Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High

Located at 1114 South Lorena St., in Los Angeles, California, Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High is a tight-knit high school that hosts 515 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High District. Enrollment runs roughly 39% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High District is the operating authority for Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High lists that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lorena Street Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. As a public charter, Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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