Awards and Recognition
Bravo is a great source of pride for students, staff, and parents and over the years has received numerous honors: High Achieving-High Poverty School (2000); California Title I Academic Achievement School (2005); National Title I Distinguished School Recognition (2005); National Blue Ribbon School (2006); US News and World Reports Top 100 High Schools (2007); California Distinguished School (2005 and 2009); US News and World Reports Best High Schools/Gold Medal Schools (2012-18), Magnet Schools of America Award of Distinction (2017), California Department of Education Gold Ribbon Schools Award (2017), 2017 California Department of Education Gold Ribbon Schools Award and Title 1 Academic Achievement Award School, ERP Honor Roll School (2012-2019), 2019 Niche Best Schools Designation, 2019 National ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) Distinguished Schools Award and 2020 Magnet Schools of America School of Excellence.
- 2021 California Distinguished School
- 2021 US News and World Report's Best High School
- 2020 Magnet Schools of America School of Excellence
- 2020 (2012-20) Educational Results Partnership (ERP) Honor Roll Star and STEM Award
- 2019 National ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) Distinguished Schools Award
- 2019 California Distinguished School
- 2019 Title 1 Academic Achievement
- 2020 James Bryant Conant Award (American Chemical Society Award in High School Chemistry Teaching)
- 2018 Agnes Ann Green Award (from SoCal American Chemical Society)
- 2017-19 US News and World Reports Best High Schools/Gold Medal Schools
- 2017 California Department of Education Gold Ribbon Schools Award
- Title 1 Academic Achievement Award School (2017)
- ERP Honor Roll School (2012-2019)
- Magnet Schools of America Award of Distinction (2017)
- 2019 Niche Best Schools Designation
- College Board AP Capstone Pilot School (2017-18)
- CDE Specialized Secondary Program Mentor School (2016-21)
- America’s Most Challenging Schools, The Washington Post (2015)
- CAASPP 2015-16: Ranked 3rd District-wide and 1st in Local District-East for English and Math
- Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), Region XVI High School Administrator of the Year Award (2016)
- USC Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Program Advisor of the Year (2014, 2016)
- LAUSD and LA County Teacher of the Year (2014)
- United Way LA Teacher to Watch (2014)
- WASC 2013 accreditation review resulted in six-year term with a one day revisit
- Gates Millennium Scholars (2014-2016)
- National Merit Scholar (2015)
- Science Bowl: 2nd Place (2015)
- Bridge Building: 2nd Place (2014, 2015)
- Ocean Bowl: 3rd Place (2015)
- Olympiad National Semifinalists: Chemistry (6, two with Honors), Biology (15), Physics (1, Team USA), Math (4, 1 finalist) [1048]
- 2008-09: Newsweek magazine's List of Top U.S. High Schools
- 2006-07: United States Department of Education Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence
- 2005-06 National No Child Left Behind Title I Distinguished Schools Recognition Award.
