Litchfield Senior High

Located at 901 N GILMAN AVE, in LITCHFIELD, Minnesota, Litchfield Senior High is an average-sized four-year high school that enrolls 448 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Litchfield Public School District. That puts it 21% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Litchfield Senior High is one of 5 schools operated by Litchfield Public School District, a district that educates 1,566 students overall.

Demographically, Litchfield Senior High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.3:1, putting Litchfield Senior High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Meeker County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Litchfield Senior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 57.3%, a residual of +8.0 points.

Around the school, Meeker County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,446, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Litchfield Senior High is one of 13 public schools in Meeker County (combined enrollment of about 2,994 students).

The closest other public school is Litchfield Area Learning Program, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Litchfield Senior High ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.2%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Litchfield Senior High's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 458 (now 448). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 90% to 85%. Class-load math has grew: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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