EAST LANSING, Mich. – Dec. 5 – Michigan’s national rankings for participation in high school athletics – overall, and separately for girls and boys participation – remained steady during the 2024-25 school year and continued to outpace the state’s national ranking for high school-aged population, according to the annual national participation study conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
Michigan remained in eighth place for overall participation nationally, with a total of 298,246 participants. The total counts students once for each sport played, meaning students who are multiple-sport athletes are counted more than once.
Michigan also remained seventh nationally for boys (173,320) and eighth for girls (124,926) in separate participation rankings, despite currently ranking 10th for both high school-aged boys and girls populations according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates…