Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson

Located at 3500 W CORTARO FARMS RD, in TUCSON, Arizona, Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson is a well-populated elementary-level community that caters to 1,284 students (grades K through 8), run under Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson (91137). That puts it 185% larger than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson is a school of Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson (91137), the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson lists that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 42% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Pima County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Pima County put the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Pima County runs 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), of which Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson is one.

Tortolita Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson's enrollment has rose 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,192 (now 1,284). White enrollment moved from 54% to 45% across the same window.

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