Animo Venice Charter Hs

Venice · Los Angeles County · Los Angeles Unified · Public

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🎓26% UC Reach

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

🎓 Where grads go

26.4% UC Reach — top-6 UC admits per 100 seniors in the Class of 2025. Counts each campus admit, so multi-admits count more than once.

UC admits by campus · Class of 2025

UCB
6 admitted
UCLA
4 admitted
UCSD
7 admitted
UCSB
5 admitted
UCI
3 admitted
UCD
4 admitted

Source: University of California Office of the President, Admissions by Source School. Full campus-by-campus breakdown below.

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How Animo Venice Charter Hs compares for families

Above-average college outcomes statewide.

  • Statewide26.4% UC Reach8.3 points above the California median of 18.1%. Ahead of 67% of California high schools.
  • vs Similar SchoolsBeats the peer median (26.4% UC Reach vs 12.7% median) across the 5 most similar nearby schools.

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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.

ELA — met or exceeded
n = 75
61.3%
incl. 20.0% exceeded
+3.3 pts above Los Angeles County median (58.0%) · CA median 54.3% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.3%
Math — met or exceeded
n = 77
16.9%
incl. 6.5% exceeded
-8.1 pts vs. Los Angeles County median (25.0%) · CA median 21.1% · 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 91%
Black / African Am. 5% +1.0
White 3% +1.1
Asian 1%

Program subgroups

Students w/ disabilities 92%
Socioeconomically disadv. 15%

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.

Chronic absent
22.3%
75 of 336 students

Absenteeism is up 19.6 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
25.2% · school is better than 57% of 381 HS
Statewide median
22.9%
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)
605 (2018)265 (2026)
-56.2%
Grade 12 (graduating class)
147 (2018)73 (2026)
-50.3%

If this trend holds (-9.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~239 -26 $0
3 yr (2029) ~195 -70 $0
5 yr (2031) ~159 -106 $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.

Animo Venice Charter Hs — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · Venice · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • On UC Reach, Animo Venice Charter Hs sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #1 of 4): 26% vs. a peer median of 13%.
  • Animo Venice Charter Hs's UC Reach has declined meaningfully from a peak of 36% in 2024 to 26% in 2025 — a 10-point drop that warrants attention. Multi-year UC Reach declines of this size often signal something specific (leadership change, comp-program shift, demographic move) rather than year-to-year noise. This is the kind of trajectory an Enrollment Trend Audit unpacks.
  • Senior-class enrollment is down 50% (147→73 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of -16%.
  • At its recent rate (-9.8%/yr), enrollment projects to ~194 by 2029 — about 71 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

265 students (2026)
~194 projected (2029)
at -9.8%/yr

That's about 71 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Animo Venice Charter Hs Public 265 26.4% -50%
Peer-group median 12.7% -16%
Wish Academy High School Public 283 12.7% +19%
City Honors International Preparatory High Public 284 -12%
Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Preparatory And Transition Center Public 272 -20%
Icef View Park Preparatory High Public 319 3.7% -42%
Animo City Of Champions Charter High Public 306 -50%
R. K. Lloyde High Public 227 +13%
Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy Public 354
Teach Tech Charter High School Public 345 21.9% +122%
New Opportunities Charter Public 439 -49%
New West Charter School Public 536

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

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.

Critical
Sharp demand downturn hidden by elite retention.

Animo Venice Charter Hs's enrollment is shrinking 6.1× the county rate (school -50.3% vs. county -8.2%). Stability of 93.0% means every family you keep is one fewer; the leverage is at recruitment, not retention. This is the case the high stability number alone would hide.

-50.3%  school enrollment (2018–2026)
-8.2%  Los Angeles County baseline
-42.1pp  gap vs. county
93.0%  retention (county median 87.3%)
Enrollment — indexed to 100 at 2018
Stability rate by year (raw %)
Stability rate
93.0%
321 of 345 students

24 of 345 students who enrolled at Animo Venice Charter Hs this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (7.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
87.3% · school is in the 78th percentile of 387 HS
Statewide median
87.2% · in the 80th percentile of 1,688 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (316) 93.0%
Hispanic / Latino (307) 94.1%
Students w/ disabilities (68) 94.1%
English learners (29) 89.7%
Black / African Am. (22) 77.3%

Nearest peer high schools

Wish Academy High School 92.8% City Honors International Preparatory High 92.0% Joseph Pomeroy Widney Career Preparatory And Transition Center 87.5% Icef View Park Preparatory High 84.5% Animo City Of Champions Charter High 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.

