Is Litchfield Middle School a good school?

Litchfield Middle School ranks 239 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Litchfield Middle School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 246 students attended Litchfield Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Litchfield Middle School?

Students at Litchfield Middle School are 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Litchfield Middle School attend?

Students who attend Litchfield Middle School usually go on to attend Litchfield Senior High School

Litchfield Middle School

Summary:

Litchfield Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Litchfield, Illinois, with 246 students. The school consistently ranks in the top 25% of Illinois middle schools, with strong academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts.

Litchfield Middle School's students perform significantly better than the state and district averages on state assessments, with 70.7% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts compared to 50.3% for the Litchfield CUSD 12 district and 41.2% for the state. The school's performance is especially noteworthy in 8th-grade English Language Arts, where 78.5% of students are proficient or better, compared to 49.9% for the state. Litchfield Middle School also performs well for female, male, and low socioeconomic status students, ranking in the top 25% and top 15% of Illinois middle schools in these categories, respectively.

However, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 3.1% in 2019-2020 to 29.0% in 2021-2022, which is an area of concern. Compared to nearby schools, Litchfield Middle School outperforms most in academic achievement, such as Staunton Junior High School, which has a lower percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts. But some nearby schools, like Carlinville Middle School, also perform well academically and have lower chronic absenteeism rates than Litchfield Middle School.

Detail:

Public 6-8

1701 N State St
Litchfield, IL 62056-1113

(217) 324-4668

District: Litchfield CUSD 12

SchoolDigger Rank:
239^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,263

Students who attend Litchfield Middle School usually attend:

High:

Litchfield Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.1

Number of students: 246

Racial breakdown:

White:

93.1%

Hispanic:

2.4%

Two or more races:

2.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Litchfield Middle School ranks better than 82.5% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 78.83. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Litchfield Middle School is $14,263.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Litchfield Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Litchfield Middle School 239^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Litchfield Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Litchfield CUSD 12:

SchoolDigger ranks Litchfield CUSD 12 390^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Litchfield Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Litchfield Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	70.95	368^th	1185	68.9%
2004	68.70	425^th	1204	64.7%
2005	64.07	520^th	1209	57.0%
2006	54.35	682^nd	1272	46.4%
2007	58.97	617^th	1287	52.1%
2008	51.35	743^rd	1293	42.5%
2009	58.20	649^th	1318	50.8%
2010	59.75	619^th	1327	53.4%
2011	44.73	849^th	1344	36.8%
2012	55.66	688^th	1365	49.6%
2013	41.27	835^th	1367	38.9%
2014	31.43	959^th	1322	27.5%
2015	45.58	617^th	1302	52.6%
2016	55.48	499^th	1294	61.4%
2017	57.11	488^th	1293	62.3%
2018	63.48	413^th	1293	68.1%
2019	57.68	516^th	1356	61.9%
2021	52.49	488^th	1241	60.7%
2022	59.29	453^rd	1369	66.9%
2023	76.84	250^th	1367	81.7%
2024	78.83	239^th	1363	82.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Litchfield Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	36.68	339^th	602	43.7%
2019	30.59	560^th	792	29.3%
2021	38.00	300^th	548	45.3%
2022	52.02	216^th	781	72.3%
2023	51.00	272^nd	805	66.2%
2024	37.96	421^st	802	47.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Litchfield Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	61.86	339^th	1161	70.8%
2019	59.61	382^nd	1217	68.6%
2021	59.86	275^th	1019	73.0%
2022	61.55	335^th	1221	72.6%
2023	78.81	141^st	1234	88.6%
2024	78.60	148^th	1219	87.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Litchfield Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	64.70	376^th	1226	69.3%
2019	57.31	486^th	1276	61.9%
2021	56.10	373^rd	1017	63.3%
2022	57.03	443^rd	1286	65.6%
2023	77.84	220^th	1275	82.7%
2024	80.61	201^st	1251	83.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Litchfield Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	69.12	103^rd	674	84.7%
2024	53.52	197^th	639	69.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Litchfield Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	59.10	420^th	1223	65.7%
2019	55.90	500^th	1296	61.4%
2021	44.71	502^nd	1048	52.1%
2022	59.65	425^th	1286	67.0%
2023	72.45	269^th	1292	79.2%
2024	73.01	278^th	1264	78.0%

