Animo Compton Charter School

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SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

About 4 in 10 students read and write at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

Fewer than 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 35

42.9%

incl. 17.1% exceeded

-16.2 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (59.1%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 35

5.7%

incl. 2.9% exceeded

-19.7 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (25.4%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 59%

Black / African Am. 37%

White 3% +1.1

Two or more 1%

Not reported 0%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 93% -2.7

Students w/ disabilities 6% -7.5

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: grades 9–12.

38% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~23%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.

Chronic absent

37.8%

79 of 209 students

Absenteeism is down 4.1 pp since 2020-21. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Los Angeles County median

25.1% · school is worse than 76% of 407 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment (9–12)

195 (2024) → 190 (2026)

-2.6%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

36 (2024) → 41 (2026)

+13.9%

If this trend holds (-1.3%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~188	-2	$0
3 yr (2029)	~183	-7	$0
5 yr (2031)	~178	-12	$0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Los Angeles County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

72% of students who start the year here finish it here.

Mixed signal

Demand outpacing county is masking internal churn.

Enrollment growth is beating Los Angeles County (+13.9% vs. -12.1%), but 64 of 227 students didn't maintain continuous enrollment. Why are families leaving once enrolled? Chronic absenteeism is also at 30.8% (up +17.5 pts from 2018-19) — engagement and demand are both signaling decline.

+13.9% senior class, grade 12 (2024–2026)

-12.1% Los Angeles County baseline

+26.0pp gap vs. county

71.8% retention (county median 87.7%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2024

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

71.8%

163 of 227 students

64 of 227 students who enrolled at Animo Compton Charter School this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (28.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median

87.7% · school is in the 19th percentile of 413 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 23rd percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (386) 78.2%

Hispanic / Latino (237) 78.1%

Black / African Am. (168) 77.4%

Students w/ disabilities (90) 73.3%

English learners (89) 78.7%

Nearest peer high schools

New Designs Charter School Watts 77.7% Cesar Chavez Continuation High 38.9% Vista High 56.7% Horace Mann UCLA Community School 81.7% Animo Cty Champions Charter High School 81.0%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

UC Reach Score ⓘ methodology

UC Application Reach Score ⓘ

28 applications

In context: CA median 81 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 240 · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 238 · higher than 29% of CA HS.

UC Admit Rate ⓘ

N/A

— / 28 applications

UC Yield Rate ⓘ

N/A

— enrolled of — admitted

Yield vs. Enrollment Reach: Yield answers "of UC admits, what % chose UC?" — denominator is just the admits. A small admitted cohort can post a low yield even when the school sends a healthy share of its class to UC.

UC Enrollment Reach Score ⓘ

N/A

— enrollees / 54 seniors

Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what share ended up at UC?" — denominator is everyone. High Yield with low Enrollment Reach is common at elite privates: most admits matriculate, but the school sends most of its class to non-UC selective colleges.

A-G Completion ⓘ

About half of graduates finish the UC/CSU course requirements — about the state norm.

51%

25 of 49 graduates · 2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -4.9 pp vs. median · Los Angeles Co. 69.7%.

Selective UC Reach (UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI — incl. the Elite two) ⓘ

N/A

Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA) ⓘ

N/A

Senior Class Size ⓘ

CDE grade 12 (exact)

Total School Enrollment ⓘ

193

All grades · CDE Census Day

Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs ⓘ

3.76

UC Outcomes Trend — 2024–2025

UC Admit Rate %

UC Reach Score (where available)

UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data: applicant and admit totals count a student once at EACH campus. A senior admitted to UCLA and UC San Diego adds 2 to the admit total, so the total can exceed the senior class — that is the metric working as defined, not an error. The admit RATE is unaffected: both its numerator and denominator are campus-level.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus	Applicants	Admits	Enrollees	Admit Rate	UC Reach Score	Yield	Avg GPA (App)	Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite	8	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.75	—^†
UCLA → Elite	8	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.83	—^†
UC San Diego → Selective	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.58	—^†
UC Irvine → Selective	6	—^†	—^†	—^†	—^†	—	3.85	—^†

† = UCOP-suppressed (count below 3 students, hidden for privacy — actual value is 0, 1, or 2, not necessarily zero). Campus-level totals may count one student admitted to multiple UC campuses more than once; Admit Volume metrics are not the same as UC Reach, which is measured against the whole senior class. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.

Note: the UC Reach Score sums campus-level admits across the top-six UC campuses, so a student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted at each. It reflects competitive admit volume relative to class size — admit-events, not distinct students — which is why a Score can exceed 100.

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Animo Compton Charter School is a public high school in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California with 54 seniors in the Class of 2025.

51% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

Enrollment was 190 students in 2026, down 3% since 2024.

Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

What percentage of Animo Compton Charter School graduates complete the A-G requirements? 51% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

How many students attend Animo Compton Charter School? Enrollment was 190 students in 2026, down 3% since 2024.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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