Animo James B. Taylor Charter Middle

· Los Angeles County · Los Angeles Unified
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No UC admissions data on file for Animo James B. Taylor Charter Middle.

This school doesn't appear in UCOP's source-school records (it may send few or no applicants to UC). Its enrollment trend and similar-school comparison are still below.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
465 (2018)450 (2026)
-3.2%

If this trend holds (-0.4%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~448 -2 $0
3 yr (2029) ~445 -5 $0
5 yr (2031) ~441 -9 $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.

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.

Stability rate
88.6%
436 of 492 students

56 of 492 students who enrolled at Animo James B. Taylor Charter Middle this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (11.4% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Los Angeles County median
89.1% · school is in the 48th percentile of 676 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 50th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (477) 88.9%
Hispanic / Latino (402) 89.6%
English learners (129) 85.3%
Black / African Am. (77) 81.8%
Students w/ disabilities (69) 92.8%

Nearest peer high schools

Alliance Cindy And Bill Simon Technology Academy High 87.9% Judith F. Baca Arts Academy 82.3% Bret Harte Preparatory Middle 56.3% Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4 98.4% Russell Westbrook Why Not? High 79.1%

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.

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: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
30.5%
146 of 479 students

Absenteeism is up 24.8 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Los Angeles County median
22.7% · school is worse than 72% of 669 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
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).

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).

Animo James B. Taylor Charter Middle — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-0.4%/yr), enrollment projects to ~445 by 2029 — about 5 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

450 students (2026)
~445 projected (2029)
at -0.4%/yr

That's about 5 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 James B. Taylor Charter Middle Public 450
Peer-group median +10%
Alliance Cindy And Bill Simon Technology Academy High Public 463 +8%
Judith F. Baca Arts Academy Public 442
Bret Harte Preparatory Middle Public 439
Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4 Public 487
Russell Westbrook Why Not? High Public 429 +12%
Animo Mae Jemison Charter Middle Public 408
Teach Academy Of Technologies Public 439
Animo Florence-Firestone Charter Middle Public 421
Kipp Academy Of Opportunity Public 482
Isana Achernar Academy Public 423

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 →

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