[3] The BHUSD Board of Education consists of five members elected by the residents of Beverly Hills.

Noah Margo, Rachelle Marcus, Amanda Stern, and Mary Wells are the current members of the school board.

Established in 1914, the school enrolls approximately 600 pupils and occupies most of the 600 block of North Rexford Drive.

Hawthorne had the highest Academic Performance Index score in the district for the 2007-2008 year, based on the California STAR tests.

[9] In 1932 and 1933, the school was expanded, closing off most of Arnaz Drive for playground space and to ensure safe passage for the students between the buildings.

Teachers and administrators rely on PTA support to enhance and enable the academic and social experience for students at Horace Mann.

Beverly Vista's B building includes a bell tower, an auditorium with a balcony, and classrooms for the band, choir, and other classes.

[13] Beverly Vista Middle School also received the No Child Left Behind National Blue Ribbon Award in 2005.

The district attempted to utilize Evidence-Based Incorporated's (EBI) armed guards to protect the students after the Beverly Hills City council refused to continue their School Resource Officer (SRO) program, at the request of then-Police Chief Dave Snowden.

[16] In 2018, the district hired Nastec International, Inc. to provide armed guards, filling the vacancy left by Chief Snowden and EBI.

[17] The Beverly Hills Unified School District implemented another phase of its safety program in 2018, to begin in the fall of 2019.

"[18] The BHUSD Board of Education opposed LA Metro's proposal to have the D Line Extension tunnel beneath Beverly Hills High School with concerns about incineration by underground gases, poisoning from fumes, terrorist attacks, and underground construction accidents.

The school board spent several million dollars in legal fees and appealed to then Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Donald Trump to cut off federal funding for the project.

[21] According to the LA Times,[22] Superintendent Robert Pellicone was fired after it was discovered that he used the district's card to "run up bar and hotel tabs in Beverly Hills, San Francisco, and other cities."