The South Carolina High School League wrapped up its reclassification process last week, and locally, Bishop England will move from Class AAAA to AAA for the next two academic years, beginning with the 2026-27 school year. Philip Simmons, meanwhile, will remain at the Class AA level.
The realignment process occurs in South Carolina every two academic years and is based on 45-day enrollment numbers from grades 9-11 and includes an out-of-zone multiplier for the second time. That multiplier counts each student who lives outside the school’s assigned attendance zone as three for total enrollment purposes.
That multiplier moved Bishop England from Class AA to AAAA in the last reclassification. Some observers felt BE’s athletic success might suffer, playing in a region against much bigger schools. However, the Bishops won the Class AAAA Carlisle Cup for athletic success in 2025-26…