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Rank History for White students at Litchfield Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.77	444^th	889	50.1%
2019	38.85	567^th	905	37.3%
2021	38.19	482^nd	813	40.7%
2022	41.26	507^th	898	43.5%
2023	59.22	310^th	895	65.4%
2024	61.97	299^th	875	65.8%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Litchfield Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	246	1	1	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	0	249
1990	366	n/a	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	367
1991	366	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	367
1992	371	2	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	376
1993	382	2	2	1	3	n/a	n/a	0	390
1994	380	6	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	388
1995	378	3	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	383
1996	378	3	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	383
1997	382	4	0	0	1	n/a	n/a	0	387
1998	386	0	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	390
1999	375	4	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	382
2000	387	3	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	393
2001	390	1	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	393
2002	398	5	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	409
2003	398	5	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	409
2004	364	5	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	374
2005	375	6	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	383
2006	356	6	5	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	367
2007	350	5	6	1	0	n/a	n/a	2	364
2008	339	6	10	1	0	n/a	n/a	2	358
2009	315	2	6	0	1	n/a	n/a	4	328
2010	274	6	3	6	1	n/a	n/a	5	295
2011	277	10	2	3	1	0	0	0	293
2012	293	7	4	3	0	1	2	0	310
2013	301	7	6	6	0	1	3	0	324
2014	292	5	6	7	0	1	8	0	319
2015	274	4	5	8	0	2	6	0	299
2016	273	2	3	8	0	2	6	0	294
2017	287	2	2	8	0	1	6	0	306
2018	309	2	1	9	0	2	9	0	332
2019	309	4	2	9	1	2	10	0	337
2020	308	7	2	9	2	2	7	0	337
2021	266	7	4	6	1	1	6	0	291
2022	271	5	2	7	0	0	4	0	289
2023	229	2	3	6	0	0	6	0	246

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Litchfield Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	249	14.7	16.9	n/a
1990	367	19.0	19.3	n/a
1991	367	19.0	19.3	n/a
1992	376	19.0	19.7	n/a
1993	390	20.0	19.5	n/a
1994	388	18.0	21.6	n/a
1995	383	17.0	22.5	n/a
1996	383	17.0	22.5	n/a
1997	387	19.0	20.4	n/a
1998	390	21.4	18.2	n/a
1999	382	20.4	18.7	n/a
2000	393	20.4	19.3	n/a
2001	393	20.4	19.3	n/a
2002	409	22.4	18.3	37.7
2003	409	22.4	18.3	37.7
2004	374	22.4	16.7	40.6
2005	383	22.4	17.1	37.3
2006	367	22.2	16.5	38.4
2007	364	24.0	15.2	40.9
2008	358	20.0	17.9	41
2009	328	19.0	17.3	39.8
2010	295	17.0	17.3	51.4
2011	293	19.0	15.4	52.2
2012	310	19.0	16.3	51.6
2013	324	21.2	15.2	54
2014	319	19.0	16.7	60.5
2015	299	23.0	13.0	65.9
2016	294	23.0	12.7	63.6
2017	306	24.0	12.7	58.2
2018	332	23.9	13.8	55.7
2019	337	25.0	13.4	55.5
2020	337	24.0	13.9	53.1
2021	291	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	289	24.3	11.8	53.3
2023	246	24.2	10.1	50.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Litchfield Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	249	14.7	16.9	n/a
1990	367	19.0	19.3	n/a
1991	367	19.0	19.3	n/a
1992	376	19.0	19.7	n/a
1993	390	20.0	19.5	n/a
1994	388	18.0	21.6	n/a
1995	383	17.0	22.5	n/a
1996	383	17.0	22.5	n/a
1997	387	19.0	20.4	n/a
1998	390	21.4	18.2	n/a
1999	382	20.4	18.7	n/a
2000	393	20.4	19.3	n/a
2001	393	20.4	19.3	n/a
2002	409	22.4	18.3	37.7
2003	409	22.4	18.3	37.7
2004	374	22.4	16.7	40.6
2005	383	22.4	17.1	37.3
2006	367	22.2	16.5	38.4
2007	364	24.0	15.2	40.9
2008	358	20.0	17.9	41
2009	328	19.0	17.3	39.8
2010	295	17.0	17.3	51.4
2011	293	19.0	15.4	52.2
2012	310	19.0	16.3	51.6
2013	324	21.2	15.2	54
2014	319	19.0	16.7	60.5
2015	299	23.0	13.0	65.9
2016	294	23.0	12.7	63.6
2017	306	24.0	12.7	58.2
2018	332	23.9	13.8	55.7
2019	337	25.0	13.4	55.5
2020	337	24.0	13.9	53.1
2021	291	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	289	24.3	11.8	53.3
2023	246	24.2	10.1	50.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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