View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter High School

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View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter High School is a secondary school located in the South region of Los Angeles, California, United States.The school first opened in 2003 and currently enrolls about 700 students. The school is a part of the Inner City Education Foundation.HistoryView Park Preparatory High School opened in 2003. The school draws students from several affluent neighborhoods, including Baldwin Hills and View Park-Windsor Hills for which it got its name. The school's student body began with students from wealthier African-American communities. Most of the students who attended View Park Preparatory lived near this area of Los Angeles.BackgroundView Park Preparatory High School is a college preparatory high school in Los Angeles, California, serving students in the more affluent African-American neighborhoods. The school first opened its doors for the 2003-2004 school year, following the high demand for a new high school in the community that can cater to African American, Latin American and other students, offering them a college preparatory environment and preparing them for college and careers. The school followed the establishment of elementary and middle schools, which opened in 1999 and 2002, respectively. By 2008 it was reported that the school had some 6,000 students on its waiting list and that its students were scoring far above the students at the neighboring non-charter public schools on California's Academic Performance Index.