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Legacy School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
378th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 547 Utah Elementary Schools
Better than 31% of Utah elementary schools
Summary

Legacy School is an elementary school located in St. George, Utah, serving grades PK-5 with 566 students. It is part of the Washington District, which is ranked 37 out of 93 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. However, Legacy School has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of Utah elementary schools over the past decade, with a current ranking of 378 out of 547 schools and a 2-star rating.

Legacy School faces several challenges, including low student academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a high proportion of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. On RISE assessments, only 32% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in Math, compared to 49.8% for the district and 48.6% for the state. Additionally, Legacy School has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 17.2% to 30.7% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average. The school also has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 57.42% to 61.77% over the past few years.

While Legacy School's overall performance is below average, it has shown some strengths in specific student subgroups. For example, in 2021-2022, Legacy School ranked 5th out of 44 Utah elementary schools for Hispanic students and 2nd out of 26 for English Language Learner students, both with 5-star ratings. Nearby schools in the Washington District show a wide range of performance, with Crimson View School and Riverside School consistently ranking among the top elementary schools in the state, while schools like Sunset School and Panorama School also struggle with low performance, similar to Legacy School.

562
Students ?
18.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$8,435
Per pupil spending ?
65.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 280 E 100 S
       St George, UT  84770

(435) 673-6191

District: Washington District


Students who attend Legacy School usually attend:

Middle:    Tonaquint Intermediate
High:    Dixie High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
53.7%
White:
37.9%
Two or more races:
3.9%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 36th percentile in 2013 → 31st in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Utah average (40% vs 49% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2013
!Mathematics scores 13 pts below the Utah average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school40%
District avg50%
Utah avg49%
378th of 547
Utah public elementary schools ?
Bottom 31%▼ down 2 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
14th of 22Elementary Schools in the Washington District
37th of 93Washington District among Utah districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankUtah percentileRating
202533.4378 of 54730.9%★★☆☆☆
202435.3380 of 56132.3%★★☆☆☆
202327.1411 of 56126.7%★☆☆☆☆
202239.4337 of 55138.8%★★☆☆☆
202151.0291 of 55947.9%★★☆☆☆
201937.1382 of 57233.2%★★☆☆☆
201634.5367 of 53331.1%★★☆☆☆
201537.9360 of 53733.0%★★☆☆☆
201434.3363 of 50928.7%★☆☆☆☆
201347.5371 of 57635.6%★★☆☆☆
201226.2482 of 57916.8%★☆☆☆☆
201113.1527 of 5636.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201015.3474 of 5188.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200915.9465 of 5098.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200823.2425 of 49814.7%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankUtah percentileRating
202284.62 of 2692.3%★★★★★

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankUtah percentileRating
202541.819 of 3342.4%★★☆☆☆
202361.312 of 4573.3%★★★★☆
202277.55 of 4488.6%★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankUtah percentileRating
202560.335 of 10967.9%★★★☆☆
202460.856 of 16265.4%★★★☆☆
202344.771 of 13246.2%★★☆☆☆
202265.626 of 11176.6%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankUtah percentileRating
202468.5116 of 42973.0%★★★★☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
English Language Learner (2022)92nd percentile+53 vs school
White (2024)73rd percentile+41 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)68th percentile+37 vs school
Hispanic (2025)42nd percentile+12 vs school
By subject vs Utah (2024-2025) ?
Science47%-3 vs state
Mathematics35%-13 vs state

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Students at Legacy School are 54% Hispanic, 38% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander, 1% American Indian.

Students who attend Legacy School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Tonaquint Intermediate
High : Dixie High

Legacy School ranks 378th of 547 Utah elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 562 students attended Legacy School.


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