Potential inputs
- County context
- School mix
- Participation proxies
- Multi-sport success
- Community evidence
- Sponsor ecosystem signals
CDA Community Sports Index
Participation signals, multi-sport output, sustainability, local identity, community engagement, and school sports gravity.
What it measures
Why it matters: Which communities consistently convert sports culture into measurable strength?
What it does not measure: It does not rank fan passion by social media noise or anecdote alone.
Example use case: A smaller county with several strong programs across sports can become a community-sports strength signal.
Input availability varies by public/private status, district disclosure, sport, season, and source quality.