Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Animo Watts Collge Prep Academy
Public · Los Angeles · Los Angeles County · 550 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach Score · Class of 2025
30
Around the CA median
near the state median
Higher than 72% of California high schools
+6.9 pp above peer median (23)
· Ranked #3 of 11 similar schools
5-year UC Reach Score
2021 · 15
2025 · 30
-4%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+1.4 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (-5%)
~538
5-yr projected enrollment (12 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach Score, Animo Watts Collge Prep Academy sits in the middle of its similar-school group (ranked #3 of 11): 30 vs. a peer median of 23.
- ▸Its UC Reach Score has risen 16 points since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Animo Watts Collge Prep Academy is admitting at roughly +5 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.746) alone would predict (24% actual vs. 19% 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 down 4% (129→124 from 2018 to 2026), trailing the peer-group median of +3%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-0.7%/yr), enrollment projects to ~538 by 2029 — about 12 fewer students than today.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach Score | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stella High Charter Academy | Public | 16 | +2% |
| Animo S Los Angeles Charter High School | Public | 23 | +4% |
| Mervyn M Dymally High School | Public | 8 | -2% |
| Compton Early College High School | Public | 55 | +85% |
| Alliance Judy Burton Tech Academy | Public | 23 | +3% |
| Alliance Margaret M Bloomfield | Public | 29 | +20% |
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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