Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKFORD SD 205·NCES 173451006077
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter
4029 Prairie Rd, Rockford, IL 61102 · (815) 961-1100 · Winnebago County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Illinois 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.
- FBeats 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 Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
29.3:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
46 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
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 | 17 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 69% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.2pp since 2023
Math
18.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 16.3% | 7.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-35.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Academy of Excellence Charter
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter this school | 234 | 19.7% | 25.1% |
| Burr Oak Elementary School Calumet Park | 290 | 26.2% | 16.4% |
| Galapagos Rockford Charter School Rockford | 384 | 24.7% | 20.8% |
| Wilson Elementary School Calumet City | 349 | 16.3% | N/A |
| Burr Oak Academy Calumet Park | 289 | 6.2% | N/A |
| Kellogg Elementary School Chicago | 299 | 31.8% | 53.6% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Academy of Excellence Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Winnebago County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #1,442 of 1,925 | #29 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,646 of 2,077 ▲ 98 | #32 of 44 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #1,626 of 2,077 ▲ 75 | #28 of 44 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #1,904 of 2,419 | #50 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 29.3:1 | #2,024 of 2,035 | #46 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #454 of 2,042 | #21 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #1,961 of 2,132 | #52 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #232 of 1,461 | #4 of 28 |
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
234
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 267
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 | 234 | 8 | 29.3:1 | 20% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 231 | 7 | 33.0:1 | 75% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 233 | 9 | 25.9:1 | 72% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 321 | 13 | 24.7:1 | 31% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 308 | 16 | 19.3:1 | 28% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 267 | 5 | 53.4:1 | 88% (234) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (321 to 234); teachers down 38% (13 to 8).
About Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter
Families in Rockford, Illinois, are served by Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school reports 234 students in kindergarten through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Rockford SD 205 runs Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter along with 43 other schools, enrolling 28,467 students in total.
Black students are the majority at Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter, with 53% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic, 15% White, and 7% multiracial. Among all residents of Winnebago County, the Black share is about 12%. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter was 29.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 29.3:1 here. Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 20%. On average, public schools in Winnebago County report 61%.
The allk12 Grade for Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter is D. Compared with Illinois public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 9% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 60.2% for Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 25.1%. The 35.0-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Illinois schools.
Across Winnebago County, the median household income is $65,837, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Winnebago County has 94 public schools and roughly 44,103 students.
The closest public school to Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter is Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy, about 1.7 miles away. Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 25.1% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter as Rural: Fringe. Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter is a public charter school.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (237) and 2024-25 (234).
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Winnebago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
283,292
Census ACS
Median income
$65,837
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
94
44,103 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockford SD 205
- Guilford High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Auburn High SchoolHigh · 1,957 students
- Rockford East High SchoolHigh · 1,719 students
- Rockford Envrnmntl Science AcademyMiddle · 1,108 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
Other schools in Rockford
- Guilford High SchoolHigh · 2,216 students
- Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Auburn High SchoolHigh · 1,957 students
- Rockford East High SchoolHigh · 1,719 students
- Rockford Envrnmntl Science AcademyMiddle · 1,108 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
Nearby schools
- Rockford Envrnmntl Science Academy1.7 mi · 1,108
- Julia Lathrop Elementary School1.8 mi · 357
- Riverdahl Elementary School2.2 mi · 535
- Barbour Two-Way Lang Immersion2.5 mi · 628
- Beyer Early Childhood Center2.6 mi · 497
- Washington Elementary School2.6 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Legacy Academy of Excellence CharterHow large is Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter?
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter enrolls approximately 234 students in grades KG-08.
Is Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter an elementary, middle, or high school?
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter have?
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 29.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter?
Student demographics at Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter are roughly 15% White, 24% Hispanic, 53% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter?
Legacy Academy of Excellence Charter is overseen by Rockford SD 205 in Winnebago County.
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