Districts
The PIAA divides its member schools' counties into 12 geographical districts for the purpose of state championship competition. The following list is the district breakdown by county.
- District 1: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery
- District 2: Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming
- District 3: Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York
- District 4: Bradford, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga and Union
- District 5: Bedford, Fulton and Somerset
- District 6: Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Indiana and Mifflin
- District 7 : Allegheny (except for City of Pittsburgh), Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland, also known as the (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League)
- District 8: Pittsburgh Public Schools
- District 9: Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, McKean and Potter
- District 10: Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango and Warren
- District 11: Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Schuylkill
- District 12: Philadelphia Catholic League and the Public League
While this is a general outline of the districts, there are some notable exceptions:
- Private schools within District 8 (City of Pittsburgh) compete in District 7.
- Boyertown Area Senior High School, in Berks County, is a member of District 1.
- Interacademic Athletic Association of Philadelphia, and the Friends Schools League are not members of the PIAA, but compete independently as their own organizations. Other private schools in Philadelphia County compete in District 1.
- Philadelphia Catholic League schools previously competed independently as its own organization, but joined the PIAA for the 2007–2008 school year and began participating in playoffs by 2008–2009. PCL schools compete in District 12.
- Slippery Rock Area High School, in Butler County, is a member of District 10.
- Indiana High School, in Indiana County, is a member of District 7.
- Altoona High School and Holidaysburg School District are members of District 6 but compete in District 7 for football only.
- Palisades High School, in Bucks County, is a member of District 11.
- Fannett-Metal School District, in Franklin County, is a member of District 5.
- Curwensville Area High School, DuBois Area Senior High School, and Clearfield Area High School, in Clearfield County, are members of District 9.
- Ligonier Valley High School, in Westmoreland County, is a member of District 6.
- Keystone Central School District is the only district entirely composed of Clinton County municipalities. The larger of the district's two high schools, Central Mountain, is a member of District 6, while the other, Bucktail High School, is a member of District 4.
- District 6 4A schools compete with District 3 to create a region in football because of the lack of 4A schools in District 6.
- The same is done in District 5, with 3A Bedford competing in District 6 for basketball.
Read more about this topic: Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
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