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Legacy Traditional School ? Peoria
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 17 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 20 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Legacy Traditional School ? Peoria
Legacy Traditional School ? Peoria is a medium-sized elementary-level community in PEORIA, Arizona, overseen by Legacy Traditional School - Peoria (850099). The school teaches 609 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 451 students per school, that is 35% above typical.
Legacy Traditional School ? Peoria sits inside Legacy Traditional School - Peoria (850099), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Legacy Traditional School ? Peoria lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. Compared to Maricopa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, Legacy Traditional School ? Peoria shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Legacy Traditional School ? Peoria higher than the state norm the norm.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) records that median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Legacy Traditional School ? Peoria is one.
The closest other public school is Student Choice High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Legacy Traditional School ? Peoria.
The school occupies an outer-ring site. Legacy Traditional School ? Peoria is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 69%: 361 students in 2018 compared to 609 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 6% to 12% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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