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Littlefield Junior High School

Public middle school in Littlefield, Texas · Littlefield ISD · Grades 6–8

Littlefield Junior High School serves 281 students in grades 6–8 in Littlefield (Lamb County). It is one of 4 schools in Littlefield ISD. By enrollment it is the 1418th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 12.3 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas middle school (14.4).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.

281
students
12.3
students per teacher
76.9%
free/reduced lunch eligible
6–8
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 22.79 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelMiddle
Grades6–8
DistrictLittlefield ISD
CountyLamb County
Area typeTown, distant
School mealsFree meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision)
NCES school ID482775003115

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Texas

This schoolLittlefield ISDTexas middle schools (median)
Students2811,233639
Students per teacher12.313.114.4
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible76.9%75.6%65.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 19% of Texas middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Littlefield Junior High School in context

Size

Littlefield Junior High School is the only middle school in Littlefield ISD. Its 281 students are 22.8% of the district's 1,233. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 29.3 miles away and have a median of 256 students, so Littlefield Junior High School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 7 with 106 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 87, against an average of 94 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 87 in grade 6 and 88 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 78.3% of enrollment, a higher share than across Littlefield ISD (74.5%). White students are next, at 17.8%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

76.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 75.6% across Littlefield ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Littlefield Junior High School has 22.79 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 281 students would have about 19.5 teachers, so Littlefield Junior High School has 3.3 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

NCES classifies its location as town, distant, which means it is in a town 10 to 35 miles from an urbanized area. The nearest other middle school is Olton Junior High School, 21.1 miles away in Olton ISD. No other middle school is within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
Hispanic
78.3%
White
17.8%
Black
2.5%
Two or more races
1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0.4%

51.2% of students are girls and 48.8% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 6
87
Grade 7
106
Grade 8
88

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

105 Lk Ave, Littlefield, TX 79339
Phone: (806)385-3922

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Littlefield Junior High School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.

Nearby middle schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Olton Junior High SchoolOlton ISD21.1 mi1248.971.8%
Levelland Middle SchoolLevelland ISD22.6 mi7361271.5%
Shallowater Middle SchoolShallowater ISD25.6 mi39712.129.2%
Abernathy Middle SchoolAbernathy ISD28.9 mi17111.345.6%
Carr Middle SchoolHale Center ISD29.6 mi1619.879.5%
Watson Junior High SchoolMuleshoe ISD30.5 mi28511.486.3%
Terra Vista Middle SchoolFrenship ISD31.5 mi76013.959.6%
New Deal Middle SchoolNew Deal ISD31.6 mi22610.266.4%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Littlefield ISD

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Littlefield Elementary SchoolElementary3–5241
Littlefield High SchoolHigh9–12382
Littlefield Primary SchoolElementaryPre-K–2329