Animo Jackie Robinson High: This school runs ahead of the state average. The bar itself is the harder conversation.
Animo Jackie Robinson posts 45% meeting the standard against 36% statewide — ahead of most, with real headroom above the bar.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48 | 13% | 45% | — | — | 19.2% | 0.3% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
Animo Jackie Robinson High scores 48 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 58th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “45% proficient” and call it done. Animo Jackie Robinson deserves a closer read. The school sits in Los Angeles, where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Animo Jackie Robinson's low-income kids hit 63.9% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
As a charter, Animo Jackie Robinson enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 58th percentile since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 45% of students meet the standard today, above the 38% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 52% | 51% | 55% | 55% | 64% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 24% | 22% | 20% | 16% | 25% |
Animo Jackie Robinson's most underrated number
63.9% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 4 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Animo Jackie Robinson High in Los Angeles, 63.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Animo Jackie Robinson High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 23.0 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (25.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (64.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 44.4 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 144 students tested.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 607 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).
On the state's science test (CAST), 26% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 63
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 149 | 20% | 44% | 17% | 18% | 64% | +17 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 149 | 7% | 18% | 25% | 50% | 25% | +1 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 151 | 3% | 23% | 67% | 7% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 144 | 63.9% | +23 | +26 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 144 | 64.6% | +24 | +26 |
| Students with Disabilities | 20 | 20.0% | +4 | +3 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animo Jackie Robinson High ← | — | 48 | 13.4% | 44.6% | — | 0.3% |
| Orthopaedic Hospital | 0.8 mi | 65 | 24.1% | 54.6% | — | 0.4% |
| Ednovate - USC Hybrid High College Prep | 1 mi | 62 | 28.4% | 57.6% | — | 1.6% |
| Alliance Dr. Olga Mohan High | 1.3 mi | 61 | 26.6% | 61.9% | — | 2.1% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 47 | 50 | #1013 | 13.3% | 37.8% | 11.2% | 2.5% | — |
| 2022 | 46 | 56 | #922 | 11.8% | 36.5% | 18.9% | 0.9% | — |
| 2023 | 46 | 57 | #928 | 13.6% | 37.8% | 22.3% | 0.9% | — |
| 2024 | 44 | 49 | #1089 | 9.9% | 35.8% | 19.1% | 0.4% | — |
| 2025 | 48 | 58 | #904 | 13.4% | 44.6% | 19.2% | 0.3% | — |
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