Unlike similar governing bodies in the United States, the WVSSAC does not dictate individual high school schedules during the regular season; those decisions are made by the coaches involved.

[2] Prior to the decision in Brown v. Board of Education, West Virginia maintained "colored" high schools.

Eventually the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that this unfairly disadvantaged girls in competition for college scholarships and the organization was forced to adopt a traditional schedule.

There also were complaints that the disparity of enrollment in the old Class AAA made it difficult for the smaller schools in the classification to compete, particularly in football.

Multiple schools appealed the new for 2024 classification system, mostly claiming that the metric of distance to a town of 10,000 was misapplied.

Ultimately 22 schools were classified down by the Board of Review, leaving only 16 teams in Class AAAA, at least for the 2024 season.