NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Litchfield, MN

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6 public K-12 schools in Litchfield from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
1,582
Students
29.5/100
Avg Resource Index
20.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Litchfield has more public-school enrollment than 6% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lake Ripley Elementary enrolls 35.9% of Litchfield's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The listed grade span is structurally narrow

Litchfield's 6 listed schools do not form a conventional mix of elementary, middle, and high-school campuses. The missing or thin grade bands make all-school city averages less representative of a typical K–12 pathway; district boundaries and nearby-city options may matter more for the grades not well represented here.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Litchfield lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 14 to 568 students, a 41-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 94%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
11th percentile
Teacher staffing
13th percentile

Lake Ripley Elementary accounts for 35.9% of all Litchfield public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Litchfield-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Litchfield school enrollment varies 41× across entities

Litchfield school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 568 students (highest), a spread of 554 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Litchfield student-teacher ratio is 20.5:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Litchfield Area Learning Program 37
2. Lake Ripley Elementary 35
3. Litchfield Senior High 33
4. Wings Alternative Program 33
5. Litchfield Middle School 24
6. Litchfield Early Childhood Special 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Litchfield

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lake Ripley Elementary 37.5/100
  2. 2 Litchfield Area Learning Program 33.6/100
  3. 3 Litchfield Middle School 29.9/100
  4. 4 Litchfield Senior High 27.0/100
  5. 5 Wings Alternative Program 22.6/100

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Which Litchfield school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Litchfield Area Learning Program has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Litchfield schools in this federal-data comparison at 37/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Litchfield, MN? ▼

Litchfield has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,582 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.