Wrestling is the sixth-most popular high school sport for boys with 239,845 participants in 9,543 schools, according to the 2002-03 High School Athletics Participation Survey compiled by the NFHS. Almost 4,000 girls are involved in high school wrestling in 805 high schools.
Very interesting considering the state of Arkansas does not offer high school wrestling. It would be interesting to see where we would rank if all STATES participated.