Helen Bernstein High School is a public high school in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. The school is named after educational reformer and former president of United Teachers Los Angeles, Helen Bernstein. As of the 2024–25 school year, the school served over 700 students, and had a student teacher ratio of 15.56.
History During the planning stages, Helen Bernstein High School was known as Central Los Angeles New High School No. 1 and was planned to help relieve overcrowding at Hollywood and Marshall high schools."Central LA Area New HS #1, 55.98014." Los Angeles Unified School District. Retrieved on February 9, 2009. It opened in the fall of 2008. It was also used as the high school setting for the hit TV show Glee.
Campus Bernstein occupies the former site of the Fox Television Center (formerly Metromedia Square, the longtime home of Fox Television station KTTV). Perkins+Will architects designed the buildings.
Curriculum Bernstein High School is a comprehensive school with a Cinematic Arts and Creative Tech magnet and an International Newcomer Academy. It shares the campus with another LAUSD school, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Academy, which operates independently on the Helen Bernstein Campus.
Athletics
The campus is home to the Dragons. Bernstein is home to sports including football, basketball, track and field, soccer, volleyball, softball, wrestling, swimming, cross country, cheerleading, and drill team.
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