Summary:
ZIP code 90028 has four Los Angeles Unified high schools: three serve grades 9–12, while Richard A. Alonzo Community Day serves grades 7–12; enrollment ranges from 55 to 1,025. Chronic absenteeism is higher than California’s 18% at all four schools, from 23% at STEM Academy at Bernstein High to 69% at Alonzo. The most important takeaway is that there is no single academic leader: Hollywood Senior High leads in English language arts, while STEM leads in math and science.
In 2025–2026, Hollywood had the strongest all-grades ELA result, at 66% proficient—7 percentage points above STEM’s 60% and 17 points above California’s 49%. STEM led math at 31%, just 1 point above Hollywood, and science at 39%, 7 points above Hollywood and 3 points above the state. Helen Bernstein High was between the leaders and Alonzo in the supplied results. Alonzo had the lowest reported result in every subject: 7% in ELA, 15% in math, and 8% in science, all below state figures. STEM also had the highest graduation rate, 99% versus 88% statewide, and the lowest dropout rate, 1%; Alonzo’s graduation rate was 13%.
Recent changes are mixed: the four-school average in math rose from 21% to 26% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, narrowing its gap with the state from 16 to 12 points; the ELA average fell from 43% to 39%, widening its gap from 6 to 10 points. SchoolDigger’s latest reported percentile was 66 for STEM, 64 for Hollywood, 30 for Helen Bernstein, and 18 for Alonzo; STEM’s ranking rose across its three listed years, while Hollywood’s fell from 77 the previous year. STEM pairs strong results with the group’s highest student–teacher ratio, 19.8, compared with 15.5–15.9 at Hollywood and Helen Bernstein. All four reported a free/reduced lunch eligible measure for 2024–2025, ranging from 93% to 98%. Alonzo’s grades 7–12 span differs from the other schools, and its 11th-grade scores are suppressed.
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