Legacy College Prep

Quick Facts

Neighborhood:
Santa Ana

Grades served:
9–12

Enrollment:
370 students

School leader:
Evelyn Castro
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Contact:
1450 East 17th Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Tel: (714) 988-2775
Fax: (714) 242-1337
admissions@usclegacy.org

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Legacy College Prep (formerly known as USC College Prep, Santa Ana Campus) is the third innovative high school of the Ednovate network of high-performing, free, public charter schools.

Legacy College Prep prepares each of its graduates to use their college degrees and careers to make positive multigenerational change. Our high school personalizes learning through technology, focuses on self-­awareness, agency, purpose and builds college­-ready mindsets to ensure all of our students are ready to go to and graduate from the best colleges in the country. Fundamental to our model is building a safe and welcoming school culture with high expectations while fostering student autonomy.

Legacy College Prep, which benefits from Ednovate’s partnership with USC, exists to interrupt the systemic inequities that continue to oppress individuals from low-socioeconomic communities. We build authentic relationships with our students to provide them with an environment that fosters hope, love, agency, and a sense of belonging. We push our students to uncover and fulfill their purpose because we see them as agents of social change, co-creators of knowledge, innovators, and problem solvers. 

We are committed to developing our students to be critical-thinkers who question, make meaning, and who see these skills as powerful tools that can be used to dismantle cycles of historical oppressions. We provide students with a rigorous and personalized college prep learning experience that recognizes their backgrounds, experiences, and interests, and prepares them to make a great future for themselves through their education.