Legacy Jr High

Legacy Jr High is a middle school of reasonably sized scale in LAYTON, Utah, run under Davis District, hosting 1,125 students in grades 7 through 9. That puts it 35% larger than the typical public school in Utah, which averages around 831 students.

Davis District comprises 95 schools with combined enrollment of 71,703 students; Legacy Jr High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Legacy Jr High reports that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest looks like 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Legacy Jr High has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.7:1 average. Roughly 10% of students at Legacy Jr High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Davis County (around 19%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Legacy Jr High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 41.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Davis County shows median household income runs about $110,884, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Davis County runs 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,110 students), of which Legacy Jr High is one.

The closest other public school is Sand Springs School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Legacy Jr High. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Legacy Jr High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Legacy Jr High's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,391 (now 1,125).

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.