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Enrollment
652
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192006758
Legacy Peak Elementary School
8701 WOLF VALLEY DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80920 · (719) 234-5900 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
153 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.7%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
35.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 46.1% | 42.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Legacy Peak Elementary School
Legacy Peak Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Peak Elementary School this school | 652 | 23.5% | 41.0% |
| Pine Ridge Elementary School AURORA | 617 | 21.4% | 51.1% |
| Mountain View Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 567 | 25.7% | 54.5% |
| Swigert International School DENVER | 673 | 20.5% | 67.3% |
| Coyote Hills Elementary School AURORA | 478 | 23.4% | 50.7% |
| Chinook Trail Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 632 | 16.9% | 64.3% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Legacy Peak Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #422 of 931 | #60 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #458 of 940 ▼ 104 | #63 of 126 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #470 of 946 ▼ 61 | #67 of 127 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #84 of 1,056 | #10 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #826 of 896 | #113 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #137 of 896 | #54 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.5% | #781 of 983 | #110 of 134 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
652
+87 (+15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 652 | 34.6 | 18.8:1 | 23% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 37.8 | 16.9:1 | 19% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 35.2 | 18.2:1 | 11% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 10% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Legacy Peak Elementary School.
About Legacy Peak Elementary School
Legacy Peak Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, under Academy District 20. The school has 652 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Colorado enroll about 379 students on average.
The 39 schools of Academy District 20, including Legacy Peak Elementary School, enroll 25,607 students.
More than half of the students at Legacy Peak Elementary School are White (55%). The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 6% Black. In El Paso County overall, about 70% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Legacy Peak Elementary School scores 64%.
Legacy Peak Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1, with 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 23% at Legacy Peak Elementary School. On average, public schools in El Paso County report 42%.
Legacy Peak Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Legacy Peak Elementary School's results are 11.5 points below predicted: 41.0% against 52.5%.
The county, El Paso County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $90,363 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Legacy Peak Elementary School, El Paso County has 245 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Village Middle School, is the closest to Legacy Peak Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Legacy Peak Elementary School is behind the 45.0% nearby average, ranking 6th of 8.
The NCES locale for Legacy Peak Elementary School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment rose by 15% across 4 years, from 565 in 2020-21 to 652 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 17.1:1 in 2020-21 to 18.8:1 in 2024-25.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Academy District 20
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Air Academy High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Rampart High SchoolHigh · 1,305 students
- Chinook Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,075 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Nearby schools
- Village Middle School0.0 mi · 163
- Grand Peak Academy0.7 mi · 608
- Ranch Creek Elementary1.0 mi · 578
- Prairie Hills Elementary School1.5 mi · 348
- Liberty High School1.5 mi · 1,526
- Timberview Middle School1.7 mi · 837
Frequently asked questions
About Legacy Peak Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Legacy Peak Elementary School?
Legacy Peak Elementary School enrolls approximately 652 students in grades PK-05.
Is Legacy Peak Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Legacy Peak Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Legacy Peak Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Legacy Peak Elementary School is approximately 18.8:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Legacy Peak Elementary School?
At Legacy Peak Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Legacy Peak Elementary School?
Legacy Peak Elementary School is overseen by Academy District 20 in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.