📍 12448 West Bethany Home Road, Litchfield Park, Maricopa County, 85340
L. Thomas Heck Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Litchfield Park, Maricopa County. The school has 630 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Litchfield Elementary District (4281) school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
L. Thomas Heck Middle School enrolls 630 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 328 | 52% |
| White | 161 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 74 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 5.7% |
| Asian | 21 | 3.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
302 of the school's 630 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
L. Thomas Heck Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK At-Large (non-voting delegate).
L. Thomas Heck Middle School is one of 19 schools in Litchfield Elementary District (4281), based in Litchfield Park, Arizona. The district serves 10,755 students district-wide and employs 532 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 630 students, L. Thomas Heck Middle School is close to the district average of about 566 students per school.
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