It is located near the LAC+USC Medical Center, in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

[6] In 2007, U.S. News & World Report named it one of its top 100 public high schools.

Bravo Medical Magnet is named after Francisco Bravo M.D., a well-known physician who practiced in East Los Angeles, established his own clinic, and founded a scholarship fund for needy high school students interested in the health science professions.

Groundbreaking on Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School started in 1987 and construction was completed in 1990.

Approximately 40% of the students attending Bravo are from the surrounding community in what now comprises LAUSD Local District East.

The remaining 60% commute from other areas of the Los Angeles Unified School District.