Legacy Magnet Academy

Tustin · CA · Tustin Unified · Public · K-12 combined


📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Legacy Magnet Academy compares for families

What families should know about Legacy Magnet Academy.

  • LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Ednovate - Legacy College Prep., Middle College High, Cesar E. Chavez High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Mixed-income school

Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)

32.5%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
482:1
Around the US median. Counselors are stretched but functional.
Counselor FTE
2.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
16
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 75 in 2023 to 91 in 2024 — over 1 years.
+21.3%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +12.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 964 students:

2025
1,080
2027
1,357
2029
1,705

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $15,151 per student in district revenue, the 741 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $11,226,891/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Ednovate - Legacy College Prep.
Santa Ana
Public · charter 3.8 427 +18.3%
Middle College High
Santa Ana
Public 5.2 448 +23.1%
Cesar E. Chavez High
Santa Ana
Public 2.8 350 +20.3%
Samueli Academy
Santa Ana
Public · charter 6.0 582 +3.0%
Gilbert High (Continuation)
Anaheim
Public 10.4 543 +15.3%
Nova Academy Early College High
Santa Ana
Public · charter 4.0 288 -11.1%
Lorin Griset Academy
Santa Ana
Public 4.6 283 +1.8%
Vista Meridian Global Academy
Santa Ana
Public · charter 4.1 260 +50.3%

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