Summary:
Zip code 62056 has two elementary schools in Litchfield CUSD 12: Litchfield Early Childhood Center, serving kindergarten–grade 1, and Litchfield Elementary School, serving grades 2–5. Together they enroll 515 students. Only Litchfield Elementary has reported test scores, so the schools cannot be compared on achievement. The main academic takeaway is that Litchfield Elementary’s 2025–2026 all-grades proficiency was below the state in both ELA and math.
Litchfield Elementary stands out positively for attendance: chronic absenteeism was 12% in 2025–2026, compared with 17% at the Center, 18% districtwide, and 24% statewide. The Center’s rate was also below the district and state, but was 5 percentage points higher than the Elementary school’s. On the available test results, Litchfield Elementary was below state proficiency overall in ELA, at 52% versus 56%, and math, at 35% versus 40%. Grade 3 ELA was a bright spot: 50% proficiency, 2 points above the state. Math was a more consistent concern, with the school below state results in each reported grade from 3 to 5.
Recent results and SchoolDigger’s ranking point to a weaker latest year. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Litchfield Elementary’s all-grades ELA score fell 4 points while the state’s rose 3; its math score fell 3 points while the state’s rose 1. SchoolDigger placed the school at the 35th percentile in 2025–2026, down 20 percentile points from the prior year. The schools have similar 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rates—66% at Litchfield Elementary and 64% at the Center—but differ in student–teacher ratios: 13.6 and 10.6, respectively. These are useful context, not explanations of achievement; the schools serve different grades, and the Center has no reported test scores.
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