Animo City of Champions Charter High District

The Animo City of Champions Charter High District is a single-school district in Inglewood, California, operating only Animo City of Champions Charter High, a small charter high school serving 299 students in grades 9-12.

This school serves a high-needs community, with over 88% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and it invests significantly in its students, spending over $28,000 per pupil. Despite a graduation rate of 91% that exceeds the state average, the school faces serious academic challenges, particularly in mathematics where only 3.5% of students scored as proficient, which is dramatically below the state average. Performance in science is also low, though English Language Arts scores are much closer to state standards.

Other concerns include a chronic absenteeism rate well above the state average and a recent decline in the school's statewide ranking. The combination of high spending, strong graduation success, but very low test scores, especially in math, suggests a need to examine how resources are used to directly improve classroom instruction and student mastery of core subjects.