Based upon the enrollment counts released Thursday, Jan. 14, by the Washington State Activities Association, the Olympic League, Coupeville High School’s athletic conference, will stay the same for the 2016-17 school year.

The WIAA conducts enrollment checks every two years (which is now changing to every four years) to determine into which of six classifications each school falls, enabling schools to compete against others of similar size.

The largest 65 schools are placed in 4A, the next 65 in 3A, and so forth. The 2B and 1B divisions each have 62 schools.

Schools can choose to move up one classification; they cannot move down. For each school that opts up, one is pushed down to keep each division the same size.

Coupeville left the Cascade Conference several years ago because it was by far the smallest school in enrollment and joined the Olympic League in 2014-15 to compete against similar-sized schools. Coupeville (227 students), Port Townsend (278) and Chimacum (250) are three of the smallest 1A schools in Washington. The division’s fourth member, Klahowya of Silverdale (441), however, is the second largest.

4A ranges from the largest school in the state, South Kitsap (2,024), to Glacier Peak (1,343.29). Twenty-two 3A schools opted up to 4A; the smallest is Kennedy Catholic (630).

In 3A, Redmond (1,343.16) is the largest and Bonney Lake the smallest (972). Oak Harbor (1,132) falls in the middle. Thirteen schools opted up; Lakeside of Seattle (424) is the smallest.

Highline (972) is the largest 2A school and Granite Falls the smallest (461). Archbishop Murphy (404) is the only opt up.

In 1A, the schools range from Connell (461) to Columbia of Burbank (215). Eight schools opted up. Coupeville, which was the smallest 1A school in the previous count, is now sixth smallest outside of the opt-ups.

South Whidbey has 358 students.

Olympic League 2A

Port Angeles, 876

Olympic, 863

Bremerton, 861

North Kitsap, 811

Sequim, 686

Kingston, 605

North Mason, 528

Olympic League 1A

Klahowya, 445

Port Townsend, 278

Chimacum, 250

Coupeville, 227