UIL 5A Area E 2026

[lambow93]

hello!! i know it's very early but i see all the other area threads for next year opening up and thought this one would be fun lol. this area may grow larger in size after realignment!

[lambow93]

Unless UIL decides to make a new 5A area for the houston and surrounding areas (unlikely), here are schools that were in this area for 24-26 alignment and will most likely stay unless specified otherwise. Please tell me if I am missing anything!

Region 8:

Rudder

A&M Consolidated

College Station (rumored to move up to 6A, not confirmed)

 

Region 9: 

Huntsville

Lake Creek

Montgomery

Splendora

 

Region 10:

Beaumont United

West Brook (possible move up to 6A)

Dayton

Nederland

Port Arthur Memorial

Port Neches Groves

 

Region 13

Kempner

Fort Bend Marshall

Randle

Lamar Consolidated (possible move down to 4A)

Terry

Iowa Colony

Tomas

 

Region 17

Angleton (possible move up to 6A)

Friendswood

Galveston Ball

Santa Fe (possible move down to 4A)

Texas City

 

Region 19

Barbers Hill (possible move up to 6A)

Baytown Lee

Baytown Sterling (possible move up to 6A)

La Porte (possible move up to 6A)

Pasadena (possible move up to 6A)

 

Region 23 (most of these bands don't always participate in marching band)

Houston Austin (possible move down to 4A)

Houston Chavez (possible opt up to 6A)

Houston Madison

Houston Milby

Houston Sharpstown

Houston Sterling

Houston Waltrip

Houston Westbury

 

Region 27

Brenham

Spring Woods

 

Region 33

Crosby

Galena Park

Kingwood Park

Porter

West Fork

[lambow93]

These schools are suspected to move/return to 5A Area E (again please inform me if I am missing any):

 

Fort Bend Crawford (4A)

Katy Freeman (4A)

Manvel (6A)

Fort Bend Dulles (6A)

Fort Bend Hightower (6A)

George Ranch (6A)

Houston Wisdom (6A)

South Houston (6A)

Foster (6A) 

Spring Westfield (6A)

New Caney (6A)

Goose Creek Memorial (6A)

 

Edited December 3, 2025 by lambow93
Removed Lumberton

[lambow93]

19 minutes ago, lambow93 said:

These schools are suspected to move/return to 5A Area E (again please inform me if I am missing any):

 

Fort Bend Crawford (4A)

Katy Freeman (4A)

Lumberton (4A)

Manvel (6A)

Fort Bend Dulles (6A)

Fort Bend Hightower (6A)

George Ranch (6A)

Houston Wisdom (6A)

South Houston (6A)

Foster (6A) 

Spring Westfield (6A)

 

if this is correct then the old area E powerhouses will almost be reunited (Foster and Friendswood. Fulshear is very, very comfortably in 6A with 3.2k students...)

[J-Mike16]

2 hours ago, lambow93 said:

These schools are suspected to move/return to 5A Area E (again please inform me if I am missing any):

 

Fort Bend Crawford (4A)

Katy Freeman (4A)

Lumberton (4A)

Manvel (6A)

Fort Bend Dulles (6A)

Fort Bend Hightower (6A)

George Ranch (6A)

Houston Wisdom (6A)

South Houston (6A)

Foster (6A) 

Spring Westfield (6A)

New Caney (6A)

Goose Creek Memorial (6A)

 

Lumberton is not moving up to 5A. They reported around 1,193 which is -49 down from their last reported number of 1,242. 

[lambow93]

21 minutes ago, J-Mike16 said:

Lumberton is not moving up to 5A. They reported around 1,193 which is -49 down from their last reported number of 1,242. 

oh okay! i saw a post saying they would move up, but it was from instagram and i don’t have a dctf subscription to check snapshot numbers. thank you!!

[lambow93]

my predictions for finalists next year that gets possibly more inaccurate (ignoring schools that may go 6A but putting schools that are most likely coming to 5A because i have no real clue)

Foster

Friendswood

A&M Consolidated

College Station

New Caney / George Ranch

Brenham

La Porte

Porter

Barbers Hill

Kempner

Freeman/Galena Park/Randle/PNG

 

[lambow93]

no 6A E thread yet, but just to mention that if the 6A cutoff truly ends at 2200:

- West Brook

- Angleton

- Barbers Hill

- Baytown Sterling

- La Porte

- Pasadena

will be the schools moving up into 6A and into E (minus WB who will be going to F)

[lambow93]

On 12/9/2025 at 10:00 PM, lambow93 said:

no 6A E thread yet, but just to mention that if the 6A cutoff truly ends at 2200:

- West Brook

- Angleton

- Barbers Hill

- Baytown Sterling

- La Porte

- Pasadena

will be the schools moving up into 6A and into E (minus WB who will be going to F)

so it’ll only be barbers hill moving up… WB and Pasadena having missed by 5 and LP and Angleton by basically 10, Sterling by 13

[BugWub24]

Here is your 26-28 outlook for 5A Area E under the current alignment. With how many bands got added to this area, whether they dropped from 6A or it's a new school, there is likely some changes to happen, albeit pretty minor. I could see A&M Cons., CS, and Rudder reuniting with the rest of Region 8 back in Area D.

