Elementary school (grades K-5) · San Tan Valley, AZ

Legacy Traditional-San Tan

Federal NCES profile for Legacy Traditional-San Tan, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 040973603835Charter school
749 students enrolled

Enrollment

749

Arizona · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

23.9%

vs 48.3% Arizona avg

-51% vs state

What stands out at Legacy Traditional-San Tan

Legacy Traditional-San Tan is a mid-sized charter elementary school in San Tan Valley, Arizona, enrolling 749 students.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 23.9% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 749 puts it in the larger third of Arizona schools by headcount.

Its student body is led by White (39%) and Hispanic or Latino (38%), more mixed than most schools in the state (diversity index 69/100).

Among San Tan Valley's elementary schools, it stands alongside Circle Cross K8 Stem Academy (728 students): Legacy Traditional-San Tan is larger than that campus by headcount.

Legacy Traditional School-San Tan (1001927) is a single-school charter district, so Legacy Traditional-San Tan operates independently rather than alongside district-mates.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Legacy Traditional-San Tan compares

Legacy Traditional-San Tan on the metrics families compare, against Arizona and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Arizona Arizona avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 23.9% ▼ 51% 48.3% 51.7%
Enrollment 749 top 18% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

749
Bigger than 83% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
23.9%
free-lunch eligible - 51% below the Arizona average of 48.3%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 38.9%
Hispanic or Latino 37.8%
African American 10.7%
Two or More 8.4%
Asian 3.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.8%

Largest group: White at 38.9% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 68.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 68.6, Legacy Traditional-San Tan is more mixed than the Arizona school average of 47.2.

Similar elementary schools in San Tan Valley

6 comparable elementary schools (grades K-5) serving the same city.

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Arizona, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

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Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Legacy Traditional-San Tan

How many students attend Legacy Traditional-San Tan?

Legacy Traditional-San Tan has 749 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in San Tan Valley, AZ.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Legacy Traditional-San Tan?

23.9% of students at Legacy Traditional-San Tan are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Arizona average of 48.3%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Legacy Traditional-San Tan?

The largest demographic group at Legacy Traditional-San Tan is White at 38.9% of enrollment, in San Tan Valley, AZ. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 68.6/100.

What other schools are in Legacy Traditional School-San Tan (1001927)?

None; Legacy Traditional School-San Tan (1001927) is a single-school charter district, and Legacy Traditional-San Tan is its only campus.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

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