Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy
Los Angeles · CA · Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy District · Public charter
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Stella High Charter Academy → Animo South Los Angeles Charter → Alliance Judy Ivie Burton Technology Academy High → Alliance Margaret M. Bloomfield Technology Academy High → Linda Esperanza Marquez High C School of Social Justice → Alliance Cindy and Bill Simon Technology Academy High → Hawthorne Math and Science Academy → Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High Sch Complex →📋 At a glance
- 📚 5 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🎓 AP rigor: 63th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 63th percentile nationally with 5 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: Stella High Charter Academy, Animo South Los Angeles Charter, Alliance Judy Ivie Burton Technology Academy High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
63th percentile nationally
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 · 2020-21Source: 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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 -2.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 546 students:
≈ 61 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $17,141 per student in district revenue, the 61 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,045,601/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stella High Charter Academy Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 2.5 | 555 | +4.7% |
| Animo South Los Angeles Charter Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 2.8 | 585 | -8.0% |
| Alliance Judy Ivie Burton Technology Academy High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 616 | -1.1% |
| Alliance Margaret M. Bloomfield Technology Academy High Huntington Park |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 565 | -1.6% |
| Linda Esperanza Marquez High C School of Social Justice Huntington Park |
Public | 4.8 | 541 | -18.4% |
| Alliance Cindy and Bill Simon Technology Academy High Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 474 | -6.1% |
| Hawthorne Math and Science Academy Hawthorne |
Public · charter | 5.2 | 567 | +1.8% |
| Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High Sch Complex South Gate |
Public | 5.2 | 524 | -10.1% |