Litchfield Senior High School

Litchfield Senior High School is a small high school in Litchfield, Illinois, overseen by Litchfield CUSD 12. The school serves 382 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 54% below typical.

Within Litchfield CUSD 12, which oversees 5 schools and 1,279 students, Litchfield Senior High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Litchfield Senior High School logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Montgomery County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Litchfield Senior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.5%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of -4.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) records that median household income runs about $63,620, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Litchfield Senior High School is one of 19 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 3,835 students).

Nearest neighbor: Litchfield Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Litchfield Senior High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 395 students in 2018 compared to 382 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Litchfield Senior High School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.