WashingtonSchoolsLegacy High School

Legacy High School

PublicAlternative/other
KENNEWICK, Washington · Kennewick School District
Teachers8.0FTE
Ratio29.8:1students per teacher
Students238enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students238
Grade Span6–12
Student:Teacher29.8:1
Free/Reduced Lunch51%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
19.1%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
8
0.0%vs prior yr
Enrollment
193
18.9%vs prior yr
Avg Experience
15
years
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250
Trends & 5-year history below

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

14.2:117.6:120.9:124.3:127.6:131.0:12020202120222023202416.8:124.8:119.6:129.8:124.1:1Legacy High SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

1581882182472773078910101112202020212022202320241682971762381931012988EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment168297176238193
Teacher FTE1012988
Pupil : Teacher ratio16.8:124.8:119.6:129.8:124.1:115.4:1

Teacher Experience & Qualifications (2024)

Average years of experience14.7 yrs
Novice teachers (< 3 yrs)0%
Hold advanced degree71%
Source: State Department of Education teacher workforce reports.

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.