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Litchfield Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

394^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 439 Alabama Middle Schools

Better than 10% of Alabama middle schools

Summary

Litchfield Middle School is a public middle school in Gadsden, Alabama, serving 247 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Gadsden City School District, which is ranked 97 out of 135 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Litchfield Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Alabama middle schools over the past 10 years, with a ranking between 329 and 394 out of around 440 schools. The school has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger throughout this period, indicating it is performing significantly below the state average. Proficiency rates in Mathematics, Science, and English Language Arts are significantly lower than the Gadsden City and Alabama state averages across all grade levels. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 7.69% of 6th graders, 4.6% of 7th graders, and 6.17% of 8th graders were proficient in Mathematics, compared to 29.94% and 33.97% for Gadsden City and the state, respectively.

Litchfield Middle School's performance is significantly lower than the nearby Sansom Middle School and Gadsden Middle School, which are also part of the Gadsden City School District but have higher rankings and proficiency rates. The school also has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.8% to 22% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. With a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the school faces significant challenges in supporting the needs of its student population.

252

Students ?

16.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,976

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: Declining — 15th percentile in 2015 → 10th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (18% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school18%

District avg32%

Alabama avg42%

394^th of 439

Alabama public middle schools ?

Bottom 10%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 10% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Middle Schools in the Gadsden City

97^th of 135Gadsden 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
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
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
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
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
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
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%	★☆☆☆☆

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
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
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)

Special Education (2025)31st percentile+21 vs school

African American (2025)31st percentile+21 vs school

White (2021)23rd percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)19th percentile+9 vs school

Male (2025)14th percentile+4 vs school

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

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile~ school

Female (2025)9th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)6th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English31%-24 vs state

Science14%-28 vs state

Mathematics6%-21 vs state

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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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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)				Summative Assessment Science (2025)	Summative Assessment English (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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%)	13.4	394^th of 439 public middle schools	10.3%		17.6	365^th of 442 public middle schools	17.4%	29		7.7	4.6	6.2	13.6		32.5	37.2	24.7	$14,976	$3,234	$11,723
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%)	55.1	179^th of 439 public middle schools	59.2%		47.5	226^th of 442 public middle schools	48.9%	47		41.2	24.7	28.2	32.1		58.1	52.1	52.6	$7,496	$1,000	$6,478
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%)	61.9	140^th of 439 public middle schools	68.1%		55	177^th of 442 public middle schools	60.0%	37	29.2	25.7	19.2	8.7	60.9	73.6	77.1	63.5	66.7	$6,661	$397	$6,262
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%)	35	297^th of 439 public middle schools	32.3%		38.8	275^th of 442 public middle schools	37.8%	22		32.0	10.1	6.7	27.8		55.6	53.9	33.8	$10,000	$2,276	$7,706
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%)	71.4	97^th of 439 public middle schools	77.9%		56.1	170^th of 442 public middle schools	61.5%	73		38.4	30.1	31.1	58.1		68.5	57.0	64.9	$8,192	$1,039	$7,137
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%)	64.6	122^nd of 439 public middle schools	72.2%		64.3	129^th of 442 public middle schools	70.8%	7		36.0	18.0	25.1	44.3		68.5	59.6	75.5	$7,303	$720	$6,582
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%)	38.8	278^th of 439 public middle schools	36.7%		45.1	233^rd of 442 public middle schools	47.3%	45		15.0	14.3	22.7	33.0		42.1	52.7	52.6	$8,706	$1,586	$7,093
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%)	52.6	186^th of 439 public middle schools	57.6%		35.9	289^th of 442 public middle schools	34.6%	103		29.8	22.2	19.7	31.1		58.3	57.9	61.4	$7,295	$1,217	$6,023
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%)	65.9	116^th of 439 public middle schools	73.6%		58.3	156^th of 442 public middle schools	64.7%	40	38.5	43.2	16.7	25.9	54.3	76.9	64.4	60.5	64.9	$8,103	$842	$7,166
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%)	56.5	169^th of 439 public middle schools	61.5%		66.4	118^th of 442 public middle schools	73.3%	51		37.4	24.7	31.9	46.1		52.6	50.0	51.3	$8,964	$1,569	$7,251

Frequently Asked Questions about Litchfield Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Litchfield Middle School?

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 high school do graduates of Litchfield Middle School attend?

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

What district is Litchfield Middle School in?

Gadsden City

Is Litchfield Middle School a good school?

Litchfield Middle School ranks in the bottom 10.3% of Alabama middle schools.

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