WISH Academy High
Los Angeles · CA · WISH Academy High District · Public charter
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Animo Venice Charter High → Animo City of Champions Charter High → City Honors International Preparatory High → New Opportunities Charter → Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep and Transition Center → TEACH Tech Charter High → Morningside High → The SEED School of Los Angeles County →📋 At a glance
- 📚 9 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 4 physics
- 🎓 AP rigor: 76th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How WISH Academy High compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 24% nationally with 9 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Animo Venice Charter High, Animo City of Champions Charter High, City Honors International Preparatory High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
76th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +3.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 283 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $13,581 per student in district revenue, the 48 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $651,888/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animo Venice Charter High Venice |
Public · charter | 3.3 | 335 | -32.6% |
| Animo City of Champions Charter High Inglewood |
Public · charter | 6.0 | 299 | -12.8% |
| City Honors International Preparatory High Inglewood |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 331 | +9.6% |
| New Opportunities Charter Inglewood |
Public · charter | 4.4 | 349 | +43.0% |
| Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep and Transition Center Los Angeles |
Public | 8.5 | 264 | +5.2% |
| TEACH Tech Charter High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 7.0 | 363 | -23.3% |
| Morningside High Inglewood |
Public | 5.7 | 407 | -29.0% |
| The SEED School of Los Angeles County Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 7.9 | 206 | +207.5% |