Legacy Early College Breaks Ground on New Campus
The K4 through 8th grade campus in West Greenville will serve 1,300 scholars when it opens in fall 2028.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Primary Education
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Legacy Early College broke ground Thursday, November 5, on a new 55-acre campus at 504 West Marion Road in West Greenville. The campus is the centerpiece of a $25 million "Small is BIG" capital campaign.
Why it matters
The new campus will ease capacity limits at a school with an extensive waiting list, which already serves more than 1,600 scholars. The project follows strong 2026 state ratings for the school's high school and middle school.
The campus spans 55 acres and will serve 1,300 scholars, compared with more than 1,600 currently enrolled. The school's high school graduation rate reached 97.8 percent, while the campaign seeks $25 million; the amount raised so far was not reported.
The players
Legacy Early College
A Greenville, South Carolina public charter school founded in 2009 that serves students from kindergarten through high school.
Moody Nolan
An architecture firm that designed the new Legacy Early College campus.
Harper Construction
The general contractor that will build the new Legacy Early College campus.
The details
The campus design replaces traditional hallways with classrooms opening into small learning pods and common areas. Planned facilities include outdoor learning yurts, science labs, a multimedia center, athletic fields, and gyms supporting daily physical education.
Timeline
2009: Legacy Early College founded with about 200 elementary scholars.
2026: Both the high school and middle school earned Excellent, the state's top rating.
November 5, 2026: Groundbreaking held on the West Greenville campus.
Fall 2028: New campus scheduled to open.
Season Trajectory
The groundbreaking follows Legacy Early College's Excellent ratings for its high school and middle school on South Carolina's 2026 report cards. The expansion extends that run of top-rated performance into new physical capacity for West Greenville families.
Families in the Greenville area will gain new K4 through 8th grade capacity when the West Greenville campus opens in fall 2028. The added seats are intended to reduce the waiting list at a school already serving more than 1,600 scholars.
The takeaway
A school's capacity, not just its ratings, determines how many families it can serve. Parents weighing K-8 options in the Greenville area may want to ask about waiting lists early, since the new campus will not open until fall 2028.
What happens next
The new campus is scheduled to open in fall 2028, when it will serve 1,300 scholars.
Further reading
Explore more Primary Education coverage to see how school expansions like this one fit into local K-8 options.
More information
Learn about giving to the Legacy Advancement campaign supporting the new campus.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Greenville Business Magazine.
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