High School Athletic Associations question

In NJ, for most sports they parochial/private schools have their own division in the state tournament and wouldn't play the public schools until the tournament of champions. In the regular season, the parochials and publics play eachother all the time. http://www.njsiaa.org


However there are some private schools that opt not to join the state athletic association. Most of these schools use post-graduates. So these schools have their own independent schools athletic association. Some of these private schools choose not to use post grads, but still opt out of the state athletic association. Others don't use post-grads and have dual membership in the state athletic association and the independent schools athletic association. By private schools, I'm referring to places like Blair Academy, the Lawrenceville School, Peddie School.

 

Maryland apparently doesn't either. Its association has a list of members, and there's not a DeMatha or a Riverdale Baptist among them.

 

In Michigan, public and private play in the same state tournaments.

 

Minnesota has both in one

 

27 states down, just 23 to go.
So, based on the response here is what I am understanding:
States where private schools do not participate in state tournaments:
Maryland
Texas
Virginia

States where private schools are allowed in state tournaments:
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Washington

 

There are about 800 high schools in Illinois. About 95% of them -- public and private -- belong to the Illinois High School Association. The other 5% are "Christian" schools that belong to some national association of christian schools.

 

And Bishop McGuinness (two straight 1A girls basketball titles since rejoining the NCHSAA for the 2005-2006 school year) ...

 

Iowa allows private schools to play. Like Illinois, there are some "Christian" schools that aren't sanctioned.

 

According to a story on the AP wire concerning Texas' ongoing machinations, 47 of the 50 states allow private schools to compete with public schools for state championships.

 

Cool, thanks da man. The AP story I saw didn't have that info. I wonder which state is the third that doesn't allow it.

 

Add Arkansas to the "yes" list. I believe they use a 1.75 private-school enrollment multiplier for classification purposes.

FWIW, there is a bill in the Texas House that would let small private schools join the UIL, but only at the 4A or 5A level. Sounds fair to me.

 

That bill is OK, but the other bill saying the private schools can play wherever their enrollment puts them is not fair.