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MEMBERSHIP DATABASE

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Learn more about the habits and demographics of our membership during the 2024-2025 school year.

MEMBERSHIP AT A GLANCE

Active Coaches

4,710

Member High Schools

3,199

Member Middle Schools

642

Estimated Alumni

Nearly 2 Million

HONOR SOCIETY PARTICIPATION

Coach Degrees Earned

Merit 723
Honor 674
Excellence 628
Distinction 594
Special Distinction 541
Superior Distinction 533
Outstanding Distinction 525
Premier Distinction 524
Donus D. Roberts 201
1st Diamond 137
2nd Diamond 74
3rd Diamond 33
4th Diamond 25
5th Diamond 9
6th Diamond 10
7th Diamond 5
8th Diamond 0
9th Diamond 1

Class of 2025 Career Degrees Earned by Gender

Gender Degrees Earned Throughout Entirety of Career by Students with Reported Gender Info Percentage
Male 18,837 42.86%
Female 22,494 51.18%
Other 448 1.02%
Non-conforming 1,292 2.94%
Prefer not to answer 876 1.99%
Total 43,947 100.00%

 

Student Degrees Earned

Merit 26,317
Honor 18,729
Excellence 13,470
Distinction 9,986
Special Distinction 5,687
Superior Distinction 3,654
Outstanding Distinction 2,191
Premier Distinction 915

 

Class of 2025 Degrees

Final Degree at Graduation Number of Students Percentage
Merit 7,626 29.71%
Honor 5,138 20.02%
Excellence 3,500 13.64%
Distinction 4,092 15.94%
Special Distinction 1,926 7.50%
Superior Distinction 1,284 5.00%
Outstanding Distinction 1,178 4.59%
Premier Distinction 923 3.60%
Total of Class of 2025 Students with Degrees 25,667 100.00%

Service Activities

Coaches Earning Service Citations 260
Students Earning Service Citations 23,047

DEMOGRAPHICS

Available Student Gender Demographics

Gender Percentage Reported
Male 41.84%
Female 53.54%
Nonconforming 2.03%
Other 0.79%
Prefer not to answer 1.80%
Total 100.00%

Available Coach Gender Demographics

Gender Percentage Reported
Male 39.53%
Female 58.80%
Nonconforming 0.49%
Other 0.27%
Prefer not to answer 0.91%
Total 100.00%

Available Coach Race/Ethnicity Demographics

Race/Ethnicity Percentage Reported
African-American or Black 7.51%
American Indian/Alaskan Native 1.25%
Arab or Middle Eastern 0.52%
Asian or Asian-American 4.49%
Hispanic or Latina/Latino/Latinx 7.21%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.47%
Other 1.77%
Prefer not to answer 5.65%
White, Caucasian or European-American 71.13%
Total 100.00%

Available Student Race/Ethnicity Demographics

Race/Ethnicity Percentage Reported
African-American or Black 7.27%
American Indian/Alaskan Native 1.83%
Arab or Middle Eastern 1.96%
Asian or Asian-American 27.24%
Hispanic or Latina/Latino/Latinx 11.90%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.89%
Other 2.12%
Prefer not to answer 4.31%
White, Caucasian or European-American 42.48%
Total 100.00%

School Setting Breakdown

School Setting Number of Schools (HS and MS)
City: Large 454
City: Mid-size 233
City: Small 232
Suburb: Large 874
Suburb: Mid-size 75
Suburb: Small 33
Town: Fringe 55
Town: Distant 114
Town: Remote 134
Rural: Fringe 316
Rural: Distant 99
Rural: Remote 60
Uncategorized 1,163
Total 3,842

NATIONAL TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE

Participation Overview

Participating High Schools 1,364

Participating High School Students

6,260

Participating Judges in High School

4,145

Participating Middle Schools

198

Participating Middle School Students 829
Participating Judges in Middle School 848

 

MORE DATA

For more information about our membership, including state-level data, visit the spreadsheets below.