LEGACY MIDDLE

LEGACY MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of mid-sized scale in ORLANDO, Florida, run under ORANGE, serveing 710 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), LEGACY MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, LEGACY MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% White, 13% Black, 8% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, LEGACY MIDDLE has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, LEGACY MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LEGACY MIDDLE is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

LAWTON CHILES ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LEGACY MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 62.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. LEGACY MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 21% since 2018, when it stood at 902 (now 710).

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