Original Research by School Decision on Legacy Academy of Excellence
Legacy Academy of Excellence is a small K-8 charter school in Franklin County serving a concentrated student population. The school enrolls roughly 170 students across nine grades, with relatively even distribution per grade level, making it a genuinely intimate setting where students might expect to know most of their peers across the entire school.
The student body is predominantly Black; a small number of students identify as white or Hispanic. Data on students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, English learners, and those with individualized education plans were not available, so a parent would benefit from asking the school directly about how it serves students with those needs.
State testing data was not available in the records reviewed, so we cannot report how students perform on Ohio's assessments in English language arts, mathematics, science, or social studies. The school is new, incorporated in 2021, which partly explains the absence of multi-year academic trends. A parent considering this school should request recent classroom assessments, benchmark results, or any informal achievement data the school tracks, and discuss directly with staff how academic progress is measured and communicated.
Chronic absenteeism data indicates that roughly seven in ten students have attendance patterns consistent with missing substantial school time. This rate falls below the midpoint among Franklin County's districts, meaning other districts in the county report lower chronic absenteeism. A parent may want to look into this further with the school. Understanding whether there are barriers to attendance the school is working to address, what supports exist for families facing transportation or other obstacles, and what the school's approach is to engagement and connection would help clarify the picture.
A four-year graduation rate does not apply here because the school serves only through eighth grade and does not report a cohort graduation metric. Similarly, per-pupil spending data was not available.
The school appears to operate as a single entity rather than a traditional multi-school district structure. If you are exploring options in the Columbus area and looking for a small, tightly-knit K-8 environment with a community-centered enrollment, this school's size and population are distinct characteristics. The limited academic data available means you would need to engage with the school yourself to understand curriculum scope, teaching approaches, and what measurable outcomes they track. The attendance pattern warrants direct conversation about what the school knows about causes and what it offers to support consistent engagement.
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