Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy
Los Angeles · CA · Los Angeles Unified · Public · K-12 combined
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CATCH Prep Charter High Inc. → University Pathways Public Service Academy → Horace Mann UCLA Community → Inglewood Continuation High → The SEED School of Los Angeles County → Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts → Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep and Transition Center → Matrix for Success Academy →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy compares for families
What families should know about Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: CATCH Prep Charter High Inc., University Pathways Public Service Academy, Horace Mann UCLA Community and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ 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 -11.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 293 students:
≈ 132 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 $24,124 per student in district revenue, the 132 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $3,184,368/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATCH Prep Charter High Inc. Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 125 | -36.5% |
| University Pathways Public Service Academy Los Angeles |
Public | 4.4 | 121 | -60.8% |
| Horace Mann UCLA Community Los Angeles |
Public | 1.7 | 146 | -27.0% |
| Inglewood Continuation High Inglewood |
Public | 4.3 | 68 | -20.0% |
| The SEED School of Los Angeles County Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 206 | +207.5% |
| Thirty-Second Street USC Performing Arts Los Angeles |
Public | 2.2 | 263 | -6.4% |
| Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Prep and Transition Center Los Angeles |
Public | 2.4 | 264 | +5.2% |
| Matrix for Success Academy Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 3.0 | 259 | +38.5% |