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Enrollment
1,125
Middle
DISTRICT 1,011 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021001275
Legacy Jr High
411 N 3200 W, LAYTON, UT 84041 · (801) 402-4700 · Davis County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,125 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
27.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
112 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 404 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 359 | 32% |
| Grade 9 | 362 | 32% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 47% · 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
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.3%
UT avg 41.4% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
42.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.3% | 42.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 46.4% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. 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
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Utah 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 Utah'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 Jr High
Legacy Jr High's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Jr High this school | 1,125 | 10.0% | 41.8% |
| Lehi Jr High LEHI | 1,376 | 11.9% | 53.3% |
| Syracuse Jr High SYRACUSE | 1,216 | 14.4% | 39.2% |
| Mueller Park Jr High BOUNTIFUL | 1,090 | 15.0% | 47.9% |
| Maple Grove Middle MAPLETON | 1,195 | 13.1% | 49.2% |
| Centerville Jr High CENTERVILLE | 971 | 15.1% | 49.8% |
Matched among Utah middle 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 Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #81 of 136 | #10 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #64 of 140 ▼ 13 | #10 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #73 of 140 ▲ 20 | #11 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,125 | #29 of 144 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.2:1 | #135 of 137 | #16 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #112 of 137 | #12 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #134 of 141 | #14 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #17 of 77 | #2 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,125
+47 (+4%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 964
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 | 1,125 | 41.4 | 27.2:1 | 10% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 1,090 | 41.6 | 26.2:1 | 11% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 1,088 | 44.3 | 24.6:1 | 9% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 1,078 | N/A | N/A | 11% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 1,391 | N/A | N/A | 11% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 1,311 | N/A | N/A | 15% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 964 | 38 | 25.4:1 | 19% (185) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Legacy Jr High.
About Legacy Jr High
Legacy Jr High is a mid-sized middle-grades school in LAYTON, Utah, (ZIP code 84041). The school serves grades 7 through 9. Enrollment is 1,125 students. Middle schools in Utah have about 831 students on average; enrollment here is 35% higher.
Legacy Jr High is one of 95 schools in Davis District, which enrolls 71,703 students in total.
White students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among Davis County residents, the White share is about 84%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 28%.
Legacy Jr High reports a ratio of 27.2 students per teacher, from 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 27.2:1 compares with an average of 21.7:1 for middle schools in Utah. Lunch program data show 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 9 points below the 19% average for public schools in Davis County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.0% for Legacy Jr High. The school posts 41.8%, 13.1 points below the prediction.
In Davis County, median household income comes to about $110,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 118, with about 81,110 students.
Sand Springs School is about 0.2 miles from Legacy Jr High, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Legacy Jr High ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 1,125, from 1,078 in 2020-21.
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Davis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,924
Census ACS
Median income
$110,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
81,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis District
- Syracuse HighHigh · 2,608 students
- Davis HighHigh · 2,238 students
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Farmington HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Clearfield HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
Other schools in LAYTON
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Shoreline Junior HighMiddle · 1,225 students
- North Davis Preparatory AcademyCombined · 966 students
- North Layton Jr HighMiddle · 959 students
- Central Davis Jr HighMiddle · 879 students
Nearby schools
- Sand Springs School0.2 mi · 682
- Bluff Ridge School1.0 mi · 915
- Sunburst School1.1 mi · 871
- Antelope School1.5 mi · 667
- Ellison Park School1.5 mi · 565
- North Davis Preparatory Academy1.5 mi · 966
Frequently asked questions
About Legacy Jr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Legacy Jr High?
Legacy Jr High enrolls approximately 1,125 students in grades 07-09.
What grades does Legacy Jr High serve?
Legacy Jr High serves grades 07-09.
How many students per teacher at Legacy Jr High?
Approximately 27.2:1 students per teacher at Legacy Jr High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Legacy Jr High?
At Legacy Jr High, the student body is approximately 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Legacy Jr High in?
Legacy Jr High is part of Davis District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.