The top reported proficiency rate is 73% in Math. The lowest is 51% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Legacy Elementary School
Legacy Elementary School is a regular public school in Bossier Parish, serving kindergarten through fourth grade. Located in Bossier City, the school sits within a community that saw a steady population increase over the postwar decades, with growth continuing into recent years. The city itself is a mix of suburban-style residential neighborhoods, commercial strips, and industrial sites, closely tied to Shreveport across the Red River. Major employment centers such as Barksdale Air Force Base and several riverfront casino resorts anchor the local economy. The built environment is largely flat and car-dependent, with a municipal map portal that shows schools distributed across the city’s zoning districts rather than clustered in a single area.
Legacy Elementary is a mid-sized school for its grade range. Its student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. A little more than a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school’s cultural and economic mix reflects the surrounding suburban neighborhoods in Bossier City.
On the state’s LEAP 2025 assessments, Legacy posted strong results in math and English language arts, with a high share of students scoring at the proficient or above level in both subjects. Social studies performance was somewhat lower but still solid. Science showed a distinct soft spot: roughly half of students met the proficiency benchmark, a drop-off from the other subjects. A parent may want to ask the school about the science curriculum and whether recent changes to the social studies assessment cut scores, which went into effect for the tested year, affected that subject’s comparability to prior years. Since only one year of data was available, it is not yet possible to see a trend. The school had full participation in all four tested subjects.
Because Legacy serves only elementary grades, it has no graduation rate to report. No data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, staffing ratios, or course access were available in the source material. The school’s status as a regular public school means it follows the district’s standard curriculum and schedule. Information on special education and English learner populations was also missing, so a family with a child who may need those services should verify support directly with the school.
Housing in the zip code serving Legacy is priced at a moderate level relative to national benchmarks, and rents have risen more quickly than home values in the most recent year measured. The area is more expensive than the state average for home values. For a family considering a move, the school sits within Bossier Parish, and no recent parent-relevant district-wide changes were identified in publicly available research.
The comparison set for this school could not produce a reliable ranking because only one district was present in the county set, so there was no meaningful peer group to place Legacy against. That means the academic results stand on their own, without a local benchmark.
Overall, Legacy Elementary presents as a solid-performing school for primary grades, with clear strengths in reading and math and a notable gap in science that warrants a closer look. It serves a predominantly white, economically mixed suburban population in a growing city with a strong military and tourism employment base. Families relocating to Bossier City and seeking an elementary school with demonstrated proficiency in core subjects will find a capable option here, particularly if they are comfortable asking the school for more detail on the science program.
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