Enrollment
102
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087004102
LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY
302 E LINEBAUGH AVE, TAMPA, FL 33612 · (813) 499-1389 · Hillsborough County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL102 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
96 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 14 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 6 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 18% smaller than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
43.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
48.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 48.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 42.1% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 PREPARATORY ACADEMY
LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY this school | 102 | 94.1% | 40.6% |
| ST. PETER'S ACADEMY VERO BEACH | 120 | 100.0% | 62.9% |
| THEODORE R. AND THELMA A. GIBSON CHARTER SCHOOL MIAMI | 168 | 94.0% | 33.4% |
| SUNCOAST SCHOOL FOR INNOVATIVE STUDIES SARASOTA | 96 | 85.4% | 40.2% |
| CHARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE FORT LAUDERDALE | 164 | 90.9% | 49.5% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY EAST PREPARATORY MIRAMAR | 167 | 88.0% | 71.2% |
Matched among Florida 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 PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #1,781 of 2,136 | #113 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #1,622 of 2,149 ▲ 126 | #106 of 176 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #1,605 of 2,149 ▼ 71 | #106 of 176 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 102 | #2,203 of 2,267 | #178 of 182 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #20 of 2,188 | #1 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -58.7% | #10 of 1,374 | #3 of 124 |
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
102
-110 (-52%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 102
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 | 102 | 5.3 | 19.4:1 | 94% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 127 | 6 | 21.2:1 | 100% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 149 | 9 | 16.6:1 | 99% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 212 | N/A | N/A | 100% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 247 | 20 | 12.3:1 | 99% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 123 | 9 | 13.7:1 | 70% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 102 | 4 | 25.5:1 | 90% (92) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
About LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY
LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is an elementary school in TAMPA, Florida, according to federal school records. The school has 102 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
The district, HILLSBOROUGH, operates 300 schools serving 221,318 students.
Federal enrollment data show LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is 58% Black. Other groups include 32% Hispanic and 6% White. The county population is about 16% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
The school has 5.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 19.4 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY, 94% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Hillsborough County.
Among Florida public elementary schools, LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 34.0%.
The county, Hillsborough County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $79,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 320 public schools and about 223,193 students.
Measured in a straight line, FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles from LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of the charter schools in Florida.
Federal data put enrollment at 212 in 2020-21 and 102 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years.
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Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
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Other Legacy Preparatory Academy schools
One other US public school is named Legacy Preparatory Academy. LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Legacy Preparatory AcademyWOODS CROSS, UT · 1,016 students
Nearby schools
- FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 731
- ADAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 533
- BROOKS DEBARTOLO COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 624
- CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,183
- IDEA VICTORY0.9 mi · 1,316
- SULPHUR SPRINGS K-8 SCHOOL1.2 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMYHow large is LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 102 students in grades KG-08.
Is LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY have?
LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
Student demographics at LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY are roughly 6% White, 32% Hispanic, 58% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY in?
LEGACY PREPARATORY ACADEMY is part of HILLSBOROUGH.
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