Legacy School

Legacy School is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in ST GEORGE, Utah, operated by Washington District, with 562 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 54 schools in Washington District (37,102 students total), Legacy School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Legacy School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 38% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Legacy School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.3%.

Across the wider county, Washington County reports that median household income runs about $80,632, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Washington County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,356 students), Legacy School is one campus in the mix.

Utah Online K8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Legacy School. On composite proficiency, Legacy School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 44.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Legacy School's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 629 (now 562). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 41% to 54% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for Legacy School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.