Legacy Academy

Legacy Academy is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in ELIZABETH, Colorado, operated by ELIZABETH SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 428 students in grades K through 8.

ELIZABETH SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,282 students. Legacy Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Legacy Academy reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Elbert County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Legacy Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Elbert County (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Legacy Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.0%; actual is 36.0%, a gap of -18.9 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Elbert County shows median household earnings sit near $132,685, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Legacy Academy is one of 17 public schools in Elbert County (combined enrollment of about 3,265 students).

Elizabeth Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Legacy Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Legacy Academy at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 45.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area. As a public charter, Legacy Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Legacy Academy's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 469 (now 428). Class-load math has tightened: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Legacy Academy typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.