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Helen Bernstein High is a public high school located in Hollywood, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 692 students. The school is part of the Los Angeles Unified school district, which is ranked 871 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Helen Bernstein High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of California high schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade, indicating poor overall performance. The school has struggled with low graduation rates, ranging from 58.9% to 74.5% over the past five years, and high dropout rates, ranging from 15.9% to 27.0% during the same period. Additionally, the school has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 20.1% to 45.5% in recent years, significantly higher than the district and state averages. When analyzing the performance of specific student subgroups, Helen Bernstein High ranks particularly low for female, male, Hispanic, English Language Learner, and low socioeconomic status students, often in the bottom 25% of California high schools for these groups.
Interestingly, the nearby schools within the same district, such as Los Angeles High School of the Arts, School for the Visual Arts and Humanities, and STEM Academy at Bernstein High, generally outperform Helen Bernstein High across various metrics, including graduation rates, test scores, and chronic absenteeism. Similarly, when comparing Helen Bernstein High to nearby charter schools, such as New Village Girls Academy and Central City Value, the charter schools tend to have higher academic achievement, better graduation rates, and lower chronic absenteeism, despite serving similar student populations.
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