It was the second Green Dot school to be established, due in part to the success of Ánimo Leadership Charter High School.
Classes began at the First United Methodist Church on the corner of Kelso Street and Spruce Avenue for three years, until moving to the old Kaiser Permanente hospital on Manchester Boulevard.
More than 85% of students from each class graduate and enroll in four-year colleges/universities.
Freshmen are admitted through a lottery process; about 145 students that apply are accepted to the school, while the remainder are placed on a waiting list.
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