Elementary · Maryland

Legends Public Charter School

Charter

Legends Public Charter School, a public elementary school in Lanham, Maryland: grades k–8, 897 students, 23.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Prince George's County Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
897
Teachers (FTE)
39.0
Students per teacher
23.0
Grades
K–8
Elementary

More students per teacher than 100% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 13.9 · 884 schools compared

More students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 98% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 473 · 886 schools compared

Larger than 97% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maryland's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Maryland: 49%

39%proficient

+2.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 61% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 46% · 858 elementary schools compared

585 students tested, grades 3–8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Maryland: 28%

9.9%proficient

+2.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Maryland

Median 30% · 857 elementary schools compared

585 students tested, grades 3–8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–8
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Prince George's County Public Schools.

Location

Address
9700 Philadelphia Court, Lanham, MD 20706
Phone
(240)455-5900
City or town
Lanham

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Seabrook ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–536513.739%28%
James McHenry ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–561012.923%6.7%
Gaywood ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–552513.233%18%
Glenn Dale ElementaryFree meals for all
K–549311.524%14%
Pre-K–846414.375%41%
Pre-K–543711.332%24%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 240051001764