 Green Dot's first campus, Ánimo Leadership High School in Inglewood, has an API score of 806 compared to the 589 score of neighboring LAUSD Hillcrest High school.In 2008, an OpEd by in the "Los Angeles Times" raised numerous concerns about plans for Green Dot to "operate Locke High School during the regular school year" and predicted failure.UCLA's National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing evaluated Green Dot's Locke Transformation Project, finding generally positive results.