Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las Vegas

Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las Vegas is an elementary campus of heavily attended scale in Las Vegas, Nevada, run under State Sponsored Charter Schools, serveing 1,534 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 220% above typical.

Across the 83 schools in State Sponsored Charter Schools (64,162 students total), Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las Vegas accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las Vegas shows that the most-represented group is Asian (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 18% White, 14% Black, 14% multiracial. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 11% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las Vegas has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 39.3:1. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Clark County (around 93%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las Vegas tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Clark County put median household earnings sit near $76,472, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clark County runs 462 public schools (combined enrollment of about 360,225 students), of which Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las Vegas is one.

The closest other public school is Southwest Career & Technical Academy HS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las Vegas comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. As a public charter, Legacy Traditional School Southwest Las Vegas runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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