Litchfield Middle School

Set in Gadsden, Alabama, Litchfield Middle School is a small junior high, part of Gadsden City. It hosts 252 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 50% below typical.

Gadsden City comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 4,940 students; Litchfield Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Litchfield Middle School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Etowah County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Litchfield Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.8%; this one delivers 17.8%.

Around the school, census data for Etowah County shows median household earnings sit near $54,563, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Litchfield Middle School is one of 42 public schools in Etowah County (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Adams Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Litchfield Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Litchfield Middle School's enrollment has edged up 25% since 2018, when it stood at 201 (now 252). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 20% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.