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Litchfield Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

376^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 449 Alabama Middle Schools

Better than 16% of Alabama middle schools

Summary

Litchfield Middle School serves 252 students in grades 6-8 in Gadsden, AL, as part of the Gadsden City school district, where about 80% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

The most encouraging news is a dramatic turnaround in attendance. Chronic absenteeism dropped from 20% to just 8.8% in one year—now better than both the district and state averages. This is a huge win for a school that had struggled with attendance for years. Academically, English Language Arts is a relative bright spot, with 33-42% of students scoring proficient, and 8th grade English (41.57%) approaching the district average. The school also shows exceptional results with English Language Learners, who now rank in the 51st percentile statewide—a remarkable jump from the 19th percentile just a year ago. Science scores are also trending upward, with 8th grade proficiency nearly doubling to 28%.

However, math remains a significant challenge. Only 8-12% of students are proficient, with 7th grade math at just 8.22%—less than one-third of the state average. This is particularly striking when compared to nearby Gadsden Middle School, which ranks in the 53rd percentile and has 40% proficiency in 7th grade math, despite spending roughly half as much per student ($7,496 vs. $14,976). The spending gap across the district is notable—Litchfield spends more than any comparable school in the region, yet outcomes lag. The good news is that 2025-2026 shows recovery across most subjects after a difficult 2024-2025 year, suggesting the school may be stabilizing. With attendance now a strength and several subjects improving, the foundation is there for continued progress, but math instruction will need targeted attention to close the gap with peer schools.

252

Students ?

16.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,439

Per pupil spending ?

80.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1109 Hoke St
Gadsden, AL 35903-2063

(256) 492-6793

District: Gadsden City

Students who attend Litchfield Middle School usually attend:

High:

Gadsden City High School

Feeder schools for Litchfield Middle School:

Elementary:	Adams Elementary School
	Donehoo Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

59.9%

Hispanic:

31.0%

White:

7.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 12th percentile in 2016 → 16th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (24% vs 44% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!Science scores 26 pts below the Alabama average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school24%

District avg36%

Alabama avg44%

376^th of 449

Alabama public middle schools ?

Bottom 16%▲ up 4 pts since 2016

From bottom 12% (2016) to bottom 16% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Middle Schools in the Gadsden City

91^st of 140Gadsden City among Alabama districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	17.5	376 of 449	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	13.4	394 of 439	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.6	365 of 442	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	365 of 437	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.6	329 of 432	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.9	347 of 440	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.6	349 of 437	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.4	335 of 423	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	13.7	371 of 432	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	12.5	379 of 432	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.3	365 of 430	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	18.2	358 of 438	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	20.9	377 of 436	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	4.5	424 of 436	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	8.1	413 of 435	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	11.3	399 of 435	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	10.1	405 of 425	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	21.6	357 of 417	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	10.3	388 of 412	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	19.2	355 of 409	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	28.4	321 of 415	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	20.1	347 of 407	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	31.2	185 of 269	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.7	179 of 259	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.6	156 of 269	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.4	124 of 263	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.8	104 of 271	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.1	140 of 266	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.4	112 of 252	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	53.9	90 of 247	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	37.7	128 of 205	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	42.6	50 of 103	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	29.7	95 of 117	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.4	60 of 106	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.1	84 of 94	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	50.1	27 of 81	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	32.1	60 of 70	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	19.1	354 of 427	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	12.0	379 of 415	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	373 of 426	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	354 of 417	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.1	333 of 423	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.2	329 of 415	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	329 of 399	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.0	321 of 392	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.5	328 of 380	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	17.5	162 of 173	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.0	137 of 164	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.8	142 of 166	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.4	113 of 157	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.5	94 of 154	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	10.1	118 of 124	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.2	104 of 113	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	13.9	103 of 108	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	24.5	344 of 438	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.7	385 of 428	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.9	350 of 437	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.5	306 of 410	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.0	290 of 421	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.3	277 of 415	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.8	279 of 396	29.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.7	263 of 396	33.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	16.7	364 of 426	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.0	362 of 422	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.3	340 of 428	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.6	345 of 419	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.6	320 of 427	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.3	326 of 418	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	337 of 399	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.2	310 of 397	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.1	327 of 380	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	13.9	142 of 146	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	21.1	57 of 66	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.9	54 of 69	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.5	43 of 61	29.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.8	43 of 65	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.4	33 of 56	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	11.9	42 of 44	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	32.7	192 of 269	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.3	187 of 271	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.3	151 of 281	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.2	261 of 281	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	34.8	173 of 256	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.1	235 of 274	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.0	194 of 254	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.1	144 of 223	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	24.5	169 of 195	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	45.2	181 of 359	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.5	283 of 369	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2026)51st percentile+35 vs school

White (2026)50th percentile+33 vs school

African American (2026)31st percentile+15 vs school

Special Education (2026)29th percentile+12 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)21st percentile+5 vs school

Female (2026)17th percentile~ school

Male (2026)15th percentile~ school

Native American (2025)14th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)6th percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)3rd percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2025-2026) ?

