Legacy Academy

1975 Legacy Circle

School District

Elizabeth
Grade

K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:16
Type

charter

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on February 22, 2025

My daughter is geting bullied and no one dose anything about it. Teachers yell at students for no reason my daughter came home crying to me because one of her teachers. so if ur looking for a good school don't come here.
Submitted by parent on October 12, 2023

This is a wonderful school and my children love attending!
Submitted by parent on August 29, 2022

Legacy has been a great school for all 3 of our children. Legacy promotes a culture of respect for students and teachers. Legacy has effectively prepared our children to continue our education. The administration puts students first. We are very happy with Legacy Academy.
Submitted by parent on June 18, 2022

Do your research on Charter Schools and what requirements and rules and regulations they are required to follow. The school administration does not listen to the parents or what they want for their child. There is little to no communication from the teachers or administration during the school year. If you raise any issue with the school, the teachers and the principal are very unwilling to listen with fully open ears. Our son struggled in reading, and we were not told until 3 months before the end of the school year and were told at that time that he would need to fail again on his testing before they would offer him any additional help so we put him in private tutoring on our own dime. When I asked his teacher what other resources the school could offer, she said she didn’t know. In the meantime, our son struggled. Talking to the special Ed director we received similar info…he would have to fail again. This was all very frustrating and disheartening. Schools should be helping children. Then, 2 weeks before the end of the school year, we were told that he would be held back in kindergarten due to his reading, and we had no choice in the matter if we wanted him to go to Legacy. We ended up putting him in another school who did a retention assessment to see if he was a good candidate to be held back…he was not. His grades in all other areas were fine…he would be bored repeating and should just be offered some additional help in 1st grade just for reading. Easier for legacy to make him repeat kindergarten and repeat the same curriculum then to try and give him extra help in first grade. Again all frustrating for our son and our family. Schools should be helping children.
Submitted by parent on May 25, 2022

We enrolled our son into Legacy Academy becasue it was a smaller school with a more "hands on" learning path. We were assured that bullying wasn't tolerated. We sadly didn't get to experience this. The school waits to react until there's physical damage/violence. My son was tormented emotionally and physically throughout the entire school year. The teachers have so much happening in class to react to all the "little things" happening in their classrooms. These little things were extremely detrimental to my son and behind the scenes there was no support besides when we got involved (the parents). I find it devastating that things were only truly paid attention to when my son had, had enough and laid hands on another student. When we came in, the Principal Ms. Thorn was very angry at the situation and her face was bright red as she was very loudly giving us the rundown of what happened. The Vice principal kept his cool. Our son didn't start this fight but did end it. Mind you these are the kids who were relentlessly bullying him all year. We helped our son understand that he was wrong for getting physical. You can only take being emotionally abused for so long until you react. We have him in therapy and also on anxiety/depression medication. For being eleven years old we feel this shouldn't be necessary. The discussion of suicide has been brought up by our son and it absolutely breaks our hearts. We kept him home from school on many occasions (check attendance) due to his mental state driving him to the school. We were told things were being "dealt with", we did not see any results. Do you truly expect him to report any or all inappropriate activity EVERY TIME something happens? How can he focus on his education if he never leaves the office? We don't condone physical violence in our household nor do condone bullying. This is the reason we are pulling our son from your school and we will be sharing our experience with anyone who will listen.I hope my message is heard.#stopbullying
Submitted by parent on January 31, 2021

My daughter got bullied and nothing was done.
Submitted by student on October 24, 2020

7/10the school recently lost almost their entire middle school staff, they had to find replacements and almost all of them the students get along with, the other teachers are rude and disrespectful to the students.
Submitted by parent on May 27, 2020

Over all I would say make sure to ask lots of questions before signing up. Ask about the way classes are progressed through early elementary to upper elementary and into middle school. Ask about hand off from one grade to the next and what they do to prepare the students for the next grade up. Also ask a lot about the Board and how you would be responded to from them and how they handle working with the parents. I found that they hated interaction with most parents unless you were their friend or were doing something for them. Overall I would say they have some good teachers there that are in a bad situation. We left the school because of the Board and the inconsistent way the grades hand off the students and prepare them for the next grade. Even the teachers complain about this but in 4 years we never saw a change.
Submitted by teacher on May 21, 2019

There are very few school that are better than Legacy Academy, and none in the vicinity that I would rather have my grandchildren attend.
Submitted by teacher on May 20, 2019

I would rate my experience as a 10 out of 10. Legacy Academy is wonderful school with teachers/staff and parents that want the best for each student.
Submitted by parent on May 19, 2019

We love Legacy Academy! It is very family friendly!
Submitted by parent on May 18, 2019

Legacy Academy is a superior school with high standards in all that they offer and do.
Submitted by parent on May 18, 2019

We love Legacy and the amazing staff it has. They care for my child and she is thriving.
Submitted by other on May 17, 2019

This is a great school with teachers and administrators that truly care about the students.
Submitted by parent on May 17, 2019

My kids love this school. We transferred from another school and my children have thrived since we've started attending here. Mr. Naber is a great principal who truly cares for his staff and all of the students. The board is supportive and focused on moving Legacy forward in a positive direction!
Submitted by teacher on May 17, 2019

Great experience being part of this school.
Submitted by parent on April 29, 2019

It has been a roller coaster ride with the school. Last few years has been horrible with regards to administration and school board members. I have seen the school board president force other board members out because they did not align with her religious views. The teachers, for the most part, have been great to deal with. Outside of a few, which is normal in any school, teachers are pretty easy to deal with.
Submitted by parent on December 13, 2018

With the teachers our child had it was a good experience. However dealing with administrative staff it was a nightmare
Submitted by parent on October 18, 2018

I would highly recommend this school to anyone interested in schools in the area.
Submitted by parent on June 02, 2018

Neutral. Some kids get along fine and other kids fall through the cracks.