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Hollywood and Helen Bernstein

Hollywood scores 79 and Helen Bernstein 64 among California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). Hollywood’s English (reading and writing) results are clearly higher. Math is close between the two.

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Biggest differences

What are the biggest differences?

The biggest difference in test results is in English. Hollywood has the highest share and Helen Bernstein has the lowest.

Biggest difference

44points

in English. 66% of Hollywood students scored Proficient or Advanced. At Helen Bernstein it was 22%.

Lowest absence

38in 100

students at Hollywood missed 10% or more of school days. It was 45 in 100 at Helen Bernstein.

Each tile is read from the figures below, for the schools scored among California high schools. Chronic absence is the 2025–26 school year.

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

Hollywood66%Clearly aheadAdvanced: 34%, clearly ahead
Helen Bernstein22%Advanced: 8%
California57%Advanced: 27%

Math: Proficient or Advanced

Share of students tested

Hollywood30%Advanced: 12%
Helen Bernstein28%Advanced: 16%
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?

Hollywood’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 69% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 66%.

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

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

Hollywood38 in 100Clearly ahead393 of 1,025 students
Helen Bernstein45 in 100292 of 655 students
Average school22 in 100

Suspended at least once

Share of students enrolled at any point in the year

Hollywood0.6%6 of 1,055 students
Helen Bernstein0.1%1 of 691 students
Average school2.9%

2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California high school we score. Source: California Department of Education.

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.

MeasureHollywoodHelen Bernstein
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district.
Students: SafetyHollywood60%LAUSD 65% · 703 answersHelen Bernstein58%LAUSD 65% · 452 answers
Students: BelongingHollywood64%LAUSD 61% · 671 to 698 answersHelen Bernstein55%LAUSD 61% · 420 to 446 answers
Students: Caring adultsHollywood64%LAUSD 61% · 666 to 699 answersHelen Bernstein59%LAUSD 61% · 415 to 451 answers
Families: SafetyHollywood88%LAUSD 81% · 495 answersHelen Bernstein79%LAUSD 81% · 169 answers
Families: BelongingHollywood93%LAUSD 87% · 496 to 515 answersHelen Bernstein90%LAUSD 87% · 170 to 184 answers
Staff: SafetyHollywood92%LAUSD 93% · 110 answersHelen Bernstein88%LAUSD 93% · 68 answers
From the staffing records
Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school yearHollywood12Helen Bernstein13
Teachers in their first year2024–25 school yearHollywood2%Helen Bernstein4%
Show every subject in the survey
MeasureHollywoodHelen Bernstein
LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26
Students: EngagementHollywood65%LAUSD 61% · 669 to 683 answersHelen Bernstein56%LAUSD 61% · 413 to 428 answers
Students: High expectationsHollywood71%LAUSD 68% · 670 to 678 answersHelen Bernstein63%LAUSD 68% · 409 to 423 answers
Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is betterHollywood11%LAUSD 10% · 686 to 695 answersHelen Bernstein9%LAUSD 10% · 430 to 435 answers
Families: Caring adultsHollywood93%LAUSD 86% · 505 to 506 answersHelen Bernstein89%LAUSD 86% · 178 answers
Families: EngagementHollywood91%LAUSD 83% · 506 to 515 answersHelen Bernstein85%LAUSD 83% · 179 to 182 answers
Families: High expectationsHollywood91%LAUSD 89% · 481 to 488 answersHelen Bernstein90%LAUSD 89% · 166 to 167 answers
Families: Bullying reports taken seriouslyHollywood87%LAUSD 78% · 503 answersHelen Bernstein81%LAUSD 78% · 172 answers
Staff: Caring adultsHollywood87%LAUSD 83% · 110 to 113 answersHelen Bernstein74%LAUSD 83% · 67 to 70 answers
Staff: High expectationsHollywood93%LAUSD 90% · 111 to 113 answersHelen Bernstein81%LAUSD 90% · 61 to 65 answers
Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problemHollywood88%LAUSD 81% · 111 answersHelen Bernstein83%LAUSD 81% · 70 answers

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?

Both schools are run by Los Angeles Unified. Ask the district which school serves your address.

MeasureHollywoodHelen Bernstein
StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25Hollywood1,025Helen Bernstein703
Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63%Hollywood93%950 of 1,025 studentsHelen Bernstein93%655 of 703 students
Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class sizeHollywood16Helen Bernstein16
Show grades and who runs each school
MeasureHollywoodHelen Bernstein
GradesHollywood9–12Helen Bernstein9–12
Who runs the schoolHollywoodLos Angeles UnifiedHelen BernsteinLos Angeles Unified

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).