Litchfield High School

Litchfield High School is a tiny senior high in Litchfield, Connecticut, run under Litchfield School District. The school serves 230 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 71% leaner than the state mean of about 788.

Litchfield School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 815 students. Litchfield High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Litchfield High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school shows 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Northwest Hills Planning Region overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.3:1, putting Litchfield High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 23% of students at Litchfield High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Northwest Hills Planning Region's rate of about 37%.

Across the wider county, census data for Northwest Hills Planning Region shows median household earnings sit near $93,551, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Northwest Hills Planning Region runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,539 students), of which Litchfield High School is one.

Litchfield Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 6 years. Litchfield High School's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 285 (now 230). The White share of enrollment decreased from 91% to 87% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 7.7:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.