Summary:
The 35903 zip code area is served by a single middle school, Litchfield Middle School, which is part of the Gadsden City School District. This school has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Alabama middle schools, with student academic performance significantly below state and district averages across all tested subjects and grade levels.
Litchfield Middle School faces several challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 14.8% and a high percentage of students (90.28%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-need student population. Despite the school's low performance, the student-teacher ratio is relatively low at 14.9, suggesting that class sizes are not a significant barrier to learning. However, the school's ranking within the Gadsden City School District and the state of Alabama is consistently in the bottom quartile, indicating that it is one of the lower-performing middle schools in the region.
Overall, the data suggests that Litchfield Middle School is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education to its students. Addressing these challenges will likely require a multi-faceted approach, including targeted interventions, resource allocation, and collaboration with the broader community to support the school's improvement efforts.
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