[bossman72]

Originally Posted by GarthB

In Washington all acredited schools, whether public or private, may belong to the WIAA and compete in common leagues and districts.

Many of the private schools "play-up", that is, althought they may be "2A" in size, they belong to higher bracketed leagues. Locally, Gonzaga Prep, 2A in size, competes at the 4A level and makes it to the state tournament in football quite often.

Same here in PA. The private schools usually play quad A and are in the states every year since they can basically recruit from all other school districts.