Animo Legacy Charter Middle: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.

Animo Legacy Charter Middle has a Scope Score of 32 out of 100, placing it in the 29th percentile of California middle schools and ranked #1,599 statewide. 3.9% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 13.0 percentage points below the California average of 16.8%. The Scope Score weights 6 dimensions for middle schools: exceeded standard (38%), grade 6-to-8 growth (27%), met or exceeded (proficient) (20%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 17.6% of students at Animo Legacy Charter Middle met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 3.9% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 13.7% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 3.9% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 1,631 student-subject combinations were assessed.

Animo Legacy Charter Middle ranks #1,599 among California middle schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 29th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), grade-level growth (Grade 6 to grade 8 growth), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Based on 2025 CAASPP data, proficiency at Animo Legacy Charter Middle increases by 1.8 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This upward trajectory suggests the school is adding measurable value — students leave with higher proficiency rates than they entered with. Growth trajectory is weighted at 15% in the middle Scope Score because it measures what the school does, not just who walks in the door.

28.9% of students at Animo Legacy Charter Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 18.5%. The suspension rate is 0.9%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.

Animo Legacy Charter Middle scores 32/100 (29th percentile) among California middle schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 887 students. Use the schools in Los Angeles page or the map view to compare all middle schools nearby.

At Animo Legacy Charter Middle in Los Angeles, 23.4% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 40.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Animo Legacy Charter Middle trails its district average for low-income students by 17.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (12.2% Math proficient); Hispanic students (24.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 22.2 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 769 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.