Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Animo Leadership Charter High School
Public · Inglewood · Los Angeles County · 630 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach Score · Class of 2025
55
Strong
top 10% in California
Higher than 91% of California high schools
+29.1 pp above peer median (26)
· Ranked #1 of 10 similar schools
5-year UC Reach Score
2021 · 58
2025 · 55
+13%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+18.0 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-5%)
~628
5-yr projected enrollment (2 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach Score, Animo Leadership Charter High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 10): 55 vs. a peer median of 26.
- ▸Animo Leadership Charter High School's UC Reach Score has stepped down from a peak of 60 in 2018 to 55 in 2025 — a 6-point decline worth tracking.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Animo Leadership Charter High School is admitting at roughly +9 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.817) alone would predict (29% actual vs. 20% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 13% (134→151 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +3%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-0.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~628 by 2029 — about 2 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach Score | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lennox Math Science Tech Academy | Public | 27 | +1% |
| Animo Inglewood Charter High School | Public | 49 | -2% |
| Family First Charter | Public | — | -73% |
| Hawthorne Math & Science Academy | Public | 39 | -5% |
| Animo S Los Angeles Charter High School | Public | 23 | +4% |
| George Washington Preparatory | Public | 17 | +27% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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