Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy
Los Angeles · CA · Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy District · Public charter
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New Designs Charter School-Watts → Animo Compton Charter → Centennial High → Benjamin Banneker Career and Transition Center → University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy → King/Drew Medical Magnet High → Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy → Verbum Dei High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 5 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🎓 AP rigor: 63th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 63th percentile nationally with 5 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: New Designs Charter School-Watts, Animo Compton Charter, Centennial High 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
63th 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?
60th percentile nationally
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 -2.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 546 students:
≈ 52 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 $17,141 per student in district revenue, the 52 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $891,332/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.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Designs Charter School-Watts Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.1 | 119 | -50.6% |
| Animo Compton Charter Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 193 | +35.9% |
| Centennial High Compton |
Public | 0.7 | 908 | -4.5% |
| Benjamin Banneker Career and Transition Center Los Angeles |
Public | 1.0 | 196 | +19.5% |
| University Pathways Medical Magnet Academy Los Angeles |
Public | 1.0 | 110 | -45.3% |
| King/Drew Medical Magnet High Los Angeles |
Public | 1.1 | 1,381 | +0.1% |
| Alain Leroy Locke College Preparatory Academy Los Angeles |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 1,159 | -9.9% |
| Verbum Dei High School Los Angeles |
Private | 1.3 | 319 | +6.3% |