously fewer large schools in the state back then, since we hadn't sprawled as much, but the schools in the urban and closer-in suburban areas were plenty large.

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