Helen Bernstein High
Los Angeles Unified
64
Needs SupportScope Score · 6th percentile
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Helen Bernstein and Central City Value
Central City Value scores 75 and Helen Bernstein 64 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Central City Value’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher. Math is close between the two.
Central City Value
Charter school · Los Angeles
75
SolidScope Score · 51st percentile
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Biggest differences
What are the biggest differences?
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Central City Value has the highest share and Helen Bernstein has the lowest.
Biggest difference
54points
in English. 76% of Central City Value students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Helen Bernstein it was 22%.
Lowest absence
20in 100
students at Central City Value missed 10% or more of school days. It was 45 in 100 at Helen Bernstein.
Low-income families
93%
of Helen Bernstein’s students are from low-income families. At Central City Value it is 85%.
Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California high schools. Chronic absence is the 2025–26 school year. Students from low-income families are students eligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25.
Test results
How do their test results compare?
The dark part of each bar is students who scored Advanced. The light part is students who scored Proficient. The dashed line is California for the same grades.
English: Proficient or Advanced
Reading and writing
Helen Bernstein22%Advanced: 8%
Central City Value76%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 31%, clearly ahead
California57%Advanced: 27%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Helen Bernstein28%Advanced: 16%, clearly ahead
Central City Value34%Advanced: 6%
California32%Advanced: 16%
Grade 11, spring 2026. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.
Year by year
How have their results changed?
Central City Value’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 72% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 76%.
Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026
Grade 11. Each year is a different group of students.
English
25%50%75%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202622%Helen Bernstein76%Central City Value57%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202628%Helen Bernstein34%Central City Value32%California
The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional. Each figure is our combination of the grades’ published results, weighted by students tested. Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.
Life at school
Do students show up and stay in class?
A shorter bar is better here. The dashed line is the average California high school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Helen Bernstein45 in 100292 of 655 students
Central City Value20 in 100Clearly ahead98 of 499 students
Average school22 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Helen Bernstein0.1%1 of 691 students
Central City Value0%0 of 514 students
Average school2.9%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high school we score. Source: California Department of Education.
Culture
How does each school describe itself?
Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.
Helen Bernstein
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Central City Value
“We want all of our students to be successful and to graduate from Central City well prepared for university.”
- AP Courses
- Career Workshops
- CIF Athletics & Clubs
From its website ↗, read October 28, 2026
Culture, side by side
What do the school, its families and the records say?
A school’s words are its claims. The district’s survey and the staffing records are evidence.
| Measure | Helen Bernstein | Central City Value |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Helen BernsteinNot read yet | Central City Value
|
| Languages | Helen BernsteinNot read yet | Central City ValueSpanish I, Spanish II, Spanish III, AP Spanish Language world-language classesRead October 28, 2026 |
| Part of a network | Helen BernsteinNot read yet | Central City ValueValue SchoolsRead October 27, 2026 |
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Helen Bernstein58%LAUSD 65% · 452 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Helen Bernstein55%LAUSD 61% · 420 to 446 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Helen Bernstein59%LAUSD 61% · 415 to 451 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Helen Bernstein79%LAUSD 81% · 169 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Helen Bernstein90%LAUSD 87% · 170 to 184 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Helen Bernstein88%LAUSD 93% · 68 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Helen Bernstein13 | Central City Value11 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Helen Bernstein4% | Central City Value4% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Helen Bernstein | Central City Value |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Helen Bernstein56%LAUSD 61% · 413 to 428 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Helen Bernstein63%LAUSD 68% · 409 to 423 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Helen Bernstein9%LAUSD 10% · 430 to 435 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Helen Bernstein89%LAUSD 86% · 178 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Helen Bernstein85%LAUSD 83% · 179 to 182 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | Helen Bernstein90%LAUSD 89% · 166 to 167 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Helen Bernstein81%LAUSD 78% · 172 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Helen Bernstein74%LAUSD 83% · 67 to 70 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Helen Bernstein81%LAUSD 90% · 61 to 65 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Helen Bernstein83%LAUSD 81% · 70 answers | Central City ValueNo survey on file |
School statements are from each school’s own website on the date shown. A survey figure averages the questions on that subject: the share who agreed, or for student bullying the share it happened to. Teacher records are from the California Department of Education. Nothing here is about a named person.
Who attends
Who attends, and how big are they?
The table shows how many students each school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | Helen Bernstein | Central City Value |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Helen Bernstein703 | Central City Value477 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Helen Bernstein93%655 of 703 students | Central City Value85%404 of 477 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Helen Bernstein16 | Central City Value21 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Helen Bernstein | Central City Value |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Helen Bernstein9–12 | Central City Value9–12 |
| Who runs the school | Helen BernsteinLos Angeles Unified | Central City ValueA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Helen BernsteinNot a charter | Central City ValueLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2031 |
Sources
Sources and definitions
75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How we score schools
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026. Each figure is the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, for one subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades.
“Clearly ahead” marks a figure that is ahead of the others by more than twice the margin of error. On chronic absence, ahead means lower.
Chronic absence and suspensions are the California Department of Education’s 2025–26 counts. “Chronically absent” means a student missed 10% or more of school days. The average school is the average California school we score at these schools’ level, with each school counted once.
The year-by-year chart shows each spring’s results for grade 11. Each year is a different group of students, so the chart does not show how the same students changed.
Students and students per teacher are from the federal school directory, 2024–25. Students from low-income families are students counted as eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the California Department of Education’s 2024–25 count.
Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only). A charter’s approver is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database.