Legacy Magnet Academy

Legacy Magnet Academy is a high school in Tustin, CA with 806 students enrolled in grades 6-12. It is part of the Tustin Unified. That headcount is above the 775-student average for schools in the district.

EDFacts assessment data puts 64% of students at or above grade level in combined math and reading, a little above the national midpoint where roughly half of tested students clear the bar. That is 12 points above the 52% average for the Tustin Unified. Against the 45% California statewide average, the school sits 18 points higher.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has risen by about 15 points. As a high school, it reports a 78% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 27.8 to 1, near the high end of the national distribution; NCES counts every certified teacher, so this figure includes specialists as well as classroom staff. 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It is a magnet school, a district-run campus with a specialized theme that draws students from across attendance boundaries.