District financial profile — Los Angeles Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$11112.5M
+8.9% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$24,124
460,633 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 51.7%
Local: 29.8%
Federal: 18.5%
Instruction share
53.5%
of current spending · $10,061/pupil
Long-term debt
$11908.4M
+4.3% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Los Angeles Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

📊 Key takeaway · Class of 2025

Animo Venice Charter Hs sent 143 applications to the six most selective University of California campuses and 20.3% were admitted, producing a UC Reach of 26.4%8.3 percentage points above the California median of 18.1%, higher than 67% of California high schools. The school produces 9.1 UCLA + UC Berkeley admits per 100 seniors.

University of California outcomes · Class of 2025
UC Reach
26%
29 admits / 110 seniors
+13.7 pp above peer median (12.7%) · Ranked #1 of 4 similar schools
5-year trend
2021 · 15.0% 2025 · 26.4%
Where this sits on the California curve
CA median
18.1%
Peer median
12.7%
Top 10%
51.2%
This school
26.4%
0%50%100%
CA median 18.1% Top 10% ≥ 51.2% This school 26.4%

Higher than 67% of California high schools (978 ranked, ≥50 seniors)

📊 What this number means

Animo Venice Charter Hs's UC Reach of 26.4% is above the California median (18.1%). The top 10% of CA schools achieve 51.2% or higher.

For context, the elite tier (top 1%) clears 97.3% — a gap of 71 pp from where this school sits.

Overall, Animo Venice Charter Hs's UC Reach is higher than 67% of California high schools (978 ranked).

UC Application Reach
130.0%
143 applications
Most seniors are applying to at least one of the six most selective UCs (applications counted at each campus).
In context: CA median 74.9% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 241.0% · Los Angeles Co. Top 10% ≥ 252.0% · higher than 74% of CA HS.
UC Admit Rate
20.3%
29 / 143 applications
In context: CA median 26.1% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 40.5% · higher than 18% of CA HS.
UC Yield Rate
N/A
None enrolled of 29 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
N/A
None enrollees / 110 seniors
Enrollment Reach vs. Yield: Reach answers "of the whole senior class, what % 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
57%
59 of 103 graduates · 2024-25 cohort
In context: CA median 55.9% · +1.4 pp above · Los Angeles Co. 68.2%.
UC 6-Yr Grad Rate
85%
55% finished in 4 yrs · N=20 entered 2016
In context: CA median 87.8% · -2.8 pp vs. median.
Selective UC Reach (UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCD)
22.7
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 15.4 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 41.5 · higher than 69% of CA HS.
Elite UC Reach (UCB + UCLA)
9.1
per 100 seniors · campus-level total
In context: CA median 3.3 · Top 10% statewide ≥ 9.7 · higher than 88% of CA HS.
Senior Class Size
110
CDE grade 12 (exact)
Total School Enrollment
335
All grades · CDE Census Day
Economic Connectedness
1.06
53rd percentile in CA · cross‑class friendships
Avg. Applicant GPA · top-6 UCs
3.51
Avg. Admitted GPA · top-6 UCs
4.17

UC funnel — which kids are getting in at what GPA

Combining the school's applicant pool GPA, admit pool GPA, actual admit rate, and statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, we can read which GPA tiers tend to get in — and which don't.

🎯 Who's actually getting into UC from Animo Venice Charter Hs
Campus 4.00+ GPA 3.70–3.99 GPA 3.30–3.69 GPA < 3.30 GPA
UC Berkeley Real shot Long odds Filtered out Filtered out
UCLA Real shot Long odds Filtered out Filtered out
UC San Diego Strong shot Moderate Long odds Filtered out
UC Santa Barbara Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Irvine Strong shot Real shot Long odds Filtered out
UC Davis Strong shot Strong shot Real shot Filtered out
Strong shot = ≥30% statewide admit rate at this band · Real shot = 10–29% · Moderate = 5–9% · Long odds = 1–4% · Filtered out = under 1%. Tiers map this school's likely outcomes by GPA tier using statewide CA admit rates from UCOP 2025.

