Legacy High School

Set in BROOMFIELD, Colorado, Legacy High School is a well-populated four-year high school, overseen by Adams 12 Five Star Schools. It works with 2,052 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 227% larger than typical.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 34,466 students. Legacy High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Legacy High School logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Legacy High School has 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.1:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 24% of students at Legacy High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Legacy High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 40.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Broomfield County shows the typical household earns roughly $123,874 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Legacy High School is one of 16 public schools in Broomfield County (combined enrollment of about 11,844 students).

Westlake Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Legacy High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Legacy High School has decreased 12%, going from 2,330 students in 2018 to 2,052 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 69% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

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