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Steve Soucie's 2024 Projected Preseason Class 5A teams
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Steve Soucie's 2024 Projected Preseason Class 5A teams
| Enrollment | Conference | ||
| Aurora (Marmion) | 1041 | CCL RED | 5A |
| Bartonville (Limestone) | 891.5 | Mid-Illini | 5A |
| Belvidere | 1241 | Northern Illinois | 5A |
| Burlington (Central) | 1285 | FOX | 5A |
| Calumet City (T.F. North) | 1272.5 | South Suburban Blue | 5A |
| Carbondale | 938.5 | South Seven | 5A |
| Centralia | 851.5 | South Seven | 5A |
| Chicago (Brooks) | 874.5 | CPL Red South | 5A |
| Chicago (Corliss) | 922.5 | CPL White South | 5A |
| Chicago (Englewood STEM) | 1200.5 | CPL White South Central | 5A |
| Chicago (Goode) | 944.5 | CPL White South | 5A |
| Chicago (Lindblom) | 1143.5 | CPL White South | 5A |
| Chicago (Morgan Park) | 1045 | CPL Red South | 5A |
| Chicago (Noble/Bulls Prep) | 1182.5 | CPL Red Central | 5A |
| Chicago (Noble/UIC) | 957 | CPL White West | 5A |
| Chicago (Payton) | 1204.5 | CPL Red North | 5A |
| Chicago (Perspectives Leadership) | 1042 | CPL White South | 5A |
| Chicago (Prosser) | 1161 | CPL White North - 2 | 5A |
| Chicago (St. Patrick) | 983 | CCL PURPLE | 5A |
| Chicago (Westinghouse) | 1220 | CPL Red West | 5A |
| Chicago Heights (Marian Catholic) | 878.5 | CCL RED | 5A |
| Country Club Hills (Hillcrest) | 1175 | South Suburban Blue | 5A |
| Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) | 1214 | FOX | 5A |
| Decatur (Eisenhower) | 1022.5 | CENTRAL STATE 8 | 5A |
| Decatur (MacArthur) | 1145.5 | CENTRAL STATE 8 | 5A |
| Dolton (Thornridge) | 982.5 | Southland | 5A |
| East Peoria | 966.5 | Mid-Illini | 5A |
| Elmwood Park | 971.5 | Upstate Eight | 5A |
| Evergreen Park | 892 | South Suburban Red | 5A |
| Freeport | 1028.5 | Northern Illinois | 5A |
| Galesburg | 1232.5 | Western Big 6 | 5A |
| Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) | 1096.5 | Upstate Eight | 5A |
| Grayslake (North) | 1289.5 | Northern Lake County | 5A |
| Highland | 897.5 | Mississippi | 5A |
| Jacksonville | 882 | CENTRAL STATE 8 | 5A |
| Joliet (Catholic) | 965.25 | CCL ORANGE | 5A |
| LaGrange Park (Nazareth) | 1180.575 | CCL GREEN | 5A |
| Lake Villa (Lakes) | 1274 | Northern Lake County | 5A |
| LaSalle-Peru | 1210 | Interstate Eight | 5A |
| Lisle (Benet) | 1271.5 | CCL PURPLE | 5A |
| Mahomet-Seymour | 996 | APOLLO | 5A |
| Marion | 1134.5 | South Seven | 5A |
| Mascoutah | 1162 | Mississippi | 5A |
| Mattoon | 934 | APOLLO | 5A |
| Metamora | 923 | Mid-Illini | 5A |
| Morton | 1026.5 | Mid-Illini | 5A |
| Mount Vernon | 1159.5 | South Seven | 5A |
| Mundelein (Carmel) | 1074.5 | CCL WHITE | 5A |
| Ottawa | 1233.5 | Interstate Eight | 5A |
| Peoria | 1270 | BIG TWELVE | 5A |
| Rochelle | 868.5 | Interstate Eight | 5A |
| Springfield (Lanphier) | 1113.5 | CENTRAL STATE 8 | 5A |
| Springfield (Sacred Heart Griffin) | 884.4 | CENTRAL STATE 8 | 5A |
| Springfield (Southeast) | 1223.5 | CENTRAL STATE 8 | 5A |
| Sterling | 978.5 | Western Big 6 | 5A |
| Sycamore | 1172.5 | Interstate Eight | 5A |
| Tinley Park | 1019.5 | South Suburban Blue | 5A |
| Troy (Triad) | 1198 | Mississippi | 5A |
| Urbana | 1126.5 | BIG TWELVE | 5A |
| Wheaton (St. Francis) | 1,130.25 | CCL GREEN | 5A |
| Woodstock | 1017.5 | Kishwaukee | 5A |
| Woodstock (North) | 936 | Kishwaukee | 5A |
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