Litchfield High School

Litchfield High School is a small high school in LITCHFIELD, Michigan, (ZIP code 49252). The school reports 143 students in grades 6 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Michigan is about 460 students.

Litchfield Community Schools has 2 schools; together they serve 253 students.

At Litchfield High School, White students make up 93% of the student body. Smaller groups are 6% multiracial. The county population is about 93% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Litchfield High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.

Staffing totals 6.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.0:1. High schools in Michigan have a similar average ratio of 21.6:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 72%. The rate at public schools in Hillsdale County averages 58%, lower than here.

Litchfield High School is located in Hillsdale County, where median household income is about $64,242, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 23 public schools in Hillsdale County, with a combined enrollment of about 5,067.

Nearest public school: Litchfield Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The ten-mile area around Litchfield High School holds at least 8 other public schools.

NCES describes the area around Litchfield High School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Litchfield High School saw enrollment fall 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 19.5 to 21.0 over 4 years.

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