English36%-21 vs state

Science28%-26 vs state

Mathematics10%-19 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

I'm was at the doctor with my step daughter and all I could hear while all the kids are outside all ages was cardi bs EXTREMELY inappropriate music for children under 17. Bc it's vulgar and about drugs and sex. And who is the principal and vice principal? And do the teachers think its better to put their playlist on while the kids are jumping in the bouncy house and rolling around in balls with hand holes? No its not that's not kid friendly edited. Something to needs to be and someone is basically promoting smoking weed doing x or your lame as the song is stating and being a prostitute because she proudly raps about I'm every song while she twerks. I can't believe this and my first cousin works at Adams this doesn't happen there even though it is a very poor area of town and a poor school as well she needs funding in her class. All adams teachers do but you guys need to really crack down on grown stripper/dope boy music you play around any minor in the school system and I'm also contacting my uncle on the board I'll be requesting drug screens randomly and drug dogs for the teachers. I doubt the school will take me seriously but no. I will stand for what's right. Even if its the teachers. Y'all should be ashamed of saying your a teacher teaching them dope girl stripper music OK? Close Quote

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Summative Assessment English 7th Grade	Summative Assessment English 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Litchfield Middle School	Public	6-8	1109 Hoke St	Gadsden	35903	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 492-6793	252	16	16.2	80.2%	20 (7.9%)	151 (59.9%)	78 (31.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	17.5	376^th of 449 public middle schools	16.3%		13.4	394^th of 439 public middle schools	10.3%	18		12.0	8.2	10.1	28.1		33.0	32.9	41.6	$14,439	$3,631	$10,797
Gadsden Middle School	Public	6-8	612 Tracy St	Gadsden	35901	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	No	(256) 547-6341	438	24	18.5	63.9%	123 (28.1%)	215 (49.1%)	85 (19.4%)	5 (1.1%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	51.7	210^th of 449 public middle schools	53.2%		55.1	179^th of 439 public middle schools	59.2%	31		24.3	40.4	21.6	40.5		46.5	64.8	56.0	$10,061	$2,151	$7,899
Glencoe Middle School	Public	5-8	809 Lonesome Bend Rd	Glencoe	35905	Etowah County	Etowah County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 492-5627	272	16	16.6	47.4%	233 (85.7%)	5 (1.8%)	17 (6.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.5%)	56.9	176^th of 449 public middle schools	60.8%		61.9	140^th of 439 public middle schools	68.1%	36	28.2	16.1	26.4	24.0	74.0	76.1	41.9	69.4	62.0	$8,436	$1,194	$7,240
Sansom Middle School	Public	6-8	2210 W Meighan Blvd	Gadsden	35904	Etowah County	Gadsden City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 546-4992	339	20	16.6	77.6%	128 (37.8%)	107 (31.6%)	86 (25.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.0%)	46.4	237^th of 449 public middle schools	47.2%		35	297^th of 439 public middle schools	32.3%	60		30.3	13.5	16.7	53.6		55.1	54.2	54.8	$10,613	$3,153	$7,448
Hokes Bluff Middle School	Public	6-8	3121 Appalachian Hwy	Hokes Bluff	35930	Etowah County	Etowah County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 492-1963	253	16	16.2	46.6%	233 (92.1%)	3 (1.2%)	7 (2.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	67.5	118^th of 449 public middle schools	73.7%		71.4	97^th of 439 public middle schools	77.9%	21		30.3	21.4	29.2	76.0		62.9	65.7	67.7	$10,717	$2,293	$8,332
Rainbow Middle School	Public	6-8	454 Lumbley Rd	Rainbow City	35906	Etowah County	Etowah County	No	No	No	No	(256) 442-1095	634	31	20.3	40.2%	501 (79.0%)	52 (8.2%)	33 (5.2%)	16 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.0%)	72.1	97^th of 449 public middle schools	78.4%		64.6	122^nd of 439 public middle schools	72.2%	25		37.6	29.5	19.6	64.6		74.2	73.2	72.0	$8,715	$1,402	$7,312
Etowah Middle School	Public	6-8	316 Jones Street	Attalla	35954	Etowah County	Attalla City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 538-3236	342	19	17.8	74.0%	229 (67.0%)	64 (18.7%)	29 (8.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	16 (4.7%)	36.6	286^th of 449 public middle schools	36.3%		38.8	278^th of 439 public middle schools	36.7%	8		29.6	8.6	15.8	48.5		39.8	41.9	59.4	$11,112	$2,083	$8,990
Sardis Middle School	Public	6-8	1415 Sardis Drive	Sardis City	35956	Etowah County	Etowah County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 622-1120	381	20	19.2	54.1%	318 (83.5%)	6 (1.6%)	42 (11.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (2.9%)	56.6	180^th of 449 public middle schools	59.9%		52.6	186^th of 439 public middle schools	57.6%	6		31.9	16.1	24.4	57.9		64.3	54.2	62.7	$9,677	$2,521	$6,990
Alexandria Middle School	Public	5-8	80 Railroad Dr	Alexandria	36250	Calhoun County	Calhoun County	No	No	No	No	(256) 741-4500	503	27	18.6	51.7%	409 (81.3%)	54 (10.7%)	20 (4.0%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	11 (2.2%)	65.8	126^th of 449 public middle schools	71.9%		65.9	116^th of 439 public middle schools	73.6%	10	50.4	57.8	17.0	27.9	65.8	75.0	69.9	50.4	63.1	$10,718	$1,730	$8,956
Boaz Middle School	Public	6-8	140 Newt Parker Dr	Boaz	35957	Marshall County	Boaz City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 593-0799	583	32	18.0	70.2%	296 (50.8%)	16 (2.7%)	242 (41.5%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	8 (1.4%)	15 (2.6%)	54.7	194^th of 449 public middle schools	56.8%		56.5	169^th of 439 public middle schools	61.5%	25		53.9	16.0	16.4	51.9		63.5	56.4	52.4	$11,501	$3,009	$8,458

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Litchfield Middle School ranks in the bottom 16.3% of Alabama middle schools.

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Students at Litchfield Middle School are 60% African American, 31% Hispanic, 8% White, 1% Two or more races.

How many students attend Litchfield Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 252 students attended Litchfield Middle School.

What district is Litchfield Middle School in?

Gadsden City

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Students who attend Litchfield Middle School usually go on to attend Gadsden City High School

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