New Designs Charter School-Watts
Los Angeles · CA · New Designs Charter School-Watts District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy → University Pathways Public Service Academy → New Millennium Secondary → Renaissance County Community → Odyssey Continuation → Horace Mann UCLA Community → Animo Compton Charter → Benjamin Banneker Career and Transition Center →📋 At a glance
- 📚 2 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 2 physics · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 58th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 74% (Bottom 17% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How New Designs Charter School-Watts compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 58th percentile nationally with 2 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: University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy, University Pathways Public Service Academy, New Millennium Secondary 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
58th 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?
Bottom 17% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
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 -13.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 194 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy Los Angeles |
Public | 1.1 | 110 | -45.3% |
| University Pathways Public Service Academy Los Angeles |
Public | 3.1 | 121 | -60.8% |
| New Millennium Secondary Gardena |
Public · charter | 3.8 | 116 | -37.6% |
| Renaissance County Community Hawthorne |
Public | 4.1 | 122 | -7.6% |
| Odyssey Continuation South Gate |
Public | 4.0 | 100 | +49.3% |
| Horace Mann UCLA Community Los Angeles |
Public | 4.9 | 146 | -27.0% |
| Animo Compton Charter Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 193 | +35.9% |
| Benjamin Banneker Career and Transition Center Los Angeles |
Public | 0.9 | 196 | +19.5% |