Animo South Los Angeles Charter

11130 Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90047View on map

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 137 seniors
  • 575 students

Animo South Los Angeles Charter is a public high school in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Unified) with 137 seniors. In fall 2025, 81% of its 58 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 76%. Its students applied most often to UC Riverside (UCR), UC Irvine (UCI), and UC Davis (UCD). 100% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

81%

47 of 58 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

34%

47 of 137 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

42%

58 of 137 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 27 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 11 applicants, fall 2025

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Animo South Los Angeles Charter applicants did better than all California applicants at 1 of 7 campuses, worse at 6.

  • Irvine10 pts lower

    13%

    5 of 40 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.00 (all applicants 3.53)

  • San Diego33 pts higher

    58%

    11 of 19 admitted

    This school58%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.93 (all applicants 3.59)

  • Santa Barbara13 pts lower

    19%

    4 of 21 admitted

    This school19%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA — (all applicants 3.53)

  • Davis7 pts lower

    31%

    11 of 36 admitted

    This school31%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.84 (all applicants 3.53)

  • Santa Cruz38 pts lower

    33%

    7 of 21 admitted

    This school33%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.77 (all applicants 3.39)

  • Riverside14 pts lower

    73%

    40 of 55 admitted

    This school73%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.65 (all applicants 3.49)

  • Merced5 pts lower

    91%

    32 of 35 admitted

    This school91%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.49 (all applicants 3.44)

  • too few applicants to report27 applied

  • too few applicants to report11 applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Animo South Los Angeles Charter applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 2 campuses, worse at 1.

  • Long Beach10 pts lower

    37%

    13 of 35 admitted

    This school37%Overall47%

  • Northridge7 pts higher

    100%

    15 of 15 admitted

    This school100%Overall93%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (126 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

65%

82 of 126 graduates

UC or CSU

29%

37 graduates

Community college

31%

39 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC86%
CSU2923%
CA private college43%
Out of state22%
Community college3931%
Not enrolled4435%
Enrolled in college8265%
Total126100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino, Black or African American
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities, English learners
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Advanced Placement

7

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

10

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

28% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

39%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

50 of 129 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

11%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

16 of 142 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • Computer science: 1 class
  • English: 3 classes
  • Fine and performing arts: 1 class
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Social science: 2 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 54%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 18%County median 27%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 23%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 4%County median 11%
  • Low-income students 96%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 100%County median 64%

Across California

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