The numbers behind it

Campus Applicant GPA Admit GPA Lift Admit rate vs peer schools @ same GPA
UC Berkeley 3.64 4.21 +0.56 27.3% Peers +0.48 · steeper
UCLA (2024) 3.75 4.08 +0.32 17.9% Peers +0.43 · wider
UC San Diego 3.52 4.14 +0.63 33.3% Peers +0.52 · steeper
UC Santa Barbara 3.51 4.16 +0.66 17.9% Peers +0.48 · steeper
UC Irvine (2023) 3.64 4.05 +0.41 20.7% Peers +0.46 · wider
UC Davis (2024) 3.73 3.90 +0.17 60.0% Peers +0.33 · wider
📊 Statewide CA admit rates by individual GPA band, 2025 (for reference)
GPA band UCB UCLA UCSD UCSB UCI UCD
4.00+ 17.0% 15.1% 45.2% 62.3% 46.3% 65.9%
3.70–3.99 3.1% 1.6% 9.3% 17.6% 17.0% 31.1%
3.30–3.69 0.8% 0.5% 1.5% 2.8% 2.4% 10.3%
3.00–3.29 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 1.9%
< 3.00 0.7% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.7%
How we infer the tier labels: Each tier comes from the statewide CA admit rate at that GPA band at that UC. The "vs peers" column compares this school's lift (admit GPA − applicant GPA) to the average lift at ~100–300 other CA schools with similar applicant pool GPA. What this isn't: a guarantee. UC comprehensive review weighs essays, course rigor, demographics, and context-of-opportunity beyond GPA. A 3.9 with strong context can land an admit; a 4.0 with weak essays can be denied. Use as a baseline expectation, not a verdict. Per-campus year is shown when it differs from the headline year (UCOP doesn't always publish admit-GPA for every campus every year).

Where Animo Venice Charter Hs sits vs. all California schools

Overall, this school admits its UC applicants in line with what their GPAs predict (20.3% actual vs. 22.1% expected).

UC Outcomes Trend — 2018–2025

UC Admit Rate %
UC Reach % (where available)
UC Admits (count, right axis)

Class size from CDE grade 12 enrollment. Campus-level data — applicant/admit totals may count a student at multiple campuses more than once.

Campus Breakdown — 2025

Campus Applicants Admits Enrollees Admit Rate UC Reach Yield Avg GPA (App) Avg GPA (Adm)
UC Berkeley → Elite 22 6 27.3% 5.5% 3.64 4.21
UCLA → Elite 32 4 12.5% 3.6% 3.52
UC San Diego → Selective 21 7 33.3% 6.4% 3.52 4.14
UC Santa Barbara → Selective 28 5 17.9% 4.5% 3.51 4.16
UC Irvine → Selective 29 3 10.3% 2.7% 3.44
UC Davis → 11 4 36.4% 3.6% 3.43
= 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 requires unique-student counts. See methodology →

What This Means

A large share of the senior class applies to UC, indicating strong college-going culture and UC pipeline development.
A large share of the class applies to UC, so the admit rate runs lower than the application volume alone might suggest — expected when many students apply broadly, including to reach campuses. UC Reach (which credits every admit relative to the class) is the truer read of how the class fares: a strong Reach alongside a moderate admit rate is healthy, not a contradiction.
The school generates broad UC access, but fewer students are reaching the most selective UC campuses (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, UCSB, UCI). Targeted academic enrichment and campus-fit advising may help.
UC Reach has declined meaningfully year-over-year. This should be reviewed in context of applicant volume, GPA trends, course rigor changes, and peer-school performance before drawing conclusions.
Note: admit counts used here are campus-level totals. A student admitted to both UCLA and UCSD is counted twice. When UCOP unique-student data becomes available it will be loaded automatically and the labels will update.
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