Maaaannnnnm, I was gonna post a lot of what you said lol
I've been following Matt Stepp and his predicted 6A cutoff at the moment is between 2230-2275. I doubt it'll jump to even 2290, so Weiss and North Forney are going 6A. SFA and HP are right on the edge. Being from Mesquite, it was crazy seeing that North Mesquite fell to 2165 given that just a few years ago it hovered around 2600 kids, but it does make sense as the district added a new Career and Technical high school this year and NM lost territory in the most recent rezoning.
Other things to note, Allen finally passed 7000 students, Buda Johnson and Dripping Springs are moving up to 6A (although they've been phenomenal, it'll be tough to get out of Area), Royse City (5A Area C alternate) is right on the border, reaffirmation that Cedar Park will never be in the largest classification again, and Aledo and Fulshear are likely to be 6A next cycle. College Station and A&M-Consolidated less so.
