Description:

Pacific’s first project, ultimately serving 560 students of the Animo South Los Angeles High School, opened in the fall of 2005. Built on the site of a former jobs training program and a county health office, Animo South LA sits on a very attractive 2.6 acre site. Two existing buildings totaling 33,200 square feet are being supplemented by a small addition to create an academically-friendly high school campus. The entire project will cost less than $6 million or $11,500 per seat -- Phase I, which was completed in the Fall of 2005, created 200 seats for $2.195 million or less than $11,000 per seat.

This school was specifically designed to relieve chronic overcrowding at LAUSD’s Washington Preparatory High School. In the 2004-05 academic year, Washington Prep served 2,922 students. Its student body is 99.9% minority, with 63% eligible for the federal free-and-reduced lunch program. Academically, in the 2004-05 API rankings, Washington Prep scored in the 1st (lowest) decile of all high schools in the state and the 2nd decile against the 100 most similar high schools in the state (Please see “Choosing Sites” for an explanation of API scores). The school did not qualify enough test takers to receive a grade in 2003.

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