New Legacy Charter School

New Legacy Charter School is a secondary school of rural-scale scale in AURORA, Colorado, operated by State Charter School Institute, teacheing 96 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% leaner than the state mean of about 627.

Across the 49 schools in State Charter School Institute (21,411 students total), New Legacy Charter School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, New Legacy Charter School records that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 9% Black, 6% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, New Legacy Charter School reports 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. New Legacy Charter School is one of 171 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students).

Nearest neighbor: Early Learning Center at New Legacy Charter School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting. New Legacy Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. New Legacy Charter School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 96 (now 96). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 18% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.