FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 11, 2017
Legacy Traditional Schools Announces Arizona Department of Education Letter Grades
Nine Schools Receive an A Rating
Chandler, AZ – Legacy Traditional Schools, Arizona’s largest and highest-quality network of public K-8, tuition-free charter schools, today released the letter grades it’s 12 Arizona schools received from the Arizona Department of Education. The following table shows the distribution of the state’s letter grades and the results of Legacy’s network of K-8 Arizona schools:
|
K-8 Letter Grade |
Performance Descriptor |
Legacy Traditional Schools |
Percentage of Arizona K-8 schools that received this letter grade |
|
A |
Excellent |
Casa Grande, Queen Creek, Chandler, Avondale, NW Tucson, Gilbert, Surprise, Peoria, & North Chandler |
Less than 16% |
|
B |
Highly Performing |
Maricopa, Laveen & Glendale |
36% |
|
C |
Performing |
30% |
|
|
D |
Minimal Performing |
13% |
|
|
F |
Failing |
3% |
“At Legacy Traditional School, we take great pride in helping students realize greater academic growth than what the Arizona Department of Education projects a student’s growth trajectory should be,” said William Bressler, chief academic officer.
“Our schools’ 2017 AzMERIT scores, and these Arizona Department of Education letter grades are further proof that our curriculum, our instructional model and the delivery of instruction by highly effective teachers are essential ingredients in our proven formula for ongoing student academic achievement,” added Bressler.
Legacy Traditional Schools believes there is no limit to what a student can achieve with great education and strong character. Our non-profit network of tuition-free, A-rated public schools was founded on this principle, and it underlies our mission to build lifelong learners and good citizens. Every Legacy Traditional School features a rigorous, well-rounded curriculum that emphasizes all areas of academic study, including the arts, physical education and extensive athletics and extracurricular activities. We serve 15,000 students across 13 campuses in Arizona (Greater Phoenix, Northwest Tucson, Maricopa and Casa Grande) and Nevada (North Las Vegas). New campuses are coming to Phoenix and East Mesa, AZ, and Henderson, NV in 2017-18. Learn more: www.legacytraditional.org.
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