New Texas UIL Realignment Creates New 5-A Division

The new Texas UIL district realignment was announced today and 19 El Paso high schools will comprise a stacked 5-A Conference featuring three districts and two divisions in football beginning later this year. Meanwhile, just six schools will compete in 6-A creating a challenging schedule with just five district games. Enrollment to qualify as a 6-A member is a minimum of 2,190 students.

By far, the toughest district in the city will be 5-A Division 1 District 1, featuring former 6-A powers Eastwood and El Dorado. They will join Eastlake, Del Valle, Chapin, and Bel Air to create an unbelievable football district. These six are the bigger high schools due to their enrollment size, which comprised of 1,840 to 2,189 students. The smaller divisions were made up of between 1,150 and 1,839 students.

For basketball, 6-A remains the same while 5-A combines into two districts instead of three. The compete list is below.

FOOTBALL
CONFERENCE 6A 2018-20
District 1
El Paso Americas
El Paso Coronado
El Paso Franklin
El Paso Montwood
El Paso Pebble Hills
El Paso Socorro

CONFERENCE 5A DIVISION 1 2018-20
District 1
El Paso Bel Air
El Paso Chapin
El Paso Del Valle
El Paso Eastlake
El Paso Eastwood
El Paso El Dorado

CONFERENCE 5A DIVISION 2 2018-20
District 1
Canutillo
Clint Horizon
El Paso Hanks
El Paso Parkland
El Paso Riverside
El Paso Ysleta
District 2
El Paso
El Paso Andress
El Paso Austin
El Paso Bowie
El Paso Burges
El Paso Irvin
El Paso Jefferson

BASKETBALL
CONFERENCE 5A 2018-19
District 1
Canutillo
El Paso
El Paso Andress
El Paso Austin
El Paso Bowie
El Paso Burges
El Paso Chapin
El Paso Irvin
El Paso Jefferson
District 2
Clint Horizon
El Paso Bel Air
El Paso Del Valle
El Paso Eastlake
El Paso Eastwood
El Paso El Dorado
El Paso Hanks
El Paso Parkland
El Paso Riverside
El Paso Ysleta