Animo Watts College Preparatory Academy

  • Public
  • Los Angeles
  • 127 seniors
  • 550 students
Year

UC admit rate

84%

46 of 55 applicants, fall 2025

County median 76%

Seniors admitted to a UC

36%

46 of 127 seniors

County median 30%

Seniors who applied to UC

43%

55 of 127 seniors

County median 37%

UC Los Angeles admit rate

13%

4 of 30 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 9.6%

UC Berkeley admit rate

14%

3 of 21 applicants, fall 2025

CA applicants 13%

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 Watts College Preparatory Academy applicants did better than all California applicants at 2 of 9 campuses, about the same at 4 and worse at 3.

  • Los Angeles4 pts higher

    13%

    4 of 30 admitted

    This school13%All CA10%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.82)

  • BerkeleyAbout the same

    14%

    3 of 21 admitted

    This school14%All CA13%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.81)

  • Irvine10 pts lower

    13%

    6 of 47 admitted

    This school13%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.24 (all applicants 3.72)

  • San Diego42 pts higher

    67%

    14 of 21 admitted

    This school67%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.05 (all applicants 3.85)

  • Santa BarbaraAbout the same

    30%

    8 of 27 admitted

    This school30%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 3.66)

  • Davis7 pts lower

    30%

    3 of 10 admitted

    This school30%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA β€” (all applicants 3.49)

  • Santa Cruz18 pts lower

    53%

    8 of 15 admitted

    This school53%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.83 (all applicants 3.56)

  • RiversideAbout the same

    88%

    30 of 34 admitted

    This school88%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.64 (all applicants 3.57)

  • MercedAbout the same

    95%

    19 of 20 admitted

    This school95%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.67 (all applicants 3.63)

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 Watts College Preparatory Academy applicants did better than the campus overall at 1 of 5 campuses, about the same at 2 and worse at 2.

  • Long Beach22 pts lower

    25%

    21 of 83 admitted

    This school25%Overall47%

  • FullertonAbout the same

    84%

    37 of 44 admitted

    This school84%Overall87%

  • Dominguez Hills4 pts higher

    96%

    65 of 68 admitted

    This school96%Overall91%

  • Los AngelesAbout the same

    91%

    52 of 57 admitted

    This school91%Overall92%

  • Northridge7 pts lower

    86%

    54 of 63 admitted

    This school86%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 (130 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

64%

83 of 130 graduates

UC or CSU

43%

56 graduates

Community college

18%

23 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC129%
CSU4434%
CA private college43%
Out of state00%
Community college2318%
Not enrolled4736%
Enrolled in college8364%
Total130100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino
  • Student need: Low-income, English learners, Students with disabilities
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Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, 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 64%County median 57%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 22%County median 25%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 29%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 9%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 92%County median 86%
  • Graduates completing courses 73%County median 64%

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