Summary:
Litchfield, Minnesota is served by five schools enrolling about 1,540 students: one elementary school (K–4), one middle school (5–8), and three high schools, two of which are very small alternative or area-learning settings. Four of the five belong to Litchfield Public School District, which ranks 130 of 458 Minnesota districts — the 72nd percentile, with 4 stars. The fifth, Wings Alternative Program, belongs to Meeker and Wright Special Education and carries no district rank or star rating.
Among the three comprehensive schools, Litchfield Senior High posts the strongest outcomes: a 2024–25 graduation rate of 95.9% (district 92.4%, state 84.9%), a 3.0% dropout rate, and 2025–26 science proficiency of 37.2% against 25.5% statewide. Its ranking has swung widely, though — from 33 of 450 (93rd percentile, 5 stars) in 2024–25 to 110 of 473 (77th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–26, with reading dropping from 63.44% to 48.0%. Litchfield Middle School is the steadiest performer, holding 4 stars for three straight years, and leads the comprehensive schools in reading at 50.6%; its weak spots are 5th-grade math (29.0% vs. 41.9% state) and 8th-grade science (15.8%). Lake Ripley Elementary, the largest school at 568 students, leads in math at 52.3% but trails the state in all-grade reading (44.6%) and fell to 2 stars in 2025–26.
District-wide, Litchfield outperformed the state in math (47.8% vs. 44.9%) and science (28.6% vs. 25.5%) and was essentially even in reading. Wings Alternative Program (16 students, 81.25% free/reduced lunch) and Litchfield Area Learning Program (14 students, 71.43%) serve distinct, higher-need populations and should not be compared directly with the larger schools; many of their scores are suppressed by the state for privacy and should be read as unknown rather than as zero.
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