[goBIGblue82]

To further prove my point that schools who draw from a smaller area have higher % of participation.
Wburg 125 50 40%
Pville 85 32 38%
Harlan 113 34 30%
Lynn Camp 141 32 23%
Somerset 253 47 19%
Corbin 409 74 18%
Bowling green 629 97 15%
Whitley COUNTY 557 66 12%
Harlan COUNTY 562 66 12%
Knox central COUNTY 476 56 11%
Pulaski COUNTY 554 60 11%
Bell COUNTY 413 46 11%
South Laurel COUNTY 644 50 8%
North Laurel COUNTY 689 54 8%
Southwestern COUNTY 609 51 8%
Rockcastle COUNTY 400 33 8%

I haven't crunched the numbers but I would be willing to bet your smaller school enrollment on average (1A - 3A) have larger percentages of kids out than the larger schools(4A- 6A). It's only logical with a smaller enrollment to be able to have a higher percentage of players. I concur with your argument and the difficulty of these rural schools trying to get players out that are spread across the county. If you look at your data above and in my opinion the vast majority of the state (there will be outliers) the percentages correlate to the class in which the team participates.