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Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 14 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 21 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek
Located at 41800 N BARNES PKWY, in QUEEN CREEK, Arizona, Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek is a sprawling all-grades campus that instructs 922 students (grades K through 9), overseen by Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek (92610). That puts it 68% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 550 students.
Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek (92610) is the operating authority for Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
In terms of who attends, Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 29% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. Compared to Pinal County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 51.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.4:1 average.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pinal County put median household income runs about $80,266, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Pinal County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,837 students), of which Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek is one.
The closest other public school is Happy Valley School East Campus, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek operates from an outer-ring location. As a public charter, Legacy Traditional School - Queen Creek runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 1,142 students in 2018 compared to 922 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 74% to 59% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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