Ánimo Inglewood Charter High School is a public charter school in

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, operated by

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. It was described as one of the "highest performing campuses across the state" in 2016.

History

Ánimo Inglewood Charter was the second Green Dot school to be established, due in part to the success of

Ánimo Leadership Charter High School Ánimo Leadership Charter High School (also known as "Ánimo, ALCHS, or Ánimo Leadership") is a public charter school in Inglewood, California, operated by Green Dot Public Schools of Los Angeles. Ánimo was the first Green Dot school to be estab ...

. It was chartered in 2001, and opened in August 2002, with 145 new students, adding a new freshman class of 140 every year until 2006, when it reached full capacity to approximately 525 students. Classes began at the First United Methodist Church on the corner of Kelso Street and

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Avenue for three years, until moving to the old Kaiser Permanente hospital on

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. The first class graduated in 2006. More than 85% of students from each class graduate and enroll in four-year colleges/universities. In 2014, Ismael Jimenez and Denise Gomez, seniors at Ánimo Inglewood Charter High School, were among the ten people killed in a chartered bus accident on

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near

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. In 2016, Ánimo Inglewood Charter was described in the ''Los Angeles Times'' as "among the highest performing campuses across the state", with 87% of the students passing English tests and 73% meeting or exceeding math standards.

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