Helen Bernstein High
Los Angeles Unified
64
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Rise Kohyang scores 79 and Helen Bernstein 64 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Rise Kohyang’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher. Math is close between the two.
Los Angeles Unified
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Biggest differences
The biggest difference in test results is in English. Rise Kohyang has the highest share and Helen Bernstein has the lowest.
Biggest difference
47points
in English. 69% of Rise Kohyang students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Helen Bernstein it was 22%.
Lowest absence
19in 100
students at Rise Kohyang 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 Rise Kohyang it is 89%.
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
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.
Reading and writing
Share of students tested
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
Helen Bernstein’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 24% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 22%.
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
Math
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
A shorter bar is better here. The dashed line is the average California high school we score.
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high school we score. Source: California Department of Education.
Culture
Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.
We have not read this school’s website yet.
“Our mission at Rise Kohyang High School is to create a holistic educational experience by: Striving to establish mutually rewarding relationships through collaboration and social-emotional development, Building a framework for success through differentiated, engaging learning opportunities, Applying critical thinking and creative problem solving skills, Fostering partnerships with families to support the success of all scholars and Inspiring our scholars to identify and achieve their individual educational goals.”
From its website ↗, read October 28, 2026
Culture, side by side
A school’s words are its claims. The district’s survey and the staffing records are evidence.
| Measure | Helen Bernstein | Rise Kohyang |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Teaching themesOur tags on the school’s own statements | Helen BernsteinNot read yet | Rise Kohyang
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| Languages | Helen BernsteinNot read yet | Rise KohyangSpanish AP courses: AP Spanish Language & Culture and AP Spanish LiteratureRead October 27, 2026 |
| Part of a network | Helen BernsteinNot read yet | Rise KohyangBright Star 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 | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Students: Belonging | Helen Bernstein55%LAUSD 61% · 420 to 446 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Students: Caring adults | Helen Bernstein59%LAUSD 61% · 415 to 451 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Families: Safety | Helen Bernstein79%LAUSD 81% · 169 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Families: Belonging | Helen Bernstein90%LAUSD 87% · 170 to 184 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Staff: Safety | Helen Bernstein88%LAUSD 93% · 68 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Helen Bernstein13 | Rise Kohyang8 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Helen Bernstein4% | Rise Kohyang15% |
| Measure | Helen Bernstein | Rise Kohyang |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Helen Bernstein56%LAUSD 61% · 413 to 428 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Students: High expectations | Helen Bernstein63%LAUSD 68% · 409 to 423 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Helen Bernstein9%LAUSD 10% · 430 to 435 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Families: Caring adults | Helen Bernstein89%LAUSD 86% · 178 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Families: Engagement | Helen Bernstein85%LAUSD 83% · 179 to 182 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Families: High expectations | Helen Bernstein90%LAUSD 89% · 166 to 167 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Helen Bernstein81%LAUSD 78% · 172 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Staff: Caring adults | Helen Bernstein74%LAUSD 83% · 67 to 70 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Staff: High expectations | Helen Bernstein81%LAUSD 90% · 61 to 65 answers | Rise KohyangNo survey on file |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Helen Bernstein83%LAUSD 81% · 70 answers | Rise KohyangNo 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
The table shows how many students each school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | Helen Bernstein | Rise Kohyang |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Helen Bernstein703 | Rise Kohyang470 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Helen Bernstein93%655 of 703 students | Rise Kohyang89%420 of 470 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Helen Bernstein16 | Rise Kohyang19 |
| Measure | Helen Bernstein | Rise Kohyang |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Helen Bernstein9–12 | Rise Kohyang9–12 |
| Who runs the school | Helen BernsteinLos Angeles Unified | Rise KohyangA charter school |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Helen BernsteinNot a charter | Rise KohyangLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2027 |
Sources
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.