[ruben_f]

44 is wild. I think you are missing Spring Branch Northbrook from region 27 they have an enrollment of 2139

1 hour ago, BugWub24 said:

Here is your 26-28 outlook for 5A Area E under the current alignment. With how many bands got added to this area, whether they dropped from 6A or it's a new school, there is likely some changes to happen, albeit pretty minor. I could see A&M Cons., CS, and Rudder reuniting with the rest of Region 8 back in Area D.

 

[BugWub24]

9 minutes ago, ruben_f said:

44 is wild. I think you are missing Spring Branch Northbrook from region 27 they have an enrollment of 2139

 

You are so right, I marked them as moving down and forgot to insert them into the 5A list.

[lambow93]

so then that means 45... 💀

[lambow93]

With barbers hill moving up to 6A and a very slight possibility of both CS schools moving back to Area D, there is a possibility of Kempner and Porter returning to State as well as a band like PNG returning after 20+ years

[Vishi]

Based on enrollment cutoffs  as of right now the following schools are considered 6A: Foster, Manvel, George ranch and Hightower 

[ruben_f]

Is there a chance this area might be split up?

Area E: region 33, 10, 9, 19 - (total 22 schools) 

New 5A Area I: Region 13, 23, 27, 17 - (total 19)

Region 8 South would likely move back to Area D

[lambow93]

On 12/17/2025 at 12:30 PM, ruben_f said:

Is there a chance this area might be split up?

Area E: region 33, 10, 9, 19 - (total 22 schools) 

New 5A Area I: Region 13, 23, 27, 17 - (total 19)

Region 8 South would likely move back to Area D

Would this mean the new areas would have 4-5 state qualifiers for each? Also, I think Region 8 would move back too. would save them about 5 miles traveling to Pflugerville than Channelview 😅

[lambow93]

back again for the new year ! making early predictions (because i wouldn't be a txbands user if i didn't)

these are truly just this past year's results pushed up (with a pinch of my own opinion) with the removal of both CS schools in the event they remove them to move them to Area D, and Barbers Hill since they are now in 6A:

1. Friendswood (no surprise here)

2. Brenham

3. La Porte

4. Kempner

5. Porter

6. Port Neches Groves

7. Randle

8. Galena Park

9. Lamar Consolidated

10. Angleton

11. Baytown Sterling

12. West Fork 

[BugWub24]

If Region 8 South moves back to Area D, give me:

1. Friendswood
2. Brenham
3. La Porte
4. Dulles
5. Porter
6. Port Neches-Groves
7. New Caney
8. Randle
9. Angleton
10. Kempner
11. Galena Park
12. West Fork

I'd watch out for Dulles and New Caney - very good bands that were overshadowed in their stacked 6A areas.

[lambow93]

36 minutes ago, BugWub24 said:

If Region 8 South moves back to Area D, give me:

1. Friendswood
2. Brenham
3. La Porte
4. Dulles
5. Porter
6. Port Neches-Groves
7. New Caney
8. Randle
9. Angleton
10. Kempner
11. Galena Park
12. West Fork

I'd watch out for Dulles and New Caney - very good bands that were overshadowed in their stacked 6A areas.

i'm sure they'll find this area very relieving after being in areas with Pearland and The Woodlands LOL i feel there aren't too many bands in this area to worry about for those two (other than for NC since the other 2 NCISD schools also have very strong programs like theirs)

[Vishi]

Coming as someone who’s new to 5a (Dulles)these my predictions based on past years shows I have seen:

1. Friendswood
2. Brenham
3. La Porte

4. Kempner 
5. Dulles
6. Porter or freeman
7. Port Neches-Groves
8. New Caney
9. Randle
10. Angleton
11. Galena Park
12. West Fork

I'd would  watch out  for Dulles because we have been steadily getting better even after past 2 mediocre seasons before. I won’t jinx it but if we make state , it would be pretty cool.🙃

 

 

[lambow93]

13 hours ago, Vishi said:

Coming as someone who’s new to 5a (Dulles)these my predictions based on past years shows I have seen:

1. Friendswood
2. Brenham
3. La Porte

4. Kempner 
5. Dulles
6. Porter or freeman
7. Port Neches-Groves
8. New Caney
9. Randle
10. Angleton
11. Galena Park
12. West Fork

I'd would  watch out  for Dulles because we have been steadily getting better even after past 2 mediocre seasons before. I won’t jinx it but if we make state , it would be pretty cool.🙃

 

 

welcome to 5A!  your predictions look solid, I haven't seen anything from Dulles but if you guys are anything like Kempner y'all have a very good chance of succeeding in this area! I find it very likely that y'all and New Caney make finals

[lambow93]

Not much to do here until realignment... or April/May... or July... so I'll just put some of my favorite shows from this area from this past 2025 season

A&M Consolidated - "Patterns in My Mind"

Kempner - "Unlocked"

Lamar Consolidated - "Timeless"

Randle - "Auroric Dances"

Porter - "Spindletop: A Portrait in Oil"

Galena Park - "Enjoy The Silence" (? i may be misremembering this show name)

West Fork - "Ad Astra"

Splendora - "Splendorous"

Baytown Lee  - "Fantastic Voyage"

Kingwood Park - "Oh! The Places You'll Go!"

Spring Woods - "A Day in